UA receives $1.2 million NIH grant to use AI to restore movement in paralyzed limbs
Credit: UA College of Medicine - Tucson Scientists now know that the brain controls movement in people by signaling groups...
UK consortium to combat serious threat to plant health
Credit: Dr. Steven White (CEH) https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/steven-white The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Right Honourable Lord Henley, has announced funding for a...
An ancient strain of plague may have led to the decline of Neolithic Europeans
Credit: Karl-Göran Sjögren / University of Gothenburg A team of researchers from France, Sweden, and Denmark have identified a new...
Putting the brakes on tumor stealth
Credit: Monash University New research undertaken at Monash University has shed new light on how some cancers are able to...
Why Antarctic fish don't freeze to death (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2018 -- The notothenioid fishes that inhabit the Antarctic Ocean have evolved...
Profiling a killer in warm blood
Israeli scientists and physicians develop a new technology for profiling the unique genetic makeup of myeloma tumor cells that will...
Scientists to produce anti-cancer drugs in yeast
New UN rules avert the production of therapeutic drugs formulated on naturally occurring plant molecules. A new research project will...
Another Medical cold case cracked by the MUHC's 'Dr. House'
Team of RI-MUHC researchers discover new disease and its genetic cause in Quebec patient as 'Bubble Boy' symptoms discovered in...
Fighting smog supports solar power
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory The air in Beijing is often very bad. The city sinks under a brown cover made...
New approach helps mitigating the effect of climate change on sea turtles
Credit: Swansea University New research has reported effective conservation strategies that can mitigate the impacts of climate warming on sea...
Glutamate receptor affects the development of brain cells after birth
Credit: RUB, Marquard Whenever we learn or save information, the so-called ionotropic glutamate receptors play a crucial role in the...
Why Tehran is sinking dangerously
Satellite data show over-extraction of water threatens Iranian capitalCredit: Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi and Mahdi Motagh, GFZ Iran has a water...
Emily Day named Mangone Young Scholar
She also received the Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering SocietyCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Emily...
Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia
Study findings can immediately be applied to human patients with the diseaseCredit: Patricia M. Zerfas, NIH Office of Research Services....
Scientists found new giant dinosaur
Credit: Alexander Averianov and Vladimir Efimov Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its vertebrae,...
Simple steps to climate-proof farms have big potential upside for tropical farmers
Climate-smart agriculture boosts yields, mitigates extreme weather impact and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. A study in Central America, Africa and...
Otago researchers discover information about a gene that helps define us as humans
Credit: Dr Adam O'Neill University of Otago researchers have discovered information about a gene that sets primates - great apes...
Interactive size control of catalyst nanoparticles
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski 5, 10, or maybe 15? How many nanometers should nanoparticles of a catalyst be to...
Michael Hall wins Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research 2019
Credit: Matthew Lee, Biozentrum The prize worth 100,000 Swiss francs, established by Frédérique Brupbacher in memory of her husband Charles...
A new molecular player involved in T cell activation
Credit: Scientific Reports When bacteria or viruses enter the body, proteins on their surfaces are recognized and processed to activate...
