In highly lethal type of leukemia, cancer gene predicts treatment response
Credit: Washington University Patients with the most lethal form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) - based on genetic profiles of...
Study finds link between surgery and Guillain-Barré syndrome
(American Academy of Neurology) A new study suggests that having surgery may be linked to developing Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) for...
Going beyond genetics yields clues to challenging childhood brain cancer
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Cancer is often seen as a disease of genetic changes....
Study suggests that parental health behaviors may influence children’s sleep
DARIEN, IL - A new study indicates that children's sleep duration may be influenced by parental sleep duration and confidence,...
Greater job satisfaction for transgender employees
Transgender individuals in the workplace can sometimes feel stigmatized, either through the actions and attitudes of their coworkers, or through...
Internet of Things (IoT) will demand a step-change in search solutions
Credit: University of Surrey Experts in next generation communications outline how internet search mechanisms will need to change to support...
Researchers develop soft, microfluidic ‘lab on the skin’ for sweat analysis
A Northwestern University research team has developed a first-of-its-kind soft, flexible microfluidic device that easily adheres to the skin and...
Biologist awarded diabetes research prize for studies of fat cells
Credit: Charles LeDuc/Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (November 23, 2016)--Columbia University has awarded the 2016 Naomi Berrie Award...
Jean-Claude Kieffer and François Légaré honored by the Royal Society of Canada
(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) Professors Jean-Claude Kieffer and François Legaré from INRS's Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications...
For wearable electronic devices, NIST shows plastic holes are golden
Credit: Reyes-Hernandez/NIST In science, sometimes the best discoveries come when you're exploring something else entirely. That's the case with recent...
Just add water: New discovery in plant-disease mechanism
We all know that when it rains, plants grow. When it doesn't, they don't. However, new research led by plant...
Did comets kick-start life on Earth? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2016 -- The origins of life on Earth are still shrouded in...
Stuttering related to brain circuits that control speech production
Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) have conducted the first study of its kind, using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy...
New study reveals when West Antarctica’s largest glacier started retreating
Credit: James Smith @ British Antarctic Survey Reporting this week (Wednesday Nov. 23) in the journal Nature an international team...
Uncovering the secrets of friction on graphene
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Graphene, a two-dimensional form of carbon in sheets just one atom in thick, has been the subject...
JNeurosci: Highlights From the Nov. 23 issue
Check out these newsworthy studies from the November 23, 2016, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in obtaining the full text...
Fat cell biologist awarded diabetes research prize
Credit: Charles LeDuc/Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (November 23, 2016)--Columbia University has awarded the 2016 Naomi Berrie Award...
The eye has it: Vitreous gel could hold clues to visual impairment
Research is underway at Rochester Institute of Technology that will give scientists a better understanding of the vitreous humor, or...
Cancer signaling pathway could illuminate new avenue to therapy
MADISON, Wis. -- Researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Carbone Cancer Center have...
Writing an equation for soil success
Credit: Ole Wendroth. Soil isn't one size fits all. It may look the same under your feet - but under...