Biologically inspired membrane purges coal-fired smoke of greenhouse gases
Credit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A biologically inspired membrane intended to cleanse carbon dioxide almost completely...
How to catch a fish genome with big data
Credit: Fishbase If you eat fish in the U.S., chances are it once swam in another country. That's because the...
Moving patient treatment forward through Diagnostics North East
A platform bringing together world-leading diagnostic resources and expertise to develop new and innovative technologies to improve patient health and...
Study reveals declining central American frog species are bouncing back
Credit: Photo by Louise Rollins-Smith, Ph.D. For more than 40 years, frog populations around the world have been declining. Now,...
New bioinformatics tool identifies and classifies CRISPR-Cas systems
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 11, 2018--Designed to improve the utility and availability of increasingly...
One thing leads to another: Causal chains link health, development, and conservation
The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. The linkages between environmental health and...
Fungi in fashion
Credit: University of Delaware/ Wenbo Fan Two University of Delaware students put their best foot forward at this year's National...
The Rivkin Center awards $1.185 million in ovarian cancer research grants
Seattle, WA (April 11, 2018) -- The Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer, a Seattle-based 501(c)(3), announced that it has awarded...
NIH researchers crack mystery behind rare bone disorder
Credit: National Institutes of Health Researchers at the National Institutes of Health worked with 15 patients from around the world...
CMI expands research in tech metals as demand for electric vehicles grows
Credit: US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory As increasing consumer interest in electric vehicles drives the demand for supplies of...
Scientists find excess mitochondrial iron, Huntington’s Disease link
Credit: Ali Grossman, University of Wyoming Scientists at the University of Wyoming have found that mice engineered to have Huntington's...
Road salt pollutes drinking water wells in suburban New York state
Credit: Source: Kelly et al 2018 (Millbrook, NY) Road salt applied during the winter lingers in the environment, where it...
Reconstruction of major North Atlantic circulation system shows weakening
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have affected one of the global ocean's major circulation systems, slowing the...
Personalized tumor vaccine shows promise in pilot trial
PHILADELPHIA - A new type of cancer vaccine has yielded promising results in an initial clinical trial conducted at the...
New methodology helps study of promising targeted drug delivery scaffold
Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a new way to manipulate a virus shell that self-assembles from proteins and holds promise...
Save the date: Alzheimer’s Association International Conference 2018
CHICAGO, April, 11, 2018 - The Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 will be held July 21-26 at McCormick Place...
Ludwig researchers devise and test pioneering personalized ovarian cancer vaccine
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research APRIL 11, 2018, NEW YORK -- A Ludwig Cancer Research study has shown that an entirely...
Digital addiction increases loneliness, anxiety and depression
Credit: San Francisco State University Smartphones are an integral part of most people's lives, allowing us to stay connected and...
Thin, flexible polymers record ‘conversations’ deeper in the brain with less injury-risk
Science has yet to unravel a complete understanding of the brain and all its intricate workings. It's not for lack...
Some can combat dementia by enlisting still-healthy parts of the brain
Credit: Aneta Kielar, University of Arizona People with a rare dementia that initially attacks the language center of the brain...
