Brain damage in fish affected by plastic nanoparticles
Calculations have shown that 10 per cent of all plastic produced around the world ultimately ends up in the oceans. ...
Drug targeting technique could aid therapies for immune diseases
A new technique that targets drugs to specific cells could lead to improved therapies for diseases caused by an overactive ...
Discovered: Gene associated with schizophrenia risk regulates early brain development
Credit: Yingwei Mao lab, Penn State University University Park, PA -- A gene associated with the risk of schizophrenia regulates ...
With extra sugar, leaves get fat too
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Eat too much without exercising and you'll probably put on a few pounds. As it ...
Geophysical investigation aims revealing how vegetation responds to climate change
Credit: Daniel Antônio / Agencia FAPESP In early August 2017, a team of scientists from the University of São Paulo ...
The rat race is over: New livestock model for stroke could speed discovery
Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker Athens, Ga. - It is well-known in the medical field that the pig brain shares certain ...
UNH receives NIH grant to advance its biomedical research to the bedside
DURHAM, N.H. - The University of New Hampshire has been awarded a five-year, $10 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...
Child abuse affects brain wiring
For the first time, researchers have been able to see changes in the neural structures in specific areas of the ...
High-fidelity recording of molecular geometry with DNA ‘nanoscopy’
(BOSTON) -- Researchers are constantly expanding their arsenal of methods to decipher the spatial organization of biological structures. Using microscopes, ...
Climate insurance is rarely well thought out in agriculture
Credit: UFZ / André Künzelmann Internationally subsidised agricultural insurance is intended to protect farmers in developing countries from the effects ...
Group project? Taking turns, working with friends may improve grades
It has become an almost essential element of academic life, from college lecture halls to elementary classrooms: the group assignment. ...
UC research shows ticks are even tougher and nastier than you thought
Credit: Jay Yocis/UC Creative Services Ticks are nasty little survivors, outlasting even dinosaurs as they resist drought, tolerate cold and ...
Creating brain cells to detect Tourette’s
Scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick used a genetic engineering technique for the first time to create brain cells from the ...
Study examines legacies of rainforest burning in British Columbia
Analyses of temperate rain forests located on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada suggest that for centuries, humans have ...
Scientists discover genes are controlled by ‘nano footballs’
Research at the University of York has revealed that genes are controlled by 'nano footballs' - structures that look like ...
Neuro Kinetics awarded patents for eye testing and I-PAS virtual reality for medical diagnostics
(Neuro Kinetics, Inc.) Among three new US patents awarded to Neuro Kinetics is protection for its I-PAS design, a highly ...
Holograms for molecules
Credit: ETH Zurich / Andreas Frutiger Much can be detected in blood or urine: viral illnesses, metabolic disorders or autoimmune ...
Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Robots perform many tasks that humans can't or don't want to ...
Bone marrow concentrate improves joint transplants
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health Biologic joint restoration using donor tissue instead of traditional metal and plastic may ...
Discovering what makes organelles connect could help understand neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Images acquired by Ginam Cho. Inside every cell is a complex infrastructure of organelles carrying out different functions. Organelles ...
