When life gives you lemons, make bioplastics!
Credit: Public domain From your phone case to airplane windows, polycarbonates are everywhere. Several million tons of polycarbonate are produced ...
Researchers find first genomic biomarkers in extracellular vesicles in veterinary patients
Credit: Courtesy of Tufts University (July 14, 2017)--Researchers at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University have discovered important ...
Mayo Clinic, nference launch a drug discovery startup
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., and ROCHESTER, Minn. - Today, Mayo Clinic and nference launch a startup company for drug development that will ...
Ecological underpinnings of rural poverty
Credit: Upstream Alliance Deep in landlocked Africa, a miracle is unfolding. Less than a generation after a genocidal civil war ...
How protein interactions drive cellular death
Researchers at the Universities of Tübingen and Konstanz, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the Max Planck Institute of Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, ...
The biodiversity data journal Check List joins Pensoft’s open access portfolio
Credit: Check List and Pensoft The well-reputed and established journal Check List is the latest biodiversity-themed title to join scholarly ...
FSU researcher makes deep-sea coral reefs discovery in depths of the North-Pacific
Credit: Florida State University TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Scientists have long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific ...
FSU researchers discover an ugly truth about attractiveness
Credit: Florida State University In today's appearance-driven world, body image can be a powerful influence on our choices and behaviors, ...
Fermented Red Clover extract stops menopausal hot flushes and symptoms
The vast majority of women in the menopause are familiar with the status of Red Clover as an herbal medicine ...
New gene mutation associated with Fanconi anemia
Credit: (Figure modified from Inano et al.) Fanconi anemia is a rare genetic disease characterized by bone marrow failure heralded ...
Bacteria never swim alone
Many animal species display flocking behaviour, but the fact that microorganisms do is not as well known. Researchers at Lund ...
Peptide complex formed in the brain is responsible for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Vladimir Polshakov. Members of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine at the Lomonosov Moscow State University have determined the structure ...
New gene therapy treatment routes for motor neurone disease uncovered in new study
Scientists investigating the genetic causes and altered functioning of nerve cells in motor neurone disease (MND) have discovered a new ...
Wiley and International AIDS Society confirm new publishing partnership
Hoboken, NJ --July 13, 2017 -- John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb), is pleased to announce a new partnership ...
COPD — changes in the lungs, changes in the microbiome
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can result in structural changes ...
LSTM awarded £11 million by National Institute for Health Research
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) LSTM has been awarded £11 million by the National Institute for Health Research as part ...
£1.5 million grant awarded to tackle psychosis in India
(University of Warwick) University of Warwick researchers are to improve the lives of India's millions of psychosis sufferers. The National ...
£8.6m awarded for global health research
(Queen Mary University of London) Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have secured new awards totaling £8.6m to ...
Study discovers anticoagulant drugs are being prescribed against safety advice
(University of Birmingham) The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded £7 million to the Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh ...
Not all muscle building supplements are equal
Credit: University of Stirling Popular muscle building supplements, known as branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are ineffective when taken in isolation, ...
