Month: October 2019

Credit: Torsten Nygård Kristensen, Aalborg University People with the same diagnosis typically receive a standard treatment that is not necessarily ...

A unique study sheds light on the ecology of the glacial relict amphipod Gammaracanthus lacustris

The species is adapted to cold water and would not survive in rising water temperatures due to climate changeCredit: The ...

How to make biocatalysts immortal

Credit: RUB, Marquard Efficient catalysts for converting hydrogen into electricity in fuel cells for the energy transition are often based ...

Mechanism regulating species coexistence in a subtropical forest revealed

Credit: CHEN Lei For over a century, ecologists have questioned how the extraordinarily high number of tree species can coexist ...

Study links sleep disturbances and Alzheimer’s among Hispanics

May increase risk of Alzheimer's disease among HispanicsCredit: Miller School of Medicine (Miami, FL) Sleep disturbances among Hispanics may increase ...

Physicists have found a way to ‘hear’ dark matter

Credit: Illustration: Alexander Millar/Stockholm University Physicists at Stockholm University and the Max Planck Institute for Physics have turned to plasmas ...

CTFH and Insilico collaborate on accelerating first-in-class therapeutics using AI

Credit: Insilico Medicine Research Collaboration Highlights The collaboration aims to accelerate drug discovery and development with an AI-enabled platform for ...

Researchers use game theory to successfully identify bacterial antibiotic resistance

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have developed a novel way to identify previously unrecognized antibiotic-resistance genes ...

Predicting the impact of climate change on bridge safety

Lehigh University researchers' novel approach combining climatology, hydrology, structural engineering, and risk assessment could help communities fortify bridges against scour ...

Mapping white clover heritage

Credit: Valerio Hoyos-Villegas Four-leaved clovers may or may not bring good luck. What's indisputable is that all white clovers, whether ...

How bats relocate in response to tree loss

Credit: Brock Fenton Identifying how groups of animals select where to live is important for understanding social dynamics and for ...

UA research shows drug can extend survival rates for heart failure patients

Credit: UA College of Medicine -- Phoenix PHOENIX - Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix ...

Endangered black rhino expecting first calf

Credit: D. Turner, Michigan State University For the first time, there's a pregnant black rhino at the Potter Park Zoo ...

Large study reveals PTSD has strong genetic component like other psychiatric disorders

Genetic data from 200,000 people reveals the heritability of post-traumatic stress disorder is similar to that of depression and other ...

Rice bran may help curb malnutrition, diarrhea for infants

Results from a clinical trial in Nicaragua and MaliCredit: William A. Cotton/CSU Photography Malnutrition is prevalent on a global scale ...

Pharmacists provide patient value in team-based care

The model has been shown to improve outcomes for patients whose chronic diseases make care complexCredit: UNTHSC With inhaler in ...

Meet the ‘mold pigs,’ a new group of invertebrates from 30 million years ago

Credit: Provided by George Poinar Jr. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and ...

Lymphoma stage at diagnosis may predict when and where new cancer forms

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center With improved treatments, especially the use of anti-cancer immunotherapies, more than two-thirds of all ...

CDC designates UMass Amherst a flu forecasting Center of Excellence

Biostatistician awarded grant to develop innovative, collaborative modelsCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician will receive up to ...

Psychedelic drug to be tested for treatment-resistant depression in Houston