Researchers determine ideal areas and timing for biological control of invasive stink bug
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that devastates gardens and crops, would...
Researchers discover potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease
An antagonist that blocks specific interaction between the protein apoE and amyloid precursor protein appears promising in a University of...
New web-based tool accelerates research on conditions such as dementia, sports concussion
A new paper describes a web-computing platform led by Indiana University scientists to support and publish reproducible neuroscience researchCredit: Image...
Not silent at all
The so-called "silent" or "synonymous" genetic alterations do not result in altered proteins. But they can nevertheless influence numerous functions...
HIB vaccine linked with better health, cognition, and schooling outcomes in Indian children
Researchers at CDDEP, the University of California, Riverside and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health assessed the long-term associations...
$1.6 million NIH research grant supports study of VR to improve perspective taking in kids
Credit: School of Informatics and Computing Zebulun Wood, lecturer and co-director of the undergraduate Media Arts and Science program, will...
Study shows more effective method for detecting prostate cancer
Combining biopsy strategies allowed doctors to find up to 33% more cancersCredit: UCLA Health Each year, 1 million men in...
WVU and NIOSH study ways to prevent lung disease in dentistry professionals
Credit: WVU Inhaling dangerous particulates is a hazard of coal mining, mold remediation, sandblasting ... and dentistry. Fotinos Panagakos, associate...
Deshpande Symposium honors leaders in entrepreneurship education
International conference draws participants from around the world LOWELL, Mass. - More than 300 leaders in educating the next generation...
Crop resilience is focus of new interdisciplinary research
Project will focus on microbial interactions with wheatCredit: Becky Kirkland, NC State University Research suggests that microbes in the soil,...
Discovery of field-induced pair density wave state in high temperature superconductors
Credit: MPI CPfS, artist credit to K. Fujita, Brookhaven National Lab Superconductors are quantum materials that are perfect transmitters of...
Wind tunnel tests could help kites become a clean energy high-flier
The use of kites to capture wind energy and turn it into cost-effective 'green' electricity could be coming within reach,...
Specific multinutrient combination benefits patients with early stage Alzheimer’s disease
Study supports hypothesis that a food for special medical purposes containing Fortasyn Connect® can benefit patients with MCI at high...
Empirical energy consumption model quantifies Bitcoin’s carbon footprint
Researchers have conducted the first analysis of Bitcoin power consumption based on empirical data from IPO filings and localization of...
A gut feeling: Microbiome changes may mean early detection of colorectal cancer
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - The gut has a population of organisms that live within in it, called the...
Scientists identify a novel neural circuit mediating visually evoked innate defensive responses
Credit: LIU Xuemei Fear overgeneralization (i.e., deficits in the discrimination of safety and threat) is an important pathological characteristic of...
The battle to save citrus fruits
Huanglongbing, (HLB), also known as citrus greening, has devastated Florida's citrus farms. Although some growers in China and Brazil have...
Scientists develop a chemocatalytic approach for one-pot reaction of cellulosic ethanol
Credit: WANG Aiqin Scientists at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed...
£120,000 project to eliminate freight train carbon emissions
Huddersfield's Institute of Railway Research will work with industrial partners to develop environmentally-beneficial hybrid locomotivesCredit: Direct Rail Services RAIL and...
Bacteria such as E. coli detected in minutes by new technology from Warwick University
Scientists at the University of Warwick have shown that bioelectrical signals from bacteria can be used to rapidly determine if...
