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...
Elephant declines imperil Africa’s forests
Credit: John Poulsen, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Poaching and habitat loss have reduced forest elephant populations in Central Africa...
A new cross-coupling simplifies the synthesis of drug-like molecules
LA JOLLA, CA - March 12, 2018 - Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have designed a new molecule-building...
Female researchers publish childcare recommendations for conference organizers
Many women in science are raising concerns over the fact that parents with young children are often excluded from fully...
Crisis or self-correction: Rethinking how the media cover science
One of the recurring media narratives about the nature of science today is that it is "broken" or "in crisis."...
More homes built near wild lands leading to greater wildfire risk
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON - More than 10 million acres burned across the country during the 2017 U.S. wildfire season at...
How the color-changing hogfish ‘sees’ with its skin
Credit: Dean Kimberly and Lori Schweikert DURHAM, N.C. -- Some animals are quick-change artists. Take the hogfish, a pointy-snouted reef...
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"...
Taking the jab (and the chill) out of vaccination
Scientists in Cairns (Australia) and Cardiff (Wales) have taken an important first step towards solving two problems that hinder access...
