High burden of iodine deficiency found in Israel’s first national survey
Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) The first national iodine survey conducted in Israel has revealed a high burden of iodine deficiency...
Farming becoming riskier under climate change
URBANA, Ill. - Scientists the world over are working to predict how climate change will affect our planet. It is...
Ant-plant symbioses: Adapting to changes in partner abundance
Credit: Dr. Ulrike Bauer (University of Bristol) Many ant species live in often highly specific symbiotic relationships with plants from...
GW study finds social media course impacts online behavior in first-year medical students
WASHINGTON (March 27, 2017)--Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences found a majority of...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Debbie approaching Queensland for landfall
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the storm early on March 27, 2017...
Major genetic study identifies 12 new genetic variants for ovarian cancer
A genetic trawl through the DNA of almost 100,000 people, including 17,000 patients with the most common type of ovarian...
Largest ever brain cancer study reveals new secrets to inherited risk
Scientists have uncovered a treasure trove of information about the genetic causes of brain cancer in the largest ever study...
Study provides path for new immunotherapy approaches to prostate cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Prostate cancer, notoriously resistant to immunotherapy due to its immunologically cool nature, triggers two pathways...
How randomness helps cancer cells thrive
In a research effort that merged genetics, physics and information theory, a team at the schools of medicine and engineering...
New genetic risk factors identify 2 distinct glioma subtypes
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international consortium of researchers led by Dr. Melissa Bondy, professor of medicine, associate director...
MicroRNA treatment restores nerve insulation, limb function in mice with MS
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists partially re-insulated ravaged nerves in mouse models of multiple sclerosis (MS) and restored limb...
A big leap toward tinier lines
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For the last few decades, microchip manufacturers have been on a quest to find ways to make...
Graphene-based neural probes probe brain activity in high resolution
Credit: ICN2 Measuring brain activity with precision is essential to developing further understanding of diseases such as epilepsy and disorders...
Friction shapes zebrafish embryos
Credit: IST Austria A simple ball of cells is the starting point for humans -- and zebrafish. At the end...
Nanocages dramatically facilitate structure formation of biomolecules
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Macromolecules regularly fold and unfold themselves inside cells. Their diverse three-dimensional structures help determine their functions....
New rice strain could help farmers predetermine harvest time
Credit: 2017 Takeshi Izawa. A new strain of rice that flowers within a certain period of time after being sprayed...
New tool allows analysis of single-cell RNA data in pre-malignant tumours
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute scientists and their collaborators have developed a new analysis tool that was able to show, for...
Scientists discover mechanism that causes cancer cells to self-destruct
Many cancer patients struggle with the adverse effects of chemotherapy, still the most prescribed cancer treatment. For patients with pancreatic...
Stars born in winds from supermassive black holes
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser Observations using ESO's Very Large Telescope have revealed stars forming within powerful outflows of material blasted out...
Enzyme structures illuminate mechanism behind bacteria’s bioremediation prowess
MADISON, Wis. -- Bacteria, like humans and animals, must eat. Sometimes, they consume a pollutant in the environment that humans...
