Two new creatures discovered from dawn of animal life
(University of California - Riverside) UCR researchers have discovered two new Ediacaran era fossil animals. Their names honor President Barack...
Targeting the engine room of the cancer cell
Credit: CUIMC/Califano Lab NEW YORK, NY (JUNE 18, 2018)-- Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) have developed a...
Unique immune-focused AI model creates largest library of inter-cellular communications
Credit: Nature Biotechnology Tel Aviv -- June 18, 2018 -- New data published in Nature Biotechnology, represents the largest ever...
Bolder targets needed to protect nature for people’s sake
Credit: The University of Queensland Associate Professor Martine Maron, Dr Jeremy Simmonds and Professor James Watson from UQ's School of...
In the gaping mouth of ancient crocodiles
Credit: Artist: Viktor Rademacher The mouth of today's crocodilians inspires fear and awe, with their wide gape and the greatest...
Using gold nanoparticles to trigger sequential unfolding of 3D structures
Credit: Sumeet Mishra Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that takes advantage of gold nanoparticles...
Rewiring plant defence genes to reduce crop waste
Plants can be genetically rewired to resist the devastating effects of disease - significantly reducing crop waste worldwide - according...
Cementless fly ash binder makes concrete ‘green’
Credit: Multiscale Materials Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 18, 2018) - Rice University engineers have developed a composite binder made...
Joint paper identifies one of Mesoamerica’s last intact forest blocks
Credit: WCS NEW YORK (June 18, 2018)-- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Yale University have created a plan to...
University of Münster awards Transfer Prize for 2 projects
(University of Münster) A brace of awards: as before, in 2016, the Rectorate of the University of Münster has again...
Research shows how a moderate dose of alcohol protects the heart
For at least 20 years, research has shown that for many people, moderate consumption of alcohol can protect the heart,...
New method to preserve boy cancer patient fertility being developed at Ben-gurion U.
NEW YORK, June 18, 2018 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center researchers in Beer-Sheva,...
Researchers explore whether smarter animals are bigger troublemakers
Credit: Lisa Barrett You have probably encountered a raccoon raiding the trash in your neighborhood, seen a rat scurrying through...
Neuroscientists map brain’s response to cold touch
Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have mapped the feeling of cool touch to the brain's insula in a mouse model. The...
Insilico to present latest advances in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence for drug discovery
Monday, June 18, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence...
Addgene keeps flow of CRISPR plasmids fast and affordable
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 18, 2018--As a key global enabler of the revolutionary genome...
Novel information about the effects of in vitro fertilization on embryonic growth
It is known that in vitro fertilization, IVF, can affect the size of the newborns. Children derived from fresh embryo...
Five new Pew-Stewart Scholars to pursue innovative cancer research
PHILADELPHIA--The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust announced today the 2018 class of Pew-Stewart Scholars for...
Study suggests well-known growth suppressor actually fuels lethal brain cancers
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists report finding a potentially promising treatment target for aggressive and deadly high-grade brain cancers...
Electrical wire properties of DNA linked to cancer
One of the biggest helpers in our bodies' ongoing efforts to prevent DNA mutations--mutations that can lead to cancer--is actually...
