Breakthrough in understanding how deadly pneumococcus avoids immune defenses
Credit: UoL Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a new and important function of a toxin produced by...
Amazon forests failing to keep up with climate change
Credit: Adriane Esquivel Muelbert, University of Leeds A team of more than 100 scientists has assessed the impact of global...
Novel strategy appears to protect retina when disease reduces oxygen
Credit: Phil Jones, AU Campus Photographer An enzyme known to help our liver get rid of ammonia also appears to...
New integrated analytical approach reveals molecules involved in disease
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Technological advances have enabled scientists to obtain massive amounts of data on different information-carrying...
One in 5 homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age is related to intimate partner violence
Ann Arbor, November 8, 2018 - Approximately 20 percent of homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age in...
Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold on Earth
Credit: Eric Sucar/University of Pennsylvania In the dramatically changing conditions of ancient Earth, organisms had to evolve new strategies to...
Scientists shuffle the deck to create materials with new quantum behaviors
Layered transition metal dichalcogenides or TMDCs--materials composed of metal nanolayers sandwiched between two other layers of chalcogens-- have become extremely...
Tumor immune cells could aid cancer therapies, study shows
A pioneering technique designed to spot differences between immune cells in tumours could speed the development of cancer treatments, research...
Announcing Glenn /AFAR 2018 Research Grants for Junior Faculty
NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA - The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for...
Announcing 2018 Glenn Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research
NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA -- The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for...
Dissecting digital cadavers
Credit: University of Houston With the click of a button, Vivien Coulson-Thomas removes the cadaver's skin. Another click and she...
Announcing 2018 Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Awards in Aging
NEW YORK, NY--The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), with support from the Irene Diamond Fund, is pleased to announce...
Watching nanoparticles
Credit: Michal Vadai When Michal Vadai's experiment worked for the first time, she jumped out of her seat. Vadai, a...
Levitating particles could lift nuclear detective work
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory photo. LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 7, 2018--Laser-based 'optical tweezers' could levitate uranium and plutonium particles,...
US Advanced Battery Consortium funds extension of lithium-ion battery recycling process
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - With a $1.08 million contract award from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium...
Batteryless smart devices closer to reality
Credit: University of Waterloo Researchers at the University of Waterloo have taken a huge step towards making smart devices that...
Exhaustive analysis reveals cell division’s inner timing mechanisms
Credit: Mattosaurus via wikimeida, public domain Understanding how and when cells divide is important to figuring out everything from how...
Stroke of genius: Drug could target leading cause in young
Credit: The Centenary Institute A study led by researchers at the Centenary Institute has identified a drug currently used to...
Researchers capture in-action images of photosynthetic protein complex splitting water
Credit: Jan Kern, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory In a new article published in Nature an international research team presents high-resolution...
After a bad winter in the ocean, female Magellanic penguins suffer most, study shows
(University of Washington) Research from the University of Washington is showing how Magellanic penguins fare during the winter months when...
