Does metabolic syndrome affect cognitive abilities?
is the only peer-reviewed journal to focus solely on the pathophysiology, recognition, and treatment of metabolic syndrome. The Journal covers...
New imaging method can detect, monitor and guide treatment for, prostate cancer
Credit: Credit: Daniel Thorek An international group of researchers report success in mice of a method of using positron emission...
NASA sees Tropical Storm Nada affected by wind shear
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA/Goddard Rapid Response Team NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite revealed that wind shear was affecting Tropical Cyclone Nada in...
Physics, photosynthesis and solar cells
Credit: Nathaniel Gabor and Tamar Melen RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- A University of California, Riverside assistant professor has combined photosynthesis...
International kudos
Credit: Elena Zhukova for UCOP In the 12 years since David Gross won his Nobel Prize, the UC Santa Barbara...
Study shows thinning of brain tissue remains in college football players
CINCINNATI--A growing body of research continues to raise concerns about the effects of head trauma sustained while participating in popular...
Gluten-free diet may not reduce intestinal damage in all children with celiac disease
In surprising findings, researchers from MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) and Boston Children's Hospital (BCH) have discovered that nearly one...
Scientists find new conclusions for how sauropod claws were used
Cleveland... Paleontologists at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History and Dickinson Museum Center (North Dakota) have just published new research...
Study reveals key role of mRNA’s ‘fifth nucleotide’ in determining sex in fruit flies
A team of scientists led by the University of Birmingham has shown how a common mRNA modification, N6-methyladenosine (m6A), regulates...
Scientists identify unique genomic features in testicular cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Research provides most detailed genomic information to date on testicular tumors Results show a unique genomic...
New strategy may drop cancer’s guard
Credit: Carson Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 30, 2016) - A drug used now to treat Type 2 diabetes may...
Intensification of land use leads to the same species everywhere
Credit: Photo: Lars Skipper In places where humans use grasslands more intensively, it is not only the species diversity which...
Permafrost loss changes Yukon River chemistry with global implications
Loading video... Credit: Ryan Toohey, USGS ANCHORAGE -- Permafrost loss due to a rapidly warming Alaska is leading to significant...
The economy of cold soil blues
Credit: Photo provided by Daniel Kaiser. Corn farmers in Minnesota and across the northern Corn Belt often must plant in...
Penn scientists use CRISPR for first time to correct clotting in newborn and adult mice
(PHILADELPHIA) - CRISPR/Cas9, a powerful genome editing tool, is showing promise for efficient correction of disease-causing mutations. For the first...
Princeton-led team finds new method to improve predictions
Researchers at Princeton, Columbia and Harvard have created a new method to analyze big data that better predicts outcomes in...
Acupuncture improved mastectomy recovery in Abbott Northwestern Hospital study
MINNEAPOLIS - (Nov.30, 2016) - Women who had acupuncture treatments after breast cancer surgery at Abbott Northwestern Hospital had a...
Virus-inspired delivery system transfers microscopic cargo between human cells
Loading video... Credit: David Belnap, Joerg Votteler Scientists from the University of Utah and University of Washington have developed blueprints...
Corneal collagen cross-linking for keratoconus: Now data provide hint of benefit
In patients with keratoconus the cornea of the eye begins to bulge. So-called corneal collagen cross-linking aims to halt this...
I get by with help from my friends: Maintaining immune cells in head and neck cancer
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina In an article published September 22, 2016 in Frontiers in Immunology, researchers at the...
