Earth’s stable temperature past suggests other planets could also sustain life
Credit: Joshua Krissansen-Totton/University of Washington Theories about the early days of our planet's history vary wildly. Some studies have painted...
Potential of manipulating gut microbiome to boost efficacy of cancer immunotherapies
PHILADELPHIA -The composition of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract may hold clues to help predict which cancer patients are most...
Experts define global criteria for hospital programs to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Basel, Switzerland, 03 April 2018 - Infection specialists at hospitals are introducing so-called antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes to use antimicrobial...
River’s evolution unfolds with fresh mix of dating techniques
Credit: Melanie Bartz Griffith University has participated in the first international dating study of the fluvial terraces of the Lower...
In zebrafish, the cholera bacterium sets off a surprising flush
Credit: Image courtesy of Raghuveer Parthasarathy EUGENE, Ore. -- April 3, 2018 -- Researchers experimenting with live zebrafish witnessed a...
400-year-old documents reveal evidence of Japanese opium production and winemaking
Credit: Prof. Tsuguharu Inaba Research from the Eisei Bunko Research Center of Kumamoto University reveals that Tadatoshi Hosokawa, a 17th...
Climate change could raise food insecurity risk
Weather extremes caused by climate change could raise the risk of food shortages in many countries, new research suggests. The...
Fresh for the whole month
Credit: @SamaraPolytech To produce the sublimated yoghurt Samara Polytech scientists first freeze the mixture in a dryer at -70 °C...
Study finds children with autism and ADHD at higher rise for anxiety
BALTIMORE, M.D., (April 1, 2018) -- Children with both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased...
Declines in lung cancer death rates among US women have lagged in 2 hot spots
Bottom Line: While lung cancer death rates among women in most of the United States have declined substantially in recent...
£2.2 million boost for pioneering research into mental health conditions
(University of Edinburgh) Novel research aimed at better understanding mental health conditions such as depression is to receive a £2.2...
Researchers find ways to impede progress of neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: Kazan Federal University Kazan University's partner in this research is the Arbuzov Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry. The...
Internet addiction in teenagers studied at Kazan University
The research is a joint effort by KFU, RUDN University, Russian State University of Physical Education, Sports, Youth and Tourism,...
Rational protein engineering can improve effectiveness of mRNA therapies
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 30, 2018 -- mRNA drugs offer a promising new approach...
A synthetic chameleon has been developed
Credit: Dmitry Ivanov An international team of researchers including Dmitry Ivanov, the head of laboratory of functional soft-matter systems, MSU,...
Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to ‘electric bacteria’
Credit: Sahand Pirbadian of USC Dornsife and Poorna Subramanian of Caltech Could a unique bacterium be nature's microscopic power plant?...
Proposed border wall will harm Texas plants and animals, scientists say
Credit: Andrew Morffew In the latest peer-reviewed publication on the potential impacts of a border wall on plants and animals,...
Calculating the impacts of natural events on wildlife
Credit: Iwasaki A. and Noda T., Scientific Reports, Jan. 15, 2018 A new method could help scientists understand how wildlife...
Adult-onset neurodegeneration has roots in early development
The disease mechanism for adult-onset progressive degenerative diseases begins much earlier than previously thought, according to a Northwestern Medicine study...
Tufts CTSI and The Jackson Laboratory announce research and training collaboration
Leaders from Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) today announced a new five-year collaboration...
