CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health awarded $2.4 M NIH grant
The National Institutes for Health (NIH) has awarded Dr. Christian Grov and his colleagues $2.4 Million to launch a 2-year ...
CU Boulder discovery could lead to better results for patients undergoing radiation
July 19, 2017 - More than half of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy, in which high doses of radiation are aimed ...
Why are dogs such doting companions? It’s in their genes
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have identified a genetic difference in domesticated dogs and wolves that could explain the canines' contrasting ...
Cornell researchers uncover fresh role for nitric oxide
"We've found a hole in the nitrogen cycle pipeline. As there is nitrous oxide escaping out of the soil into ...
Damming and lost connectivity for fish in northeastern ecosystems
Anadromous forage fish, which spawn in freshwater but spend much of their lives at sea, are an important food source ...
Gu and Paranthaman named ORNL Corporate Fellows
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 19, 2017 -- Researchers Baohua Gu and Parans Paranthaman have been named Corporate Fellows ...
Lunatic fringe gene plays key role in the renewable brain
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The discovery that the brain can generate new cells - about 700 new neurons each ...
New treatment guidelines for pediatric acute onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS/PANDAS)
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 19, 2017 -- A panel of leading clinicians and researchers ...
GSA announces press events lineup for World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics in San Francisco
The program of the upcoming World Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics will feature four exclusive sessions designed to aid reporters ...
Goodbye HERA, hello sleep
Credit: Credit: NASA After 45 days in NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), the four-man crew can hardly hold their ...
Aging power plants provide Trump administration with risks and opportunities
When it comes to the current plans to retire U.S. power plants, Carnegie Mellon University researchers believe we are "running ...
Supramolecular materials with a time switch
Credit: Boekhoven Lab / TUM Materials that assemble themselves and then simply disappear at the end of their lifetime are ...
Shark scavenging helps reveal clues about human remains
Credit: Florida Museum/George Burgess GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Shark feeding habits are helping scientists identify marks on human bones found in ...
Individual insight into brain networks
Harvard scientists have gained new insights into how the brain networks important for thought and remembering are organized in individual ...
Kent State researcher examines vaccine rejection and hesitancy, calls to promote vaccination
Credit: Kent State University The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara ...
Certification program to expand response capability for vector-borne disease outbreaks
Annapolis, MD; July 19, 2017--Soon, the public health community will be better equipped to respond to outbreaks of diseases spread ...
Indestructible virus yields secret to creating incredibly durable materials
Credit: MANDATORY CREDIT: Courtesy the study authors/eLife It's like the Superman of viruses, astonishingly tough and able to survive in ...
Stem cell clinics registering for-profit, pay-to-participate studies on clinicaltrials.gov
The Future Science Group (FSG) journal Regenerative Medicine, today announces the publication of a new Perspective article, in which Leigh ...
PETA journal article lays out steps to end flea/tick infestation tests on dogs and cats
An article just published in the peer-reviewed journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, authored by scientists from People for the Ethical ...
New study provides BRCA mutation carriers guidance for when surgery has greatest impact
CATONSVILLE, MD, July 19, 2017 - Of the women who carry the mutated BRCA1/2 genes, 45-65 percent will develop breast ...
