Southeastern US herbaria digitize three million specimens, now freely available online
Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Herbarium A network of over 100 herbaria spread out across ...
Month: July 2021
Early-life social connections influence gene expression, stress resilience
Credit: Kay E. Holekamp Having friends may not only be good for the health of your social life, but also ...
Perfecting collagen production in osteogenesis imperfecta
By studying the controversial idea that hematopoietic stem cells could give rise to osteoblasts, researchers at MUSC Health aim to ...
‘Good cholesterol’ may protect liver
Study in mice, human blood samples, suggests HDL from the intestine may prevent liver inflammationCredit: Brad W. Warner The body's ...
Advanced bladder cancers respond to immunotherapy regardless of gene mutation status
Credit: UNC LIneberge Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina--A new study has demonstrated that patients with advanced bladder cancers ...
Doctoral student bridges gap between electronics and optics
New chip can revolutionize the current data rate for processors using microwave photonicsCredit: Justin Baetge, Texas A&M Engineering According to ...
Top geology award goes to Ian Dalziel of The University of Texas at Austin
Credit: Ian Dalziel Ian W.D. Dalziel, a professor in the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at ...
Tulane spin-out company to develop new treatment for pelvic organ prolapse
BioAesthetics Corp. is teaming up with a Tulane biomedical engineering professor to develop better treatment for pelvic organ prolapseCredit: Courtesy ...
NIH awards more than $20 million to international HIV database centers
IeDEA program analyzes health data from over 2 million people to advance HIV careCredit: NIAID WHAT: The National Institutes of ...
Investigational magnetic device shrinks glioblastoma in first-in-world human test
Credit: Houston Methodist Houston Methodist Neurological Institute researchers from the department of neurosurgery shrunk a deadly glioblastoma tumor by more ...
Cattle losing adaptations to environment, MU researchers find
Researchers pave the way for genetic tests of cattle that can look for the presence of specific adaptations, such as ...
‘Wrapping’ anodes in 3D carbon nanosheets: The next big thing in li-ion battery technology
Study finds that anchoring manganese selenide nanoparticles, an anode material, in 3D carbon nanosheets prevents their expansion in lithium-ion batteriesCredit: ...
The anatomy of a planet
ETH researchers analyse marsquakesCredit: NASA / JPL-Caltech Since early 2019, researchers have been recording and analysing marsquakes as part of ...
Soft skin patch could provide early warning for strokes, heart attacks
Credit: Nature Biomedical Engineering Engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a soft and stretchy ultrasound patch that ...
Less-sensitive COVID-19 tests may still achieve optimal results if enough people tested
Analysis suggests same epidemiological outcomes possible with rapid-antigen versus RT-PCR testsCredit: Philip Cherian, Sandeep Krishna and Gautam Menon, 2021, PLOS ...
Global approach is needed on battery regulation
Credit: ReLIB/University of BIrmingham New European Union regulations on batteries could offer a huge boost to the global decarbonisation mission ...
Stanford researchers develop tool to drastically speed up the study of enzymes
Credit: Daniel Mokhtari For much of human history, animals and plants were perceived to follow a different set of rules ...
California’s carbon mitigation efforts may be thwarted by climate change itself
UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem's role in removing atmospheric CO2Credit: Shane Coffield / UCI Irvine, Calif., July 22, ...
New study provides clues to decades-old mystery about cell movement
Game-changing discovery impacts tissue engineering, wound healing, and cancer researchCredit: Tranquillo group, University of Minnesota A new study, led by ...
ASMBS Foundation awards research grants for studies related to COVID-19 & obesity
Credit: ASMBS Foundation Newberry, FL - July19, 2021-- The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Foundation today announced ...