New drug formulary will help expedite use of agents in clinical trials
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) today launched a new drug formulary (the "NCI Formulary") that will enable investigators at NCI-designated...
Important bio-chemical produced on a large scale by E.coli
Credit: Colourbox If you had a company that manufactured valuable ingredients for chemicals like detergens or paint, you would probably...
A research framework for tracing human migration events after ‘out of Africa’ origins
As more DNA sequencing data continues to become available, including extinct hominids, a new human origins study has been performed...
University of Guelph researchers identify monarch butterfly birthplaces to help conserve species
Credit: Stock University of Guelph researchers have pinpointed the North American birthplaces of migratory monarch butterflies that overwinter in Mexico,...
Dual-purpose biofuel crops could extend production, increase profits
Credit: Haley Ahlers/PETROSS Today many biofuel refineries operate for only seven months each year, turning freshly harvested crops into ethanol...
Killing time: Study sheds light on phages and precision cell destruction
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware Phage therapy, which exploits the ability of certain viruses to infect and replicate within bacteria,...
IUPUI-based engineering startup receives $225K NSF grant to improve hydrogen fuel storage
INDIANAPOLIS -- A startup based on work conducted at the School of Engineering and Technology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis...
New technology will cut plug-in hybrid fuel consumption by one third
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Engineers at the University of California, Riverside have taken inspiration from biological evolution and...
ACC.17 media registration open; important dates announced
The 66th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology will be March 17-19, 2017, at the Walter E....
UTA researcher shows computer users are overconfident when dealing with junk emails
Credit: UT Arlington UTA researchers show in a new study that people's confidence actually exceeds what they can achieve when...
University of South Carolina researchers discover new subtype of cervical cancer
Credit: Carolyn Banister/University of South Carolina A team of University of South Carolina scientists led by Carolyn Banister and Phillip...
Next-generation optics offer the widest real-time views of vast regions of the sun
Credit: Big Bear Solar Observatory A groundbreaking new optical device, developed at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) to correct...
$10 million CDC grant funds center to fight vector-borne diseases
Managing mosquito-borne viruses, such as West Nile, Dengue, Zika and tick-borne Lyme disease have been a challenge due to lack...
New molecular discovery may help identify drug therapies to prevent dementia
Rutgers University scientists have discovered a molecular pathway in the brain that may help provide answers to long-term memory problems...
For viral predators of bacteria, sensitivity can be contagious
Credit: (Hebrew University / Cell) Bacteriophages (phages) are probably the most abundant entities in nature, often exceeding bacterial densities by...
Penn paleobiologist Lauren Sallan selected as a 2017 TED Fellow
Credit: University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania's Lauren Sallan, an assistant professor in the School of Arts & Sciences'...
Meet Canada’s ‘poop lady’
Credit: Catherine Girard They call her the "poop lady." Way up north in Canada's Resolute Bay, an Arctic hamlet of...
Pretty in pink: Some algae like it cold
Credit: UC's Jeff Havig It may look pretty, but the swaths of delicately-colored, pretty "precipitation" may lead to an increase...
UMD researchers share optimistic vision for Paris Climate Agreement
Credit: Springer Climate, 2017 In December 2015, the world's nations negotiated the Paris Climate Agreement, which seeks to limit global...
TSRI signs collaboration agreement with Pfizer to advance DNA-encoded library technology
LA JOLLA, CA - January 10, 2017 - The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), a leading non-profit biomedical research institute, today...
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