Ragweed casts shade on soy production
Credit: Amit Jhala Ragweed, its pollen potent to allergy sufferers, might be more than a source of sneezes. In the...
Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs
Credit: Christian Sidor/University of Washington After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life...
‘Fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water
Credit: Virginia Tech Fog harvesting may look like whimsical work. After all, installing giant nets along hillsides and mountaintops to...
Liver cancer caused by alcohol consumption may have worse prognosis than other forms
A new study indicates that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as patients with liver...
Finding the Achilles heel of cancer
Credit: Gaëlle Marteil, IGC. A research team led by Monica Bettencourt Dias, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC, Portugal), discovered...
Heart disease, stroke less widespread among foreign-born vs. US-born adults
DALLAS, March 28, 2018 -- Foreign-born adults living in the United States had a lower prevalence of coronary heart disease...
Monterey Bay Aquarium study finds sea turtles use flippers to manipulate food
Credit: Copyright Fujii et al. shared under Creative Commons CC BY Sea turtles use their flippers to handle prey despite...
Automated electric taxis could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and costs
Word on the street is that self-driving cars are the next big thing. But current vehicles emit a lot of...
Sensors to prevent Parkinson’s patients from falling
A groundbreaking project for Parkinson's patients from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health (EIT Health) titled 'MoveIT' has...
Increase in heart rate as blood pressure falls could be early sign of neurological disease
A simple bedside test that matches a change in heart rate with a drop in blood pressure after a patient...
Early growth after preterm birth is linked to cognitive functioning in adulthood
(University of Helsinki) M.Psych., B.Med. Sara Sammallahti from University of Helsinki showed in her doctoral study that early growth during...
2018 HFSP postdoctoral fellowships
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today the 91 fellowship awards to the world's most outstanding young...
Research uncovers a potential new strategy to fight ovarian cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new discovery opens the possibility of developing a novel way to fight ovarian cancer....
Mitochondrial replacement moratorium should be reconsidered, researchers say
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Mothers with mitochondrial DNA mutations often give birth to children who face incurable and fatal illnesses. But a...
Simulations document self-assembly of proteins and DNA
What makes particles self-assemble into complex biological structures? Often, this phenomenon is due to the competition between forces of attraction...
Scientists elucidate the crystal structure of sodium boride
Credit: Skoltech An international team of scientists jointly with Professor Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics...
2018 HFSP Research Grants
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today over $34 million over the coming 3 years to support...
Catching the right fish
Credit: ETH Zurich / Morris Koechle Searching for new drugs is like fishing in the dark: the prospect of catching...
Communication via calcium wave
Credit: Photo: Dirk Becker Based on what we know today, the plant hormone auxin influences all aspects of plant growth...
New study shows drug that kills mosquitoes could be used to fight malaria
Researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have shown the large potential impact of a completely new type...
