Great white sharks dive deep into warm-water whirlpools in the Atlantic
Credit: OCEARCH It's always good to know where great white sharks are likely to be swimming. That's true if you're...
Russian scientists created ‘flying’ gas chromatograph
Credit: Samara University The basis of the airborne laboratory complex is the gas microchromatograph, developed by the scientists of Samara...
Samara scientists developed a new approach to compounds with antidiabetic activity
Credit: @SamaraPolytech Cascade reactions are often used to synthesize complex compounds. These are sequences of rapidly following one after the...
Study examines first birth cohort to receive HPV vaccine: The vaccine works
Credit: The video may be distributed with creditation to University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Girls in...
Devastating plant virus is revealed in atomic detail
Credit: University of Leeds The complex 3D structure of one of the world's most lethal families of plant viruses has...
Large outdoor study shows biodiversity improves stability of algal biofuel systems
Credit: Daryl Marshke/Michigan Photograp ANN ARBOR--A diverse mix of species improves the stability and fuel-oil yield of algal biofuel systems,...
Sensitive new assay finds abnormalities in tumor cells that other techniques may miss
Philadelphia, June 18, 2018 - RNA-Seq is a new next-generation assay that can detect gene fusions in solid tumor cells...
Valuing gluten-free foods relates to health behaviors in young adults
Philadelphia, June 18, 2018 - In a new study featured in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics,...
Chesapeake Bay: Larger-than-average summer ‘dead zone’ forecast for 2018 after wet spring
ANN ARBOR--Ecologists from the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are forecasting a larger-than-average...
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 18, 2018) - It's the comparative silence between the firing...
Life in the fast lane: USU ecologist says dispersal ability linked to plants’ life cycles
Credit: Mary-Ann Muffoletto/USU LOGAN, UTAH, USA - Though mostly rooted in the ground, plants have a number of innovative ways...
Gut microbes may contribute to depression and anxiety in obesity
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (June 18, 2018) - Like everyone, people with type 2 diabetes and obesity suffer from...
Everything big data claims to know about you could be wrong
When it comes to understanding what makes people tick -- and get sick -- medical science has long assumed that...
Embracing respect and dignity as the next frontier in preventing patient harm
BOSTON - Even when health care experiences go well, patients and their families can still suffer harm. To date, organizational...
QUT project aims to reduce dental anxiety and pain
(Queensland University of Technology) A trip to the dentist is not an experience many people look forward to, especially when...
BPA can induce multigenerational effects on ability to communicate
(University of Missouri-Columbia) Past studies have shown that biparental care of offspring can be affected negatively when females and males...
First delivery episiotomies may require repeat procedures — Ben-Gurion U. researchers
(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) After studying more than 43,000 deliveries at Soroka over 24 years (1991-2015), researchers...
Often overlooked glial cell is key to learning and memory
(University of California - Riverside) Glial cells surround neurons and provide support -- not unlike hospital staff and nurses supporting...
IUPUI entrepreneurs seek to quantify pressure applied during manual therapy
(Indiana University) Researcher-entrepreneurs Terry Loghmani, Sohel Anwar and Stanley Chien of IUPUI have developed an instrument system called Quantifiable Soft...
Princeton scientists uncover a factor important for ZIKA Virus host species restriction
(Princeton University) In 2013 and 2015, devastating outbreaks of ZIKA captured world attention. The virus is often transmitted from wild...
