Even a shark’s electrical ‘sixth sense’ may be tuned to attack
Imagine having superhuman hearing. You're at a noisy, cocktail party and yet your ears can detect normally inaudible sounds made...
Press registration opens for 2018 fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2018 -- Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') 256th National...
Study: Disease-causing stomach bug attacks energy generation in host cells
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report in a new study that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori...
NIH scientists show how tularemia bacteria trick cells to cause disease
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Francisella tularensis is the bacterium that causes tularemia, a life-threatening disease spread to humans via contact with...
NCI-MATCH precision medicine trial reaches milestone
NCI-MATCH (Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice), the largest precision medicine trial of its kind, achieves a milestone with the release...
Cellular recycling process is key to longer, healthier life
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 30, 2018 - Building on two decades of research, investigators at UT Southwestern have...
Tu named finalist for innovative metabolism research
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 30, 2018 - UT Southwestern biochemist Dr. Benjamin Tu has been selected as one...
University of Cincinnati awarded $29 million to look at TPA combination stroke therapy
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--A nearly $30 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund research led...
Hobbs awarded Institut de France Grand Prix for cholesterol work
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 30, 2018 - UT Southwestern Medical Center geneticist Dr. Helen Hobbs is the 2018...
Surgical technique improves sensation, control of prosthetic limb
Boston, MA -- Humans can accurately sense the position, speed and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut....
Price competition for generic drugs linked to increase in manufacturing-related recalls
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Researchers from three universities have found that extreme price competition in the generic pharmaceutical market -- designed...
Oil and gas wastewater as dust suppressant less than ideal
At the least, wastewater from oil and gas drilling should be treated in a waste treatment facility before it is...
UTA researcher’s technology could revolutionize testing, tracking of brain performance
Credit: UT Arlington A UTA engineering researcher has led the development of computer tests and games, that are both web-based...
What happens to plasmalogens, the phospholipids nobody likes to think about
Credit: Richard Gross Alzheimer's disease patients lose up to 60% of a component called plasmalogen from the membranes of the...
Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years ago
Starting about 7,000 years ago, something weird seems to have happened to men: Over the next two millennia, recent studies...
Smell receptor fuels prostate cancer progression
Credit: Tatjana Abaffy DURHAM, N.C. -- When scientists first described the receptors responsible for our sense of smell, they naturally...
Male thyroid cancer survivors face 50 percent higher risk of heart disease than women
WASHINGTON--Male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women within five years...
How to code a functional molecular machine?
Credit: IBS An international team has developed a model that simulates protein evolution. Starting from stiff, unfunctional proteins, the computer...
Novel power meter opens the door for in-situ, real-time monitoring of high-power lasers
Credit: A. Artusio-Glimpse/NIST >[email protected] Orlando, FL - High-power lasers are now widely used in additive manufacturing and laser welding systems...
New research could improve wireless sensing and communication
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University,...
