OU study explores sexuality & gender gaps in political perspectives among college students
Credit: University of Oklahoma NORMAN--A University of Oklahoma sociologist, Meredith Worthen, has published a new study in the journal, Sexuality ...
Month: December 2018
Classifying brain microglia: Which are good and which are bad?
New study is perhaps the most comprehensive survey of brain microglia ever conductedCredit: Michael Goderre / Boston Children's Hospital Microglia ...
Postdoc in UC Riverside School of Medicine receives prestigious NIH fellowship
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Rebekah Charney, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Medicine at the University of ...
Older women who suffer from tooth loss more likely to develop high blood pressure
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Postmenopausal women who have experienced loss of all teeth are at higher risk ...
UTeach Arlington receives grant from city nonprofit to benefit students, local youth
Arlington Tomorrow FoundationCredit: UT Arlington The UTeach Arlington secondary math and science teacher preparation program at The University of Texas ...
Distinguishing resistance from resilience to prolong antibiotic potency
Defining pathogen responses to first-line antibiotics could prolong their usefulnessCredit: Duke Photography DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University ...
World's smallest wearable device warns of UV exposure, enables precision phototherapy
Smaller than an M&M and thinner than a credit card, device can optimize treatment of neonatal jaundice, skin diseases, seasonal ...
Report reveals link between air pollution and increased risk for miscarriage
Credit: University of Utah Health Air quality has been associated with numerous adverse health outcomes from asthma to pre-term birth. ...
Nicola Allen receives $2.5 million Chan Zuckerberg Initiative early career award
Salk scientist joins network of global scientists to tackle Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's and ALSCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 5, 2018) ...
Fine-tuning renewables could help Texas balance energy resources
Rice University study shows increasing importance of wind, solar to state's power productionCredit: U.S. Air Force/Wikipedia Timing and placement of ...
Memory B cells in the lung may be important for more effective influenza vaccinations
Up to now, it has not been clear if these cells might be useful to combat influenza infections or even ...
New butterfly named for pioneering 17th-century entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- More than two centuries before initiatives to increase the number ...
Study: Tuberculosis survives by using host system against itself
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame In a new study published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, scientists at the ...
Without Dna2, genes can jump into DNA breaks
Credit: Greg Ira, BCM Cells have in place a number of mechanisms to protect the integrity of the genome, including ...
229 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2018
From fish to flowering plants and seahorses to snakes -- spanning five continents and three oceans -- these new discoveries ...
Effect of religiosity/spirituality on ovarian cancer diagnosis in African American women
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 5, 2018--An examination of data from a multi-center case-control study ...
DF-PGT, now possible through massive sequencing techniques
Researchers adapt a database containing almost 5,000 genes responsible for the most common hereditary diseases to the Double Factor Preimplantation ...
Using graphene to detect ALS, other neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: (Credit: Berry Research Laboratory, UIC) The wonders of graphene are numerous -- it can enable flexible electronic components, enhance ...
CWRU researcher secures $14.6 million grant to study Alzheimer's in diverse populations
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Alzheimer's disease symptoms, such as memory loss or cognitive decline, can present ...
Breakthrough in blood vessel engineering
Gleghorn Lab first to grow functional network of blood vessels at centimeter scaleCredit: Photo by Evan Krape When someone has ...
