HybPiper: A bioinformatic pipeline for processing target-enrichment data
With the rapid rise of next-generation sequencing technologies, disparate fields from cancer research to evolutionary biology have seen a drastic...
U-M study bodes well for low-carb eaters
ANN ARBOR--Three low-carb meals within 24 hours lowers post-meal insulin resistance by more than 30 percent, but high-carb meals sustain...
Moving toward a gold standard in patient handoff protocols
You're in the hospital under around-the-clock care for whatever it is that ails you. During any 24-hour period, your physicians...
Could a cannabinoid pill treat concussion?
Credit: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine The goal of finding a treatment for concussion may be one step...
New discovery could help oral medicines work better
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (11/01/16) -- A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and The Dow Chemical Company have discovered...
Toronto Climathon results in surprising solutions to transport emissions
Credit: @wonrobot / Twitter During the Toronto Climathon, a 24-hour marathon session in downtown Toronto, students, entrepreneurs, big thinkers, technical...
NREL researchers discover how a bacterium, Clostridium thermocellum, utilizes both CO2 and cellulose
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) made the surprise discovery that a metabolic pathway...
Creating a slippery slope on the surface of medical implants
(Boston)--Implanted medical devices such as left ventricular-assist devices for patients with heart failure or other support systems for patients with...
Scientists prove how genetics change behavior by studying worms’ foraging strategies
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University/Nature "Organisms pay attention to what other members of their...
Results from the PARTNER I FIVE YEAR ECHO study presented at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 2, 2016 - A substudy of the PARTNER I Trial and Continued Access Registry found that hemodynamic...
US Food and Drug Administration awards Critical Path Institute three grants, one contract
Tucson, November 1, 2016--The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Critical Path Institute (C-Path) three grants to develop...
Fruits and vegetables may slow ALS
October 31, 2016--New research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health reveals that foods like fruits and vegetables that...
Underwater mushrooms: Curious lake fungi under every turned over stone
Credit: Christian Wurzbacher While fungi are well known for being essential in cycling carbon and nutrients, there are only about...
The French-Canadian connection
Credit: Shawn Hayward Scientists have identified a gene in the French-Canadian population that predisposes them to the development of intracranial...
TCT 2016 first reports examine potential for novel bioresorbable stent technologies
NEW YORK - October 31, 2016 - The 28th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the...
Food supply — not ‘live fast, die young’ mentality — makes male crickets chirpy
Credit: Tom Houslay / University of Exeter Shedding a few pounds might be a good strategy in the human dating...
Jumping spiders can hear sound without eardrums
BINGHAMTON, NY - There really is a "spider sense." With help from Binghamton University's Ron Miles, researchers found that despite...
FRET-FLIM optimization shows activity of two signaling molecules in single dendritic spine
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience An ongoing challenge for scientists working to understand the brain is being able...
UTA engineering professor to use data mining to help patients’ diagnosis, treatment
Credit: UT Arlington A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to develop big data mining tools...
Survey: Majority under 35 think e-cigs are safer, research studies aim to find out
Credit: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Most Americans under age 35 think that using electronic...
