How to build a better railway — in (almost) every cell in your body
Credit: University of Warwick New work from the University of Warwick shows how a microscopic 'railway' system in our cells...
The changing voices of North Atlantic right whales
Researchers have found that right whale calls, much like human voices, change as individuals age. In a study published in...
What if we could predict when an athlete was going to be injured?
McLean, Va. (March 12, 2018) - Thousands of athletes showcased their abilities for the world in PyeongChang, South Korea, in...
CRISPR helps find new genetic suspects behind ALS/FTD
Credit: Courtesy of Gitler Lab, Stanford University, CA. NIH-funded researchers at Stanford University used the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to...
Stroke research: 32 hits
Researchers have analyzed genetic data from half a million subjects in a search to identify the underlying causes of stroke,...
A game changer: Metagenomic clustering powered by supercomputers
Credit: Georgios Pavlopoulos and Nikos Kyrpides, JGI/Berkeley Lab Did you know that the tools used for analyzing relationships between social...
SLU researchers discover structure of protein associated with inflammation, Parkinson’s
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti. ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, Saint Louis...
Gerontologists tackle social isolation, increasingly a public health concern
Social connectivity and meaningful social engagement must be promoted as integral components of healthy aging, according to a new collection...
National Academies review of the draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review...
Polymer nanoparticle shows ability to locate and treat breast tumors
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 12, 2018 - One major problem in treating cancer is identifying the location of small tumors...
News from Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
How a losing a skin protein can lead to cancer Dystrophic epodermolysis bullosa, or DEB, is a rare, inherited skin...
Babies fed soy-based formula have changes in reproductive system tissues
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Infants who consumed soy-based formula as newborns had differences in some reproductive-system cells and tissues,...
It’s mostly luck, not pluck, that determines lifetime reproductive success
ITHACA, N.Y. - A tree will drop hundreds of seedlings over the course of its lifetime, but only a small...
Extracellular vesicles could be personalized drug delivery vehicles
Credit: Xin Zou Creating enough nanovesicles to inexpensively serve as a drug delivery system may be as simple as putting...
Mutating Ebola’s key protein may stop replication
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Researchers may be able to stop the replication of Ebola virus by mutating its most important...
Plants faring worse than monkeys in increasingly patchy forests of Costa Rica
Credit: Laura Bolt TORONTO, ON (Canada) - Cattle ranching, agriculture and other human activities are breaking up Costa Rican forests...
Response of new cotton variety (rassafa) to nitrogen fertilizer
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), as the greatest source of natural fibre, is one of the most valuable crops grown worldwide....
Glass matters
Better known as glass, silica is a versatile material used in myriad industrial processes, from catalysis and filtration, to chromatography...
Researchers issue first-annual sea-level report cards
Credit: © D. Loftis/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based "report cards"...
Water troughs are key to E. coli contamination in cattle
ITHACA, N.Y. - A major study led by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine researchers reveals for the first time...
