Mapping the mind of worms
Dr. Kevin Collins carefully places a petri dish with what looks like a blotch of yellowish slime under a microscope....
Special issue highlights research at UM Schools of Medicine and Dentistry
Baltimore, Md., January 18, 2017 - New research by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM)...
Actress Kathy Bates to be honored at Research!America’s Advocacy Awards Dinner
> ARLINGTON, Va.--January 18, 2017--Kathy Bates, award-winning actress and Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) spokesperson, will receive Research!America's Isadore...
Intense industrial fishing
China, the world's largest seafood producer, has done something extraordinary. For the past 20 years, despite minimal management and some...
One year of sex-inclusive research celebrated at Jan. 25 symposium
CHICAGO --- Northwestern Medicine will host a symposium Jan. 25 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the...
Blood-repellent materials: A new approach to medical implants
Credit: Kota lab/Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - Medical implants like stents, catheters and tubing introduce risk for blood...
Small intestine GIST associated with better prognosis in younger patients
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are tumors that arise is the wall of the digestive tract, and most often occur in...
UCSF, Intel join forces to develop deep learning analytics for health care
UC San Francisco's Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI) today announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation to deploy and validate...
PPMD awards $600,000 to NJIT and Talem for Duchenne muscular dystrophy exoskeleton
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), today announced a...
Roberto Morandotti and Federico Rosei receive the Sichuan Province 1000 talents award
The government of Sichuan province has recognized the outstanding research of two INRS professors, Roberto Morandotti and Federico Rosei, respectively...
Rice’s Baker Institute releases policy recommendations for the Trump administration
Credit: Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy has released policy recommendations for...
RIT engineer researches the impact of shear stress on cell circulation
How do cells and protein molecules respond to stress as they travel through blood vessels? Could resulting changes to these...
Soft robot helps the heart beat
Credit: Ellen Roche/Harvard University Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around...
Soft robot could aid failing hearts by mimicking healthy cardiac muscles
Loading video... Credit: Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard University Every year about 2,100 people receive heart transplants in the United States,...
RIT wins NSF grant to transform physics graduate education admissions and retention
A Rochester Institute of Technology professor won funding from the National Science Foundation to develop an inclusive approach to physics...
New England’s 1816 ‘Mackerel Year’ and climate change today
Credit: NOAA Library, Silver Spring, Md. AMHERST, Mass. - Hundreds of articles have been written about the largest volcanic eruption...
Survival of many of the world’s nonhuman primates is in doubt, experts report
Credit: See caption. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A report in the journal Science Advances details the grim realities facing a majority...
Mighty river, mighty filter
Credit: Photo credit Joseph Baustian, The Nature Conservancy. Huckleberry Finn wouldn't recognize today's lower Mississippi River. Massive walls separate the...
Soft robot can help a heart to pump
Wednesday, 18 January, 2017: An innovative soft robotic sleeve which can help a heart to beat has been developed by...
‘Collateral’ lethality may offer new therapeutic approach for cancers of the pancreas, stomach and colon
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Cancer cells often delete genes that normally suppress tumor formation. These deletions also may extend...
