Wayne State to develop online parent-training program for addressing challenging behaviors
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT - Wayne State University received a four-year, $533,151 award from the National Institute of Mental ...
Ingredient found in soap can alter ‘wettability’ of your skin
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - It's possible to alter the wettability of your skin ...
NIH grant will fund research of cancer cell metastasis
Credit: Kathy Atkinson/ University of Delaware A University of Delaware researcher is part of a team that recently received a ...
UC biologist looks at butterflies to help solve human infertility
Credit: Nathan Morehouse When insects skip the light fandango their romantic foreplay often involves some pretty crazy things like hypnotic ...
New gene editing technique could drive out mosquito-borne disease
Scientists at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside have demonstrated a way to edit the genome of disease-carrying mosquitoes that brings ...
Proteins linked to HIV transmission could actually be beneficial for reproduction
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--June 27, 2017--Protein fragments found in semen, and previously only known for their ability to enhance HIV infection, ...
BUSM receives grant to create software prototype for sharing medical data
(Boston)--In an effort to securely share medical data between the U.S. and India, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has ...
Lake harvests are likely more fruitful than we knew
Credit: Andrew Deines, Michigan State University Harvests from freshwater fisheries such as the Great Lakes could total more than 12 ...
Three giants in the field of radiation oncology named 2017 ASTRO Gold Medalists
Credit: Soren M. Bentzen, DSc, PhD/American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., June 27, 2017 --The American Society for ...
New photoacoustic technique detects gases at parts-per-quadrillion level
Credit: Gerald Diebold PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases down to ...
How grassland management without the loss of species works
The intensive management of grasslands is bad for biodiversity. However, a study by the Terrestrial Ecology Research Group at the ...
Study calls for urgent need for improved human-wildlife conflict management across India
Credit: Krithi Karanth Bengaluru, India (June 27, 2017) -- There is an urgent need to strengthen human-wildlife conflict management across ...
Conducting shell for bacteria
Under anaerobic conditions, certain bacteria can produce electricity. This behavior can be exploited in microbial fuel cells, with a special ...
Older adults who take 5+ medications walk slower than those who take fewer medications
"Polypharmacy" is the term used when someone takes many (usually five or more) different medications. Experts suggest that, for most ...
Slow motion makes football referees more likely to give a red card
Video assistant refereeing in football has to be used with caution. Researchers at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, have ...
Insights into closed enzymes
Credit: Prof. Michael Kovermann, University of Konstanz The adenylate kinase enzyme is crucial to managing the energy budget of cells, ...
UW-Madison scientists illuminate structures vital to virus replication
Credit: UW-Madison In the fight against the viruses that invade everyday life, seeing and understanding the battleground is essential. Scientists ...
Cotton candy capillaries lead to circuit boards that dissolve when cooled
Building transient electronics is usually about doing something to make them stop working: blast them with light, soak them with ...
Researchers discover novel colistin resistance gene mcr-3 in Escherichia coli
Washington, DC - June 27, 2017 - Researchers have now discovered a new mobile colistin resistance gene, mcr-3, in E. ...
Study identifies key player in heart enlargement
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The heart is a dynamic muscle that grows and shrinks in response ...
