NIH BRAIN Initiative builds on early advances
The National Institutes of Health has announced funding for 110 new awards totaling $169 million for the Brain Research through...
Research revises our knowledge of how the brain learns to fear
Credit: Li Lab CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Our brains wire themselves up during development according to a series...
Activation of immune T cells leads to behavioral changes
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan and collaborators have found that T cells -- immune...
A step closer to a cure for adult-onset diabetes
Credit: Anna-Lena Lundqvist/Chalmers University of Technology In healthy people, exosomes - tiny structures secreted by cells to allow intercellular communication...
Scientists identify ‘first responders’ to bacterial invasion
When bacteria enter our body, they kick-start a powerful immune response. But this chain of reactions doesn't fully account for...
Exploring disease predisposition to deliver personalized medicine
Geneticists from the University of Geneva have taken an important step towards true predictive medicine. Exploring the links between diseases...
Unique study: more iron in lakes is making them brown
The iron concentration in lakes is increasing in many parts of northern Europe, including Sweden. This has been shown in...
Discovered in plants a mechanism that corrects defects in protein folding
Credit: Ernesto Llamas Various human nervous system diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's diseases, are...
Scientists discover new gene associated with debilitating lung disease
Health scientists at the University of Leicester and University of Nottingham have heralded the discovery of a gene associated with...
Reduced impact logging still harms biodiversity in tropical rainforests
Credit: Felipe Franca More than 403 million hectares of tropical forests worldwide have been earmarked for timber concessions with selective...
Crops evolving ten millennia before experts thought
Credit: University of Warwick Ancient peoples began to systematically affect evolution of crops up to 30,000 years ago - ten...
Boost for lipid research: Austrian researchers facilitate lipid data analysis
Credit: © spectralDesign - fotolia.com No lipids, no life. In all organisms, lipids form cell walls, store energy and release...
Science shapes new century of sandwich recommendations for children at Centennial Meeting of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Oct. 23, 2017 -- CHICAGO, IL -- Although sandwiches first appeared in American cookbooks in 1916, the role they play...
Mongolian microfossils point to the rise of animals on Earth
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - A Yale-led research team has discovered a cache of embryo-like microfossils in northern...
UH researchers join national effort to study recent storms
Credit: University of Houston Two University of Houston researchers are part of an effort by the National Science Foundation to...
Transparent solar technology represents ‘wave of the future’
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - See-through solar materials that can be applied to windows represent a massive...
Sumatran tigers on path to recovery in ‘in danger’ UNESCO World Heritage site
Credit: WCS/Panthera Jakarta, Indonesia (Oct. 23, 2017) - A new scientific publication from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and the Bukit...
Routes out of isolation for Yellowstone grizzlies
Credit: Frank van Manen In summer of 2017, biologists from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks confirmed sightings of a grizzly...
Electricity from shale gas vs. coal: Lifetime toxic releases from coal much higher
ANN ARBOR -- Despite widespread concern about potential human health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, the lifetime toxic chemical releases associated...
Corning to showcase latest in pharmaceutical glass technologies at CPhI Worldwide
CORNING, N.Y. -- Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW) announced it will exhibit Corning Valor™ Glass at CPhI Worldwide in Frankfurt, Germany,...
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