Wine snobbery: Fact vs. fiction (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2017 -- We all know at least one wine snob who goes...
Building bridges within the cell — using light
Credit: Yun Huang and Yubin Zhou Each cell in the body is made up of a number of tiny sealed...
Deadly fungus affecting hibernating bats could spread during summer
Credit: Alan Hicks, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Public domain. The cold-loving fungus (Pseudogymnoascus destructans, or Pd) that...
Vorinostat renders dormant HIV infection vulnerable to clearance
Credit: David Kinton, UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC - The ability for HIV to hide in the body...
Smart underwear proven to prevent back stress with just a tap
Credit: Joe Howell/Vanderbilt University TV infomercials offer a world of potential solutions for back pain, but most of them have...
Brainiacs win big
One of life's biggest mysteries is right inside our heads. It's the brain, and its biggest secret -- how the...
Safely releasing genetically modified genes into the wild
Credit: Flickr So, you've genetically engineered a malaria-resistant mosquito, now what? How many mosquitos would you need to replace the...
Size matters, and so do temperature and habitat, to scavengers and the carcasses they eat
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Size matters in the carrion world, and so do habitat and temperature. New research has shed fresh...
New NOAA Fisheries research reveals ecosystem cascades affecting salmon
Credit: Point Blue Conservation Science Interpreting relationships between species and their environments is crucial to inform ecosystem-based management (EBM), a...
Aye group discovers avenue for precision cancer treatment
ITHACA, N.Y. - One of the goals of personalized medicine is to be able to determine which treatment would work...
Magnetized viruses attack harmful bacteria
Credit: Alvarez Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 1, 2017) - Magnetic nanoparticle clusters have the power to punch through biofilms...
Magic helps unmask how the brain works
Credit: Video by Robert DiIorio/ University of Delaware Tricks and illusions, once the domain of magicians, are helping scientists unveil...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Aug. 2017
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy Materials - Cooking up biofuel Using a novel, reusable carbon material derived from...
Salk’s Reuben Shaw receives National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Aug. 1, 2017) Salk Professor Reuben Shaw has received the National Cancer Institute (NCI)...
New approach on research and design for CQD catalysts in World Scientific NANO
Credit: World Scientific A new study that provides a new approach for the rational design of carbon quantum dots (CQD)...
UNM professor receives funding to fight pervasive African parasite
Credit: Eric Loker/UNM UNM Distinguished Professor of Biology Eric S. Loker began studying the parasite that causes this disease more...
How DNA damage turns immune cells against cancer
Credit: The lab of Roger Greenberg, MD, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Cancer is essentially a disease of...
Refuting the idea that mutations cause cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center What causes cancer? Smoking, certainly, and also things like sun and chemical exposure. Cancer...
New MRI contrast agent tested on big animals
Credit: IBS The top causes of death worldwide, ischemic heart diseases and stroke, together with another major source of illness,...
Statistical analysis for optimal immunization: New insights into T cell development
When T cells encounter an antigen, they proliferate and produce various types of daughter cells. A team at the Technical...
