Attention deficit disorders could stem from impaired brain coordination
Credit: CWRU School of Medicine Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and colleagues have discovered how two...
Columbia scientists build better way to decode the genome
Credit: Credit: Mann Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute The genome is the body's instruction manual. It contains the raw information -- in...
An index measures similarity between cancer cells and pluripotent stem cells
The theory that cancer progression involves the acquisition by tumor cells of features similar to those of stem cells has...
New immunotherapy for lung cancer shows promise of success
Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina In a groundbreaking development, results from a recent clinical trial to treat...
Climate change is wreaking havoc on delicate relationship between orchids and bees
Credit: University of Sussex The first definitive demonstration of climate change upsetting the vital interdependent relationships between species has been...
Better roads essential for safer cycling
Credit: QUT CARRS-Q A QUT-led study of Queensland motorists and cyclists recommends that efforts to improve cyclist safety during overtaking...
Bertarelli Symposium 2018 to tackle the mysteries of the senses
Our senses -- vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, pain -- form the very foundation of our ability to understand and...
It’s all about the (stem cell) neighborhood
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Stem cells have the ability to develop, or differentiate, into the many different cell types in...
OIST to harness energy from ocean waves in the Maldives
Credit: OIST The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with...
NUS engineers pioneer greener and cheaper technique for biofuel production
Credit: National University of Singapore A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently discovered that a...
Caltech scientists breed bacteria that make tiny high-energy carbon rings
Credit: Caltech Caltech scientists have created a strain of bacteria that can make small but energy-packed carbon rings that are...
Hybrid swarm in global mega-pest
Australian scientists have confirmed the hybridisation of two of the world's major pest species, into a new and improved mega-pest....
Smart ink adds new dimensions to 3-D printing
Credit: Chenfeng Ke HANOVER, N.H. - April 4, 2018- Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a smart ink that turns...
Childhood exposure to flame retardant chemicals declines following phase-out
Exposure to flame retardants once widely used in consumer products has been falling, according to a new study by researchers...
Obesity impacts liver health in kids as young as 8 years old
New York, NY --A new study published today in the Journal of Pediatrics is the first to show that weight...
Biochemical Society announces 2019 award recipients
March 28, 2018, London, UK - The Biochemical Society has announced the winners of the Society's annual awards today. The...
Vegetables may help protect elderly women from hardening of neck arteries
DALLAS, April 4, 2018 -- Elderly Australian women who ate more vegetables showed less carotid artery wall thickness, according to...
Who’s smarter in the classroom — men or women?
Credit: Sandra Leander/ASU If you believe it, you can achieve it. You've probably heard this motivational phrase more than once....
Pulling valuable metals from e-waste makes financial sense
Electronic waste -- including discarded televisions, computers and mobile phones -- is one of the fastest-growing waste categories worldwide. For...
Updated ASTRO guideline for palliative lung RT recommends concurrent chemo for some stage III pts
ARLINGTON, Va., April 4, 2018 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued an update to its clinical...
