NIH study finds probiotic bacillus eliminates staphylococcus bacteria
Credit: NIAID A new study from National Institutes of Health scientists and their Thai colleagues shows that a "good" bacterium...
Creating custom brains from the ground up
Scientists studying how genetics impact brain disease have long sought a better experimental model. Cultures of genetically-modified cell lines can...
Nutrients may reduce blood glucose levels
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (October 10, 2018) - Type 2 diabetes is driven by many metabolic pathways, with some...
THC amounts identical in most cannabis strains, UBC study finds
Credit: UBC Okanagan A rose by any other name is still a rose. The same, it turns out, can be...
Sleep and cardiovascular health in women
Jason Carter, associate vice president for research development and professor of kinesiology and integrative physiology, is speaking at the 2018...
NIH awards Steve Farber $3.3-million to identify medicines for cardiovascular disease
Credit: Image courtesy of Jay Thierer Baltimore, MD--Carnegie's Department of Embryology scientist Steven Farber and team have been awarded a...
PIEZO2, a molecular target for treating clinical pain
Credit: Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - Oct. 10, 2018 - If you've ever been sunburned, you've experienced the dreaded...
New study helps explain recent scarcity of Bay nettles
Credit: © J. Lefcheck/VIMS. A new, long-term study of how environmental conditions affect the abundance and distribution of jellyfish in...
Dartmouth Institute receives $3.5 million for research to prevent acute kidney injury
Credit: Dartmouth Institute Over two million people in the United States undergo cardiac catheterization each year. While the procedure is...
Air pollution may be linked to heightened mouth cancer risk
High levels of air pollutants, especially fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and to a lesser extent, ozone, may be linked to...
Crowd-sourced data wins protection for endangered tricolored blackbird
ITHACA, N.Y. -When scientists first proposed adding the Tricolored Blackbird to the California endangered species list in 2004, they had...
Wind holds key to climate change turnaround
Credit: Photos courtesy of Liang Xue/ University of Delaware Antarctica has a current that circles the landmass as part of...
Leveraging restaurant menus to combat obesity
Credit: Duke University Customers at chain restaurants throughout the United States will start to see more menus that list calorie...
Scientists go ‘back to the future,’ create flies with ancient genes to study evolution
Credit: Image courtesy of Rhea Datta. Scientists at New York University and the University of Chicago have created fruit flies...
Scientists aim to use crowdsourced data to improve flood predictions
Credit: CrowdHydrology BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In spring of 2011, University at Buffalo hydrogeologist Chris Lowry hammered a giant measuring staff...
IIASA contributes to IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 degrees C
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, a new assessment...
Maximizing the carbon and biodiversity benefits of restoration along rivers and streams
Right: Former agricultural fields now undergoing forest restoration. Credit: Photo by Mark Dettling/Point Blue Petaluma, CA--Restoring forests has become a...
VaxArray potency kit for ‘pandemic’ vaccines fills gap in pandemic preparedness
Credit: InDevR, Inc. BOULDER (10/9/18) -- The development of vaccines against potentially pandemic influenza strains is a critical component of...
This bacterium gets paid in gold
Credit: Peidong Yang, UC Berkeley A bacterium named Moorella thermoacetica won't work for free. But UC Berkeley researchers have figured...
Diamond technology cleans up PFAS-contaminated wastewater
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - More than 1.5 million Michigan residents and potentially more than hundreds...
