Why eating yogurt may help lessen the risk of breast cancer
Credit: Lancaster University One of the causes of breast cancer may be inflammation triggered by harmful bacteria say researchers. Scientists ...
Month: January 2020
Maglab scientists capture molecular maps of animal tissue with unprecedented detail
Credit: Stephen Bilenky We've all heard, and seen, how a picture paints a thousand words. Now, in a scientific twist ...
UTA aerospace engineer exploring possibility of hypersonic passenger, cargo planes
Finding ways to faster flightCredit: UT Arlington The idea of speeding through the atmosphere at many times the speed of ...
Weight loss and health improvements with Mediterranean, fasting & paleo diets
Credit: Dr. Michelle Jospe There were some weight loss and health benefits for overweight adults who followed the Mediterranean, Intermittent ...
Can weighted vests help maintain bone health when older adults slim down?
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Losing weight can be a tricky balance of risks and benefits for older adults: You ...
SPR honors Dr. Anna Penn with the Thomas A. Hazinski Distinguished Service Award
Credit: Dr. Anna Penn The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) is pleased to announce Anna Penn, MD, PhD, as the recipient ...
NIAID officials discuss novel Coronavirus that recently emerged in China
Research underway to address latest viral threatCredit: NIAID The new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marks ...
Making ‘lemonade’: Chance observation leads to study of microbial bloom formation
Credit: Rhys Probyn WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A scientific discovery often starts with a chance observation made by open minds ...
Novel communication between intestinal microbes and developing immune cells in the thymus
Regulation of thymic immune development by intestinal microbes in early lifeCredit: Nitya Jain, PhD, BOSTON - Newborns face unique immunological ...
Revealed an alteration related to the loss of effectiveness of a treatment in lung cancer
Credit: Montse Sánchez-Céspedes The Cancer Genetics Group of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Montse Sánchez-Céspedes, together with ...
Researchers expand microchip capability with new 3D inductor technology
Credit: Image courtesy Xiuling Li CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Smaller is better when it comes to microchips, researchers said, and by ...
Predictive touch response mechanism is a step toward a tactile internet
Researchers demonstrate the use of forecasting haptic feedback to overcome distance limit in human-to-machine applicationsCredit: S. Mondal, et al., The ...
West Nile virus triggers brain inflammation by inhibiting protein degradation
Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, P.E. Rollin, USCDCP West Nile virus (WNV) inhibits autophagy -- an essential system that digests or removes ...
Acetone plus light creates a green jet fuel additive
New product creates fuel from biomass, while improving engine performanceCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., January 23, 2020--Take ...
Stressed-out dust is sharing antibiotic resistance genes
First study to show indoor dust bacteria have transferrable antibiotic resistance genesCredit: Northwestern University Bacteria can swap their genes with ...
High-protein diets boost artery-clogging plaque, mouse study shows
Such diets lead to weight loss but could increase heart attack riskCredit: Razani Lab High-protein diets may help people lose ...
Facial paralysis stigma takes emotional toll, especially when acquired later in life
Credit: Courtesy of the Moebius Syndrome Foundation CORVALLIS, Ore. - People with facial paralysis are more likely to face depression ...
Study finds many youth living with undiagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome
Researchers from DePaul University and Lurie Children's Hospital screen 10K children, teens in NIH-funded studyCredit: Lurie Children's Hospital/Jan Terry CHICAGO ...
Wistar joins effort to expedite Coronavirus vaccine development for outbreak in China
Coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations supports DNA vaccine based on key Wistar technologyCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Jan. 23, ...
Room for complexity? The many players in the coffee agroecosystem
Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often ...
