Jefferson researcher identifies targets for better anti-thrombotic medicine
PHILADELPHIA -- Blood platelets shore up open wounds and help cuts heal, but they can also cause heart attacks and...
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones.
Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by...
South Sudan wildlife surviving civil war, but poaching and trafficking threats increase
Credit: (c)P.Elkan/WCS JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN, May 24, 2017 -- The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan's current...
Helping plants pump iron
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (May 24, 2017) Just like people, plants need iron to grow and stay healthy....
Grant to fund research of microplastics in Delaware Bay
Credit: Julie Steinberg/ University of Delaware Microplastics -- small pieces of plastic less than five millimeters long -- are an...
Study shows need for increased protection of world’s national animal symbols
Credit: Tatum Nugent MIAMI -- The snowy-feathered head and distinctive brown body of the bald eagle is a proud national...
Harvard Medical School expert calls for protection of critical gains made in cancer care under ACA
Cancer -- the second leading cause of death in the United States -- claims more than 600,000 lives each year....
Brain anatomy differs in people with 22q genetic risk for schizophrenia, autism
A UCLA study characterizes, for the first time, brain differences between people with a specific genetic risk for schizophrenia and...
Zika reached Miami at least four times, Caribbean travel likely responsible
Credit: Photo by Faith Hark LA JOLLA, CA - May 24, 2017- With mosquito season looming in the Northern Hemisphere,...
Nearly 500 supporters joined ATS rally on Capitol Hill: Lab coats for lungs
Credit: ATS WASHINGTON, DC - May 24, 2017 - In an ATS 2017 International Conference first, respiratory health professionals and...
University of Montana student earns NASA Earth and Space science fellowship
Credit: courtesy photo MISSOULA - University of Montana doctoral candidate Eric Palm recently was selected for the prestigious NASA Earth...
L.A. lawns lose lots of water: 70 billion gallons a year
Credit: Elizaveta Litvak In summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to...
World’s leading liver experts focus on continuing advancements in liver disease & transplantation
Despite many advancements in liver transplantation -- like the cure for the hepatitis C virus -- liver disease continues to...
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones
Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by...
International forum ‘International Polytechnic Week 2017’
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University International Forum "International Polytechnic Week 2017" will take place May 22-27, 2017 at...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Donna blanket Vanuatu
Credit: Credits: NASA The 80 plus islands that make up the nation of Vanuatu were blanketed by the clouds of...
Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells
A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the...
Internet of things sensors could connect via ambient radio waves
Internet of things (IoT) systems usually link networks of sensors via radio, but radios demand battery power thus limiting usability....
American Scientific publishers give UTA physicist Wei Chen Best Paper Award
Credit: UTA American Scientific Publishers, a publisher of scientific journals and books in the fields of science, engineering, and technology,...
New theory on how Earth’s crust was created
More than 90% of Earth's continental crust is made up of silica-rich minerals, such as feldspar and quartz. But where...
