UT Dallas WindSTAR team works to improve the energy of air
Credit: UT Dallas For three consecutive years, the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT Dallas has received funding from the...
A receptor discovered for progranulin
PHILADELPHIA -- Progranulin is produced and secreted by most cells in the body. From skin to immune cells, brain to...
Benefits of daily aspirin outweigh risk to stomach
Stomach bleeds caused by aspirin are considerably less serious than the spontaneous bleeds that can occur in people not taking...
KAUST Prof. Carlos Duarte named as ASLO Fellow
Credit: KAUST 2016 The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography recently elected Carlos Duarte, Director of the Red...
Certification would ensure quality welfare during cattle transport
Philadelphia, PA, Nov.30, 2016 - Over 530,000 cattle are shipped to slaughter plants each week, making the transport of cattle...
Laser technique boosts aerial imaging of woodlands
Credit: University of Exeter A ground-breaking technique which allows green spaces to be mapped in 3D from an aircraft could...
Corals much older than previously thought, study finds
Credit: William Precht, Dial Cordy & Associates, Inc. Coral genotypes can survive for thousands of years, possibly making them the...
How did web-based cognitive therapy work for insomnia?
How well did a web-based cognitive behavior therapy for insomnia intervention work in a randomized clinical trial? A new article...
Use of frailty screening initiative before surgery associated with reduced risk of death
In a study published online by JAMA Surgery, Daniel E. Hall, M.D., M.Div., M.H.Sc., of the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare...
Levels of total cholesterol, LDL-C, triglycerides continue to decline among US adults
In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Asher Rosinger, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Researchers identify cause for lower-extremity overgrowths in obese patients
CHICAGO (November 30, 2016): Morbidly obese individuals--those whose weight is more than double normal weight--are prone to overgrowths in their...
An agent used to treat psoriasis may be aimed at the wrong target
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München The antibody ustekinumab is being used successfully for the treatment of psoriasis since 2009. It inhibits...
1.3m study could pave way for therapies to repair spinal cord
(University of Edinburgh) Brain scientists are using tropical fish to investigate how the spinal cord can be coaxed to repair...
Using ecosystem services in municipality planning: Lessons from Sweden
Credit: Palo et al. (2016) In the context of increasing land use and climate change, municipality planning faces a growing...
Earth’s ‘technosphere’ now weighs 30 trillion tons, research finds
Credit: University of Leicester The planet's technosphere now weighs some 30 trillion tons - a mass of more than 50...
Going against the grain — nitrogen turns out to be hypersociable!
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Going against the grain - nitrogen turns out to be hypersociable! Nitrogen is everywhere: even...
Even mildly excessive body iron stores increase the risk of type 2 diabetes
Even mildly elevated body iron contributes to the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes, according to research from the...
Young cancer survivors have twice the risk of suicide
Credit: Kim E. Andreassen This is the result of a national cohort study by researcher and medical doctor Maria Winther...
Vital vaccine could ‘reduce burden’ of dengue disease in hardest-hit regions
The first licensed vaccine for the potentially life-threatening dengue virus should only be used in moderate-to high impacted regions, new...
Zika and glaucoma linked for first time in new study
New Haven, Conn. -- A team of researchers in Brazil and at the Yale School of Public Health has published...