Precision drugs could unmask cancers to immune system and boost effects of immunotherapy
NHS-approved PARP inhibitor therapy found to boost the body's immune response Drugs could be used to increase number of patients...
Biologists have studied enzymes that help wheat to fight fungi
Scientists studied reaction of wheat to damage caused by pathogenic fungi Scientists from I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University...
North Texas Regional Center of Expertise gets approval from UN
New centerCredit: UT Arlington What began as a brainstorming session last year about how to unify sustainability efforts across North...
Australian universities pool resources to accelerate quantum research
NSW government backs Sydney Quantum Academy with $A15.4 million investmentCredit: University of Sydney The NSW Government has announced support for...
Caterpillar-Argonne team to pursue improved diesel engine combustion systems
Credit: Convergent Science and Argonne National Laboratory Caterpillar Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are...
THOR wrangles complex microbiomes into a model for improving them
Credit: Gabriel Lozano and Jo Handelsman MADISON, Wis. -- "Microbial communities run the world," says Jo Handelsman, director of the...
Two conferences to focus on citrus research and diseases that threaten citrus industry
More than 500 citrus researchers, regulators, and growers will gather at the convention center in downtown Riverside, Calif., March 10-15...
Study confirms horseshoe crabs are really relatives of spiders, scorpions
Credit: Courtesy of Jesús Ballesteros MADISON, Wis. -- Blue-blooded and armored with 10 spindly legs, horseshoe crabs have perhaps always...
UTA civil engineer would fuse data methods to determine more accurate numbers
Bicycle dataCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering assistant professor is exploring data fusion techniques that...
At what age do you feel 65?
New study reveals wide variations in how well or poorly people age; United States ranks 54th between Iran (53rd) and...
Machine learning to the rescue
Columbia research team uses data science to eliminate the tsetse fly in sub-Saharan Africa The tsetse fly has wreaked devastation...
Music captivates listeners and synchronizes their brainwaves
Credit: Jens Madsen Music has the ability to captivate us; when listeners engage with music, they follow its sounds closely,...
Gene identified that increases risk of antibiotic reaction
Credit: Photo by Anne Rayner Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have identified a gene that increases the...
Study: Urban African-Americans more likely to live in trauma deserts
New level 1 trauma center at UChicago Medicine lowers Chicago's disparity 7-fold African-Americans in major U.S. cities are significantly more...
nTIDE Feb. 2019: Economic indicators decline slightly for Americans with disabilities
National Trends in Disability Employment (nTIDE) Report -- Monthly Update -- featuring the work of Inclusion Films in promoting the...
Implantable ‘tea bag’ in development releases insulin for children with diabetes
Credit: UA College of Medicine - Tucson TUCSON, Ariz. - Children with Type 1 diabetes have only one option to...
Neural engineer Qi Wang recognized with NSF CAREER Award
He is working to develop new technologies for restoring and enhancing sensory functions and cognition through brain-machine interfacesCredit: Jane Nisselson/Columbia...
Number and timing of pregnancies influence breast cancer risk for women with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
Risk of breast cancer declined for women with BRCA1 gene and more than one pregnancy New York, NY and Paris,...
Illuminating the genome
RNA-guided endonuclease -- in situ labelling, a new CRISPR/Cas9 based molecular visualisation methodCredit: Takayoshi Ishii, Andreas Houben The CRISPR/Cas9 system...
Blood holds key to liver regeneration
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate....
