Bad to the bone: Specific gut bacterium impairs normal skeletal growth and maturation
Segmented filamentous bacteria, a specific bacterium within the healthy gut microbiome, significantly influences the immune system to impair bone mass...
Concordian examines the link between cognition and hearing or vision loss
Social factors do not explain how they are connected, new research showsCredit: Concordia University There is a long-established and widely...
What’s in your water?
Researchers identify new toxic byproducts of disinfecting drinking waterCredit: Marissa Lanterman/Johns Hopkins University Mixing drinking water with chlorine, the United...
Six patients with rare blood disease are doing well after gene therapy clinical trial
Treatment uses person's own stem cells instead of donor cellsCredit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Nature Medicine UCLA researchers are...
Scientists create listeriosis-immune mice by turning off gene in myeloid cells
The study provides exciting material for understanding the mechanisms of the immune response to pathogenic microorganisms.Credit: ITMO University An international...
Researchers develop method to assess geographic origins of ancient humans
Study focused on ancient skull and mandible remains at Crenshaw, a Caddo Indian site in southwest Arkansas.Credit: University Relations /...
Protein pores packed in polymers make super-efficient filtration membranes
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- A multidisciplinary team of engineers and...
NIH grant will help NIU professor study links between exercise, brain health
Credit: Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- Angela Grippo's New Year's resolution is exercise, exercise, exercise, but the Northern Illinois...
Senior Chemist Mark Beno receives posthumous AAAS fellow distinction
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Mark Beno, a senior chemist at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, has...
Chan Zuckerberg initiative awards $1.3 million to advance biomedical imaging
New grant will increase collaboration between imaging centers worldwide and fuel scientific discoveryCredit: Photo by Daniel Gütl, winner of the...
Methanogenic microorganisms as workhorses of the industrial bioeconomy
Credit: (c) Nicole Matschiavelli The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding the research consortium with a grant...
Hungry for hutia? Our taste for Bahamas’ ‘most peaceable rodent’ shaped its diversity
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The Bahamian hutia, a large Caribbean rodent with a blissed-out disposition, presents a...
UT microbiologist receives DOE grant to investigate Peatland carbon processes
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Department of Energy A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, microbiologist has received a portion of a $3.1...
Artificial intelligence predicts treatment outcome for diabetes-related vision loss
New algorithm poised to help doctors individualize treatment for diabetic macular edemaCredit: Sina Farsiu, Duke University WASHINGTON -- A new...
Second of its kind ‘sharpshooter’ leafhopper from Brazil ‘strikes’ with its colouration
Credit: Gabriel Mejdalani When, in 2014, Brazilian researchers stumbled across a never-before-seen red-eyed leafhopper feeding inside the rosettes of bromeliads,...
The UC3M and SENER aeroespacial work on a helicon plasma thruster for space platforms
Within the framework of the European research project HIPATIACredit: Credits: SENER Aeroespacial. The HPT is a new electric space propulsion...
The universities of Bern and Zurich offer continuing education in gender-specific medicine
Credit: USZ At present, a focus on males in basic research and clinical trials means that models of disease are...
Press registration now open for 2020 American Physical Society March Meeting
Largest physics meeting of the year to be held in DenverCredit: American Physical Society COLLEGE PARK, MD - Denver will...
Rethinking land conservation to protect species that will need to move with climate change
Credit: University of Washington All plants and animals need suitable conditions to survive. That means a certain amount of light,...
Research offers promise for treating schizophrenia
Credit: UGA Research by a University of Georgia psychologist shows that targeting one particular symptom of schizophrenia has a positive...
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