Expanding treatment options for severe brain trauma
Every 15 seconds someone in the United States suffers a traumatic brain injury; a new research study at UC San...
Shifts seen in breeding times and duration for 73 boreal bird species over 40 years
UMass Amherst ecologist, part of Finnish team, used 820,000 nesting recordsCredit: Finnish Museum of Natural History/Aleksi Lehikoinen AMHERST, Mass. -...
How does cooperation evolve?
Researchers unravel why organisms frequently help each otherCredit: Department of Ecology at the Osnabrueck University OSNABRUECK / JENA.- In nature,...
Research breakthrough in fight against chytrid fungus
Genes responsible for protecting frogs may play role in death from global diseaseCredit: Photo credit: Veronica Urgiles, University of Central...
Meet Cosmo, a bull calf designed to produce 75% male offspring
Scientists use CRISPR technology to insert sex-determining geneCredit: Alison Van Eenennaam/UC Davis Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have...
Lone Star ticks in Illinois can carry, transmit Heartland virus
Symptoms may be mistaken for COVID-19; hospitalizations are commonCredit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have confirmed that...
Diagnostic startup sees growing interest, funding for disease detection tests
Credit: Diana Caldwell/Amplified Sciences WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University-affiliated life science diagnostic startup is seeing growing interest and...
Gene-controlling mechanisms play key role in cancer progression
Study finds 'epigenomic' alterations evolve as lung tumors become more aggressive and metastasizeCredit: Isabella Del Priore and Lindsay LaFave CAMBRIDGE,...
When it comes to happiness, what’s love got to do with it?
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - How accurate was William Shakespeare when he said, "'Tis better to have...
Dual role discovered for molecule involved in autoimmune eye disease
IL-17, known for driving inflammation, also puts on the brakes, NIH scientists reportCredit: Rachel Caspi, Ph.D. (NEI) The inflammatory molecule...
UCalgary study finds global trends in women’s breast cancer show cause for concern
Findings show significant increase in premenopausal breast cancer rates in countries around the world, including CanadaCredit: O'Brien Institute for Public...
Quantum physicists crack mystery of ‘strange metals,’ a new state of matter
Strange metals have surprising connections to high-temperature superconductors and black holesCredit: P. Cha et al./Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Remember the first time you…? Mysterious brain structure sheds light on addiction
Cocaine-addicted mice shed light on claustrum's role in associating reward with contextCredit: Courtesy of Hebrew University Do you remember where...
Neandertals may have had a lower threshold for pain
People who inherited a special ion channel from Neandertals experience more painCredit: © Science Photo Library / Daynes, Elisabeth As...
The first mouse model of human pancreas cancer subtypes
Credit: Miyabayashi/Tuveson lab, CSHL Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have created the first mouse model of pancreatic cancer...
Kidney transplantation between people with HIV is safe, NIH study finds
Multicenter HOPE Act study expands pool of available kidneysCredit: NIAID WHAT: Kidney transplantation from deceased donors with HIV to people...
Argonne breaks ground on new state-of-the-art beamlines for the Advanced Photon Source
Credit: (Image by Seth Hammond / Argonne National Laboratory.) The two new beamlines will be constructed as part of a...
A mouse model was used to determine the personalized treatment for a cancer patient
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) A team from IDIBELL and ICO, using a mouse orthotopic model, conducted a real-time...
A new method to significantly increase the range and stability of optical tweezers
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University jointly with a team of the V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics of the Siberian...
A novel tissue imaging system accelerates cancer diagnosis
Researchers from Osaka University develop a novel three-dimensional imaging system to diagnose cervical cancer faster, non-invasively and more efficiently than...
