Keeping plant-cell motors on track
Credit: Joe Angeles/Washington University Within both plant and animal cells, motor proteins act like the engines in a busy train...
New book explores zoos’, aquariums’ evolving role in tackling global biodiversity crisis
Credit: The Ark and Beyond As scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused...
Fussy eating prevents mongoose family feuds
Credit: Harry Marshall Mongooses living in large groups develop "specialist" diets so they don't have to fight over food, new...
Saving lives with platypus milk
Credit: Laura Romin and Larry Dalton. A breakthrough by Australian scientists has brought the introduction of an unlikely hero in...
Destroy Pancreatic Cancer dedicates $1 million for unique TGen-designed clinical trial
PHOENIX, Ariz. and Atlanta, Ga. -- March 12, 2018 -- Destroy Pancreatic Cancer, an Atlanta-based non-profit dedicated to finding better...
SFU students are helping develop heat and drought tolerant rice and wheat
Credit: SFU The United Nations predicts that by 2050 our growing global population will require 70 per cent more food...
Toilet-to-tap: Gross to think about, but how does it taste?
RIVERSIDE, CA. - Here's a blind test taste like Pepsi never imagined. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, recently...
Moffitt researchers use single-cell imaging & math models to find effect drug properties
TAMPA, Fla. - Drug therapies that target a specific molecule have changed the way patients are treated for cancer and...
‘Digistain’ technology offers revolution in detailed cancer diagnosis
Credit: Imperial College London New cutting edge technology can be used to grade cancer tumours, eradicating human subjectivity and ensuring...
Technique developed to improve appendicitis care for pediatric patients
MINNEAPOLIS - Mar. 13, 2018 - Researchers from Children's Minnesota (Children's) and HealthPartners Institute have developed a new pediatric appendicitis...
California mental health tax providing services to needy in L.A. County, study finds
Funding from California's special tax for mental health services has allowed Los Angeles County to reach the seriously mentally ill...
Researchers computationally find the needle in a haystack to treat rare diseases
Credit: Misagh Naderi, LSU One in 10 people in America is fighting a rare disease, or a disorder that affects...
Patients do as well on generic antiplatelet drugs as more expensive brand-name product
DALLAS, March 13, 2018 - Generic anti-platelet drugs seem to work as well as a brand name drug for heart...
Breeding trouble: Meta-analysis identifies fishy issues with captive stocks
Credit: Phil Wise took the photo on Dr Hogg's camera. A group of researchers based at the University of Sydney...
Engineers create most efficient red light-activated optogenetic switch for mammalian cells
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of researchers has developed a light-activated switch that can turn genes on...
Ultra-white coating modelled on beetle scales
Credit: Olimpia Onelli Researchers have developed a super-thin, non-toxic, lightweight, edible ultra-white coating that could be used to make brighter...
Helpful B cells lend a hand to developing neurons
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Neurons are specialized cells of the nervous system that communicate using electrical signals, which propagate...
Sleep apnea study finds male-female differences in cerebral cortex thickness, symptoms
FINDINGS Researchers from the UCLA School of Nursing examined clinical records and magnetic resonance imaging brain scans of patients who...
Mending broken hearts with cardiomyocyte molds
Credit: Parisa Pour Shahid Saeed Abadi/Michigan Tech 2.5 billion. That's approximately the number of times the human heart beats in...
Ash from dinosaur-era volcanoes linked with shale oil, gas
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Nutrient-rich ash from an enormous flare-up of volcanic eruptions toward the end of the dinosaurs' reign...
