Scientists develop new model to describe how bacteria spread in different forms
A unifying theory explaining how bacteria spread in the form of swarms and biofilms adds to our understanding of the...
Pregnancy shifts the daily schedule forward
New study finds both schedule, activity level changes in normal full-term pregnanciesCredit: Image: Syda Productions, via Shutterstock Add this to...
Gender impacts brain activity in alcoholics
May lead to gender-specific treatment (Boston)--Compared to alcoholic women, alcoholic men have more diminished brain activity in areas responsible for...
Brain signaling proteins hit the road running
New study of brain neurotransmitter receptor has implications for drug discovery Surprisingly complex movements in an important neurotransmitter receptor may...
Excessive rainfall as damaging to corn yield as extreme heat, drought
Credit: Graphic courtesy Yan Li CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Recent flooding in the Midwest has brought attention to the complex agricultural...
Sleep and exercise affect new moms differently than new dads
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Sleep and exercise are vital to the wellbeing of new parents, but these essentials affect new...
Argonne helps provide platform for future advanced nuclear reactor
Credit: Image by GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Pivotal technology will enable evaluation of many advanced reactor fuels and designs. For...
Isle Royale winter study: 13 new wolves, 20 radio-collared moose
Credit: Rolf Peterson/Michigan Tech Fifteen wolves. 2,060 moose. Extensive ice and deep, powdery snow. Michigan Tech researchers have released the...
Low income is a risk factor for ‘catastrophic’ amputation after knee joint replacement
April 30, 2018 - Above-knee amputation (AKA) is a rare but severe complication of deep infection after knee replacement surgery....
NASA instrument to more accurately measure ozone discovered by ‘accident’
Credit: NASA/W. Hrybyk NASA research scientist Tom Hanisco set out to build an instrument capable of measuring a short-lived chemical...
Crisis and suicide prevention services struggle with demand after celebrity suicides
NIH study identifies importance of support for critical suicide prevention services The United States may lack the resources needed to...
The psychology of smartphones, movies, music, and AI to be featured at APS Convention
How do smartphones affect our relationships? How do filmmakers adapt movies to take advantage of our capacity for vision, hearing...
$4.6 million grant funds clinical trial of stem cell immunotherapy for metastatic sarcoma and other hard-to-treat cancers
Credit: Photo courtesy of: UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative...
Lines blurring between human herpes simplex viruses
HSV-1, which mostly infects the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital sores, are forming recombinants in present-day humansCredit: Greg Pepper...
Do ‘microglia’ hold the key to stop Alzheimer’s disease?
A Leuven research team led by Prof. Bart De Strooper (VIB-KU Leuven, UK DRI) studied how specialized brain cells called...
Research decodes one way cancer survives treatment, proposes a way to prevent it
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Cancer cells have various tricks up their metaphorical sleeves to survive in the face of chemotherapy, radiotherapy...
Unraveling cannabinoids
Harvard Medical School receives $4.5 million for cannabinoid research from Harvard University alum Charles R. Broderick, an alumnus of Harvard...
Amid genomic data explosion, scientists find proliferating errors
Credit: WSU Pullman, Wash. - Washington State University researchers found a troubling number of errors in publicly available genomic data...
Star with strange chemistry is from out of town
Credit: NAOJ Astronomers have discovered a star in the Milky Way Galaxy with a chemical composition unlike any other star...
Study: Health care providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug
Some say primary care doctors should take the lead on PrEP; others feel any provider can, according to new UB...
