Nano-SPEARs gently measure electrical signals in small animals
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 17, 2017) - Microscopic probes developed at Rice University have simplified the process...
Electroacupuncture may improve regulation of blood sugar in overweight and obese women
For women who are overweight or obese and are unable to exercise, new research appearing online in The FASEB Journal...
Pancreatic cancer project scores in research ‘lightning round’
Credit: Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- Scientists get funded for their ideas through a marathon grant-writing process, scores of...
Penn researchers provide new insight into dark matter halos
Research from the University of Pennsylvania could shed light on the distribution of one of the most mysterious substances in...
FCC grants NYU WIRELESS first program experimental license
BROOKLYN, New York - This year many mobile carriers are launching early services for 5G -- the next generation of...
Medical groups unite in support of science
(WASHINGTON, April 17, 2017) -- As the world's leading organizations representing clinicians, laboratory researchers, and physician-scientists committed to improving patient...
Plant genes may lack off switch, but have volume control
Credit: Jenna Gallegos/Rose Lab/UC Davis Scientists at the University of California, Davis have discovered that DNA sequences thought to be...
Monitoring troubles of the heart
Your partner comes in and slams a door. What was that about? Something you did? What if you knew to...
Academia, industry collaborate on solutions to neural disease, injury
Neurological disorders like Parkinson's, the aftermath of stroke, limb loss and paralysis significantly diminish the length and quality of life...
‘Twist and shine’: Development of a new photoluminescent sensor material
Credit: OIST Stress sensors are important tools when it comes to evaluating the robustness of a material facing strong mechanical...
Washington State University physicists create ‘negative mass’
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University physicists have created a fluid with negative mass, which is...
Nuclease-resistant hybrid nanoflowers
Credit: KAIST An eco-friendly method to synthesize DNA-copper nanoflowers with high load efficiencies, low cytotoxicity, and strong resistance against nucleases...
Low cervical cancer screening rates found among mentally ill
Women enrolled in California's Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) who have been diagnosed with severe mental illness have been screened for cervical...
Th17 cells could facilitate wider clinical use of adoptive immunotherapy
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) investigators report that long-term expansion protocols for adoptive...
Drop of mock B61-12 is first of new flight tests
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories/Photo by James Galli ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- From a distance, the drop of a mock nuclear weapon...
Computers create recipe for two new magnetic materials
Credit: Pelin Tozman, AMBER and CRANN Institute, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland DURHAM, N.C. -- Material scientists have predicted and built...
3-D-printed model of stenotic intracranial artery enables vessel-wall MRI standardization
A collaboration between stroke neurologists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and bioengineers at the University of Massachusetts...
SAVI camera ditches long lens for distant images
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 14, 2017) - A unique camera that can capture a detailed micron-resolution image...
Immunity against melanoma is only skin deep
Credit: Yina Huang In a newly published study, researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center find that unique immune cells,...
NASA sees central and south Philippines bracing for Tropical Depression 02W
Credit: Credits: NASA NASA's Terra satellite passed over newly developed Tropical Depression 02W as it formed east of the central...
