Tornadoes, windstorms pave way for lasting plant invasions
Credit: Melissa Daniels URBANA, Ill. - When tornadoes touch down, we brace for news of property damage, injuries, and loss ...
Month: July 2019
Study finds key metabolic changes in patients with chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity
Comprehensive metabolite profiling may help identify patients at risk for cancer treatment-related heart toxicity BOSTON - More and more patients ...
Carnegie Mellon research identifies new pathways for sensory learning in the brain
Automated, robotic training device developed by Carnegie Mellon undergraduate student advances neuroscience research We've all heard the saying that individuals ...
CCNY physicists use mathematics to trace neuro transitions
Credit: Journal of Neuoscience Unique in its application of a mathematical model to understand how the brain transitions from consciousness ...
BU faculty member receives Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award
(Boston)--Michelle Long, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has been awarded a three-year, ...
How big data algorithms shape opinions
New book explores how content recommendation systems confirm our biases by showing us only what they predict we want to ...
A sharper focus: New computational technique resolves compressed X-ray data
Credit: Image by Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne develops novel method to more clearly see complex materials physics in difficult-to-access environments. ...
U of Guelph researchers learn how low oxygen builds a bigger, stronger alligator heart
Credit: University of Guelph Restricted oxygen during early life development might result in lasting heart damage for many creatures, but ...
Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) can increase men’s risk of stroke and heart attack
Caution is warranted before prescribing TRT for men older than 45, recommends a new study published in The American Journal ...
A dynamic genetic code based on DNA shape
Codons and fliponsCredit: Alan Herbert DNA has many different forms. Normally the two strands of DNA wind around each other ...
The top five strangest poisons that can kill you (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 18, 2019 -- There are some crazy poisons in this world of ours, ...
UCF team discovers, names new frog species
Credit: UCF, Veronica Urgiles UCF student Veronica Urgiles has helped describe two new frog species discovered in Ecuador, and she ...
Marshall University researcher receives NIH grant for research on myocardial infarction
Credit: Marshall University HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Sandrine Pierre, Ph.D., associate scientific director at the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (MIIR), ...
PolyU signs agreement with HKEIA to advance technology and talent development of AI
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Faculty of Engineering (FENG) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) signed a ...
Coaching scientists to play well together
Free tool shows how to avoid fights over data and authorship conflicts 'You stole my idea' or 'I'm not getting ...
Lionfish ear-bones reveal a more mobile invasion
104th Annual Meeting: Bridging Communities and Ecosystems: Inclusion as an Ecological ImperativeCredit: Photo courtesy of Montana Airey Just as lions ...
Biomaterial-delivered chemotherapy leads to long-term survival in brain cancer
A combination of chemotherapy drugs during brain cancer surgery using a biodegradable paste, leads to long-term survival, researchers at the ...
Data analysis: Uncertainty as a source of information
Helmholtz Association funds 4-million-euro project to improve the handling of uncertainties in data volumes and strengthen data competencesCredit: Markus Riecker, ...
Low doses of radiation promote cancer-capable cells
New research in mice helps to understand the risks around exposure to low doses of radiation, such as CT scans ...
How mammals’ brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at
Salk study finds that the relationship of 'distributed circuit' components scales across speciesCredit: Salk Institute The world is filled with ...
