Poll: Majority of Americans say tackle football is unsafe for young kids
LOWELL, Mass. - A majority of Americans believe it is not safe for children to play tackle football before they ...
Farming fish
Steephead parrotfish (Chlorurus microrhinos) are picky eaters. In the central Pacific, however, they appear to have taken matters into their ...
Virginia Tech biochemists dip into the health benefits of olives and olive oil
Credit: Courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The health benefits of olives-- and associated natural products such ...
TSRI study reveals new clues to how a successful HIV vaccine could work
LA JOLLA, CA - September 12, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a discovery that ...
Army scientists discover power in urine
Credit: Photo Credit: David McNally, ARL Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory ...
Microscope invented at marine biological laboratory illuminates chromosomal ‘dark matter’
Credit: From Imai et al (2017) DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E17-06-0359 WOODS HOLE, MASS.-- Using a microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory ...
Researchers identify critical molecular link between inflammation and diabetes
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has uncovered how inflammation contributes ...
NSF-funded center at Purdue could help power US for next century
Credit: (Purdue University photo) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The National Science Foundation has chosen Purdue University to lead an engineering ...
Forest regeneration experiment of 30 years yields results
Credit: Roseann Densmore A spruce forest regeneration experiment in Interior Alaska that spanned nearly 30 years demonstrates which forest management ...
Study: Social media helps students learn scientific argumentation better
LAWRENCE -- Adults often bemoan the amount of time young people spend staring at a screen and browsing social media. ...
‘Missing link’ explains how viruses trigger immunity
A discovery by Melbourne researchers has solved a longstanding mystery of how viruses trigger protective immunity within our body. The ...
UltraSOL CurcuMIN line & CurcuWIN granted patent for sports performance benefits
Morristown, N.J., September 12, 2017 - OmniActive Health Technologies has been granted a US patent (Patent No: US 9724311) for ...
Magnetic cellular ‘Legos’ for the regenerative medicine of the future
By incorporating magnetic nanoparticles in cells and developing a system using miniaturized magnets, researchers at the Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes ...
Historic legacies affect climate change survival in Caribbean
Caribbean societies are among the least responsible for causing climate change but are among the most exposed to its negative ...
Tomatoes’ crystal ball reveals evolutionary secrets
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University's Robert Last studies tomatoes. Specifically, he researches their hair, or trichomes. For this ...
Engineering Research Center will help expand use of therapies based on living cells
Credit: Credit: Georgia Tech The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $20 million to a consortium of universities to ...
‘Superbug’ bacteria gang up on us, fueled by antibiotic use, nursing home study suggests
ANN ARBOR, Mich. ¬- What's worse than getting exposed to a kind of bacteria that modern antibiotics can't kill? Getting ...
Queens control worker reproduction without castration in stingless bee species
Credit: Túlio Nunes / University of São Paulo Scientists have studied and been captivated by the organization and functioning of ...
Medicine of the future: New microchip technology could be used to track ‘smart pills’
Credit: Ella Marushchenko for Caltech Researchers at Caltech have developed a prototype miniature medical device that could ultimately be used ...
Carbon cycling in forest soils research presented
Just as individual humans have different microbial communities in their guts, the microbial communities living in soils vary from site ...
