UTA computer scientist earns grant to combine methods to better analyze brain image data
Credit: UT Arlington Like the organ itself, data collected about the brain is incredibly complex and requires sophisticated methods to...
Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes
Credit: Courtesy of Aronowski lab, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. While immune cells called neutrophils are known to...
Oxidative stress produces damage linked with increased risk of preterm birth
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A group of scientists led by Ramkumar Menon...
In search of a greener cleaner
PITTSBURGH (September 18, 2017) - Molecular chelating agents are used in many areas ranging from laundry detergents to paper pulp...
3-D analysis of dog fossils sheds light on domestication debate
ITHACA, N.Y. - In an effort to settle the debate about the origin of dog domestication, a technique that uses...
Researchers stumped by plants with multiple chromosomes set January meeting to collaborate
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) Some of the world's most beloved plants -- coffee, bananas, potatoes,...
MDI Biological Laboratory study finds immune system is critical to regeneration
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The answer to regenerative medicine's most compelling question -- why some organisms...
Protected waters foster resurgence of West Coast rockfish
Credit: Advanced Survey Technologies, Fisheries Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries/Southwest Fisheries Science Center West Coast rockfish species in deep collapse only...
Shedding light on brain activity
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including UC Santa Barbara scientists John Bowers, Michael Goard and Luke Theogarajan, has been awarded...
Fly away home? Ice age may have clipped bird migration
Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The onset of the last ice age may have forced some bird species to...
JDR special issue on orofacial clefting and dental and craniofacial anomalies
lexandria, Va., USA - The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published a special issue in the...
Wave Glider surfs across stormy Drake Passage in Antarctica
Credit: Avery Snyder/University of Washington The Southern Ocean is key to Earth's climate, but the same gusting winds, big waves...
New $5.4 million grant to JAX funds studies of ‘cognitive resilience’ to Alzheimer’s disease
A new five-year grant totaling $5,382,423 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Assistant Professor Catherine Kaczorowski will fund research to explore why...
Discovery helps improve accuracy of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing
Credit: Janet Iwasa graphic for Doudna Lab Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts General Hospital have identified...
Convergent evolution of mimetic butterflies confounds classification
David Lohman, associate professor of biology at The City College of New York's Division of Science, is co-author of a...
Naked molecules dancing in liquid become visible
Credit: (K. Hima Nagamanasa, Huan Wang, and Steve Granick. Liquid-Cell Electron Microscopy of Adsorbed Polymers. Advanced Materials (2017) Copyright Wiley-VCH...
Lack of trust less of a barrier to clinical trial participation, say minority populations
Arlington, Va. - Sept. 19, 2017 - Significantly fewer African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and non-Hispanic whites say 'lack of trust' is...
Red cosmetic powder used in Hindu ceremonies contains unsafe lead levels
Sindoor -- a cosmetic powder sold in the United States and used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies -- has...
Cancer Health Disparities Conference set for Sept. 25-28 in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its 10th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer...
Screening for cervical abnormalities in women offered HPV vaccination
Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing detects a higher number of precancerous cervical lesions than cytology-based Pap smears in a female population...
