How nicotine acts on the brains of schizophrenic patients
Several studies have indicated that schizophrenic patients are likely to show a high level of nicotine dependence. Scientists from the ...
Lithuania joins the EMBO Installation Grants scheme
EMBO Programme Manager, Gerlind Wallon, explained, "EMBO Installation Grants encourage talented young group leaders to establish laboratories in countries which ...
MacKinnon lab charts the anatomy of three molecular channels
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics/The Rockefeller University Using a state-of-the-art imaging technology in which molecules are deep frozen, ...
Spanish scientists create a 3-D bioprinter to print human skin
Credit: UC3M This research has recently been published in the electronic version of the scientific journal Biofabrication. In this article, ...
UM announces creation of the Frost Institutes for Science and Engineering
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 23, 2017 - Recognizing the need to grow a global, interdisciplinary network focused on scientific discovery ...
Engineers eat away at Ms. Pac-Man score with artificial player
Loading video... Credit: Cornell University Using a novel approach for computing real-time game strategy, engineers have developed an artificial Ms. ...
Strategies designed to reduce excessive body temperature during exercise are explored
Doing exercise in hot environments leads to early fatigue owing to a range of physiological factors in which high body ...
Research leads to new treatment recommendations for a high-risk pediatric leukemia
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Tina Motroni Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has identified three ...
TCGA study identifies genomic features of cervical cancer
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified novel genomic and molecular characteristics of cervical cancer that ...
Breast cancer drugs stop working when tumors ‘make their own fuel’
The early-stage findings, from an international team led by Imperial College London and the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, ...
Study reveals new genetic mechanism driving breast cancer
Researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have discovered 'hotspots' of mutations in breast cancer genomes, where mutations thought to ...
How plant cells regulate growth shown for the first time
Researchers have managed to show how the cells in a plant, a multicellular organism, determine their size and regulate their ...
Mainz University to collaborate with US research center Fermilab near Chicago
Credit: photo/©: Fermilab Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is expanding the range of its international research collaboration projects. During a ...
The discrepancy between the results of a system of biological interest is resolved
Chemistry - A European Journal has rated as "hugely important" the research work conducted by the Microwave Group of the ...
New crab species shares name with 2 ‘Harry Potter’ characters and a hero researcher
Credit: Jose C. E. Mendoza While not much is known about the animals living around coral reefs, ex-Marine turned researcher ...
Peruvian potatoes to join world’s largest banana collection in Belgium
Credit: © Bioversity International For 30 years, KU Leuven (University of Leuven, Belgium) has been home to an impressive collection ...
Coral reefs grow faster and healthier when parrotfish are abundant
Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI Caribbean coral reefs have become biologically and economically degraded habitats. The relative weight of the big ...
Forests ‘held their breath’ during global warming hiatus, research shows
Global forest ecosystems, widely considered to act as the lungs of the planet, 'held their breath' during the most recent ...
New design strategy for longer lasting batteries
It's always exciting to bring home a new smartphone that seems to do anything, but it can be all downhill ...
Mummy visualization impresses in computer journal
Credit: Visualization Center C Anders Ynnerman, professor of scientific visualisation at Linköping University and director of Visualization Center C, together ...
