Another Medical cold case cracked by the MUHC's 'Dr. House'
Team of RI-MUHC researchers discover new disease and its genetic cause in Quebec patient as 'Bubble Boy' symptoms discovered in ...
Month: December 2018
Fighting smog supports solar power
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory The air in Beijing is often very bad. The city sinks under a brown cover made ...
New approach helps mitigating the effect of climate change on sea turtles
Credit: Swansea University New research has reported effective conservation strategies that can mitigate the impacts of climate warming on sea ...
Glutamate receptor affects the development of brain cells after birth
Credit: RUB, Marquard Whenever we learn or save information, the so-called ionotropic glutamate receptors play a crucial role in the ...
Why Tehran is sinking dangerously
Satellite data show over-extraction of water threatens Iranian capitalCredit: Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi and Mahdi Motagh, GFZ Iran has a water ...
Emily Day named Mangone Young Scholar
She also received the Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering SocietyCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Emily ...
Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia
Study findings can immediately be applied to human patients with the diseaseCredit: Patricia M. Zerfas, NIH Office of Research Services. ...
Scientists found new giant dinosaur
Credit: Alexander Averianov and Vladimir Efimov Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its vertebrae, ...
Simple steps to climate-proof farms have big potential upside for tropical farmers
Climate-smart agriculture boosts yields, mitigates extreme weather impact and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. A study in Central America, Africa and ...
Otago researchers discover information about a gene that helps define us as humans
Credit: Dr Adam O'Neill University of Otago researchers have discovered information about a gene that sets primates - great apes ...
Interactive size control of catalyst nanoparticles
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski 5, 10, or maybe 15? How many nanometers should nanoparticles of a catalyst be to ...
Michael Hall wins Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research 2019
Credit: Matthew Lee, Biozentrum The prize worth 100,000 Swiss francs, established by Frédérique Brupbacher in memory of her husband Charles ...
A new molecular player involved in T cell activation
Credit: Scientific Reports When bacteria or viruses enter the body, proteins on their surfaces are recognized and processed to activate ...
Mom, I can't recognize your face from profile view!
Babies recognize faces from profile view in the second half of the first year of lifeCredit: Chuo University Tokyo, Japan ...
Subtype of immune B cells can delay type 1 diabetes onset in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical ...
Newly identified T cells could play a role in cancer and other diseases
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Ram Raj Singh. FINDINGS Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the La Jolla ...
Silicosis is on the rise, but is there a therapeutic target?
Credit: David Gosset / P@CYFIC facility / CBM / CNRS Researchers from the CNRS, the University of Orléans, and the ...
Link between neonatal vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia confirmed
Credit: The University of Queensland Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life, a ...
Protecting cell powerhouse paves way to better treatment of acute kidney injury
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2018) - For the first time, scientists have described ...
Food system organizations must strengthen their operations to safeguard against potential threats
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Researchers highlight factors that influence how effectively food suppliers and distributors can ...
