Researcher chosen for American Geophysical Union’s 2017 Class of Fellows
Credit: University of Delaware University of Delaware Prof. Wei-Jun Cai, who has done pioneering work on carbon biogeochemistry in estuaries ...
UMass Amherst Biogeographer leads study on wildfire risk related to invasive grasses
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Invasive plant expert Bethany Bradley at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a ...
Compounds in desert creosote bush could treat giardia and ‘brain-eating’ amoeba infections
Researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego and the University of Colorado ...
Eating habits affect skin’s protection against sun
Credit: Knight Cancer Institute DALLAS - Aug. 15, 2017 - Sunbathers may want to avoid midnight snacks before catching some ...
Frogs that adapt to pesticides are more vulnerable to parasites
Credit: Image: Brian Mattes Troy, N.Y. - Amphibians can evolve increased tolerance to pesticides, but the adaptation can make them ...
Children’s National part of pediatric cancer research collective awarded millions by NIH
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - Children's National Health System is a member of a public-private research collective that ...
Understanding antibiotic resistance
Credit: Cell Reports Chestnut Hill, Mass. (8/15/2017) -- Central to understanding why bacteria become antibiotic resistant is knowing how bacteria ...
UTA professor awarded Talanta Medal for outstanding contributions to analytical chemistry
Credit: UTA Purnendu "Sandy" Dasgupta, the Hamish Small Chair of Ion Analysis in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at ...
ChemRxiv Beta open for submissions and powered by Figshare
(American Chemical Society) ChemRxiv, a new chemistry preprint server, is now available in a fully functioning Beta version for use. ...
New Machine Learning program shows promise for early Alzheimer’s diagnosis
A new machine learning program developed by researchers at Case Western Reserve University appears to outperform other methods for diagnosing ...
Cell economics 101
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Every time we swallow food, cells that line the intestines must step up their activity ...
Oxford University Press to publish American Society for Nutrition Journals
Oxford University Press and the American Society for Nutrition are pleased to announce a new partnership to publish the society's ...
Climate change projected to significantly increase harmful algal blooms in US freshwaters
Credit: Hans W. Paerl, Ph.D a study co-author/University of North Carolina MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE (August 15, 2017) - Harmful algal blooms known ...
Plant-produced polio vaccines could help eradicate age-old disease
Credit: Dimond Light Source & Oxford University Plants have been used to produce a new vaccine against poliovirus in what ...
Development of nanosensor capable of detecting herbicide and its target enzyme binding
Credit: Fabio L. Leite Due to the increased usage of agrochemicals, especially herbicides, in recent decades, high cumulative levels of ...
Mercury is altering gene expression
Credit: © Dartmouth College Electron Microscope Facility, Louisa Howard The mercury found at very low concentrations in water is concentrated ...
Deep-UV probing method detects electron transfer in photovoltaics
Sensitized solar cells consisting of a molecular or solid-state sensitizer that serves to collect light and inject an electron into ...
Two new beetle genera and 4 new species from the Australopacific in a new monograph
Credit: Birgit Rhodes Amid his ongoing revisionary work on a number of hister beetle genera, the Slovakian-born naturalised Dutch entomologist ...
Dr. Sebastian Groh first winner of the Renewable Transformation Challenge
Credit: ME SOLshare Elsevier, the information analytics business specializing in science and health, and the International Solar Energy Society (ISES), ...
Will ketamine treat your depression? Check your activity monitor
Philadelphia, PA, August 14, 2017 - During a depressive episode, people often report having reduced energy, feeling slowed down and ...
