NIH awards $21 million to research consortium to study epilepsy in patients with traumatic brain injuries
January 30, 2017-- An international consortium of academic research institutions have been awarded a $21 million grant from the National...
Role of terrestrial biosphere in counteracting climate change may have been underestimated
New research suggests that the capacity of the terrestrial biosphere to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) may have been underestimated in...
UT student wins competition at Beltwide Cotton Conference
Credit: Ginger Rowsey JACKSON, Tenn. - Shawn Butler, a doctoral candidate in the University of Tennessee's College of Agricultural Sciences...
Storing solar power increases energy consumption and emissions, study finds
Homes with solar panels do not require on-site storage to reap the biggest economic and environmental benefits of solar energy,...
Preventing blood clots with a new metric for heart function
Loading video... Credit: Rajat Mittal, Jung Hee Seo and Thura Harfi The heart is a wonder of design - a...
Cell-tracking agents get a boost
Credit: Wilson Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 30, 2017) - Rice University researchers have synthesized a new and greatly...
Study of mice shows protein in womb plays lifelong role in bone health
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health Osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease, is a genetic disorder that...
Online database aims to collect, organize research on cancer mutations
Credit: Joshua McMichael The body of knowledge on cancer genomics is massive and ever-expanding. But this wealth of potentially critical...
Unraveling the mystery of why cancer cells survive and thrive
Some cancer cells have a trick up their sleeve to avoid cell death: boosting maintenance of telomeres, the protective "end...
New genome-mapping technique opens new avenues for precision medicine
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff OHSU scientists have uncovered a method for quickly and efficiently mapping the genome of single cells within...
Oxford University Press to publish Diseases of the Esophagus
Oxford University Press and the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE) are pleased to announce their new partnership...
Epigenetic diversity in childhood cancer
Credit: Christoph Bock/CeMM (Vienna, 30 January 2017) Tumors of the elderly, such as breast cancer and colon cancer, accumulate thousands...
Action is needed to make stagnant CO2 emissions fall
Credit: Image courtesy of Rob Jackson. Without a significant effort to reduce greenhouse gases, including an accelerated deployment of technologies...
Radio devices to save rare species from poachers
Credit: Glen Fleishman (Creative Commons licence) A joint project between conservationists and electronics experts at the University of Kent has...
Move over Bear Grylls! Academics build ultimate solar-powered water purifier
Credit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- You've seen Bear Grylls turn foul water into drinking water with little more...
Brain potassium channels may unlock future precision medicine approaches for alcoholism
Credit: Image courtesy of Dr. Patrick Mulholland, Medical University of South Carolina A handful of FDA-approved drugs exist for treating...
NASA sees Ex-Tropical Cyclone 03S resemble a frontal system
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Satellite data from NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite showed that former Tropical Cyclone 03S...
A glitch in ‘gatekeeper cells’ slowly suffocates the brain
Credit: Amy Nelson/Keck School of Medicine of USC Abnormality with special cells that wrap around blood vessels in the brain...
Milestone for the analysis of human proteomes
Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) report on the synthesis of a library of more than 330,000...
Both push and pull drive our galaxy’s race through space
Although we can't feel it, we're in constant motion: the earth spins on its axis at about 1,600 km/h; it...
