Topical skin cream for treatment of basal cell carcinoma shows promise as an alternative to surgery
Credit: Journal of Investigative Dermatology Philadelphia, PA, December 13, 2016 - Basal cell carcinoma (BCC), a type of skin cancer,...
Studies probe value and impact of direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Despite being on the market for nearly a decade, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing continues to be controversial among experts and...
Squeezing life from DNA’s double helix
Credit: Xiaojiang Chen, USC For years, scientists have puzzled over what prompts the intertwined double-helix DNA to open its two...
CSU uses test for chronic wasting disease to study brain ailments in people
Credit: CSU Photography Wildlife disease experts at Colorado State University are investigating whether a test developed to detect early-stage chronic...
Study first to show role of Parkin gene in eye lens free radical formation, cell survival
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Although mutations in the PARK2 gene that encodes the Parkin protein are associated with developing early-onset...
Study offers approach to treating pain
Credit: Nereo Kalebic/EMBL For many patients with chronic pain, any light touch - even just their clothes touching their skin...
A skillful rescue robot with remote-control function
Credit: Hiroshi Yoshinada A group of Japanese researchers developed a prototype construction robot for disaster relief situations. This prototype has...
Magnetic mirror could shed new light on gravitational waves and the early universe
Credit: Giampaolo Pisano, Cardiff University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have created a new magnetic mirror-based device that could one day help...
Revolutionary image-guided device targets brain regions associated with neuropsychiatric disorders
Credit: Soterix Medical Inc The EEG-Guided High-Definition tES (HD-tES) system is a breakthrough in allowing identification of brain regions associated...
NASA communications network to double space station data rates
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Amber Jacobson, producer Life aboard the International Space Station depends upon massive...
Sugar and sweeteners — how do they affect our appetite?
What should healthy young men who want to watch their weight and manage their blood sugar levels drink? Can they...
Supercomputer simulation reveals 2-D glass can go infinitely soft
Credit: Hayato Shiba Scientists in Japan have revealed that if a glassy solid possesses a planar (sheet-like) structure, it can...
Lehigh University’s Dr. Nelson Tansu elected Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Credit: Lehigh University Professor Nelson Tansu of Lehigh University's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science has been named...
Are we running out of vanilla? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2016 -- Vanilla is more than a standby ice cream flavor. It's...
NIFA announces $4 million in funding for biotechnology risk assessment research
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced...
The delights of dirt
Credit: Springer Soil can be beautiful, odiferous, slimy or sublime. It provides simple pleasures, such as its rich earthy scent...
Forming a second line of plant defense — capturing disease-resistant DNA
Credit: Earlham Institute RenSeq (1) is the method to sequence Resistance (R) genes that confer disease resistance in plants. Each...
New wheat crops as an alternative to a gluten-free diet
Wheat, one of the most widely consumed grains in the world, contains gluten, a mixture of proteins that can be...
Mutations acquired trans-Pacific may be key to changes in Zika severity
Credit: Daniel Janies The Zika virus remains a mystery. Isolated from macaque monkeys in the Ziika Forest in Uganda in...
Drugs from nature: Big effects of multiple compounds in small amounts
FRANKFURT. Nature often produces a whole weaponry of active ingredients to ensure it is well prepared for any scenario that...
