2016 Eastern Analytical Symposium Award awarded to Sandy Dasgupta
Credit: EAS A chemistry professor at The University of Texas at Arlington has been honored with a prestigious award for...
Mexico’s energy reform calls for new water policy
HOUSTON - (Dec. 13, 2016) - As the Mexican government oversees the implementation of the country's energy reform, it must...
Researchers identify biochemical mechanism behind a rare, painful genetic disease
Researchers identify biochemical mechanism behind a rare, painful genetic disease NIH-supported study might open door to first effective treatment for...
Water: Finding the normal within the weird
Credit: Wikimedia commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iceberg#/media/File:SantaCruz-LosGlaciares-Tempano02.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0. File: SantaCruz-LosGlaciares-Tempano02.jpg. RICHLAND, Wash. -- Wate..
Cancer genomics continued: Triple negative breast cancer and cancer immunotherapy
Continuing PLOS Medicine's special issue on cancer genomics, Christos Hatzis of Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA and colleagues describe...
Follicular lymphoma: A tale of 2 cancers
Follicular lymphoma (FL), the second most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is a largely incurable disease of B cells, yet...
Garth Powisnamed as NAI Fellow
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 13, 2016 - Garth Powis, professor and director of...
New technique switches key biomolecules on and off
A new technique that will allow scientists to determine the effects of turning on and off a set of molecules...
UC Davis joins national effort on links between health and exercise
We know that exercise is good for you. But why, and how? The National Institutes of Health today (Dec. 13)...
Eat and be eaten: Invasive scavengers in Hawaii alter island nutrient cycle
Credit: Erin F. Abernethy Aiken, S.C. - Researchers from the University of Georgia have found that invasive species on Hawaii...
Scientists examine ‘perfect storms’ fueling vast tropical biodiversity
Credit: Getty Images Biodiversity on earth is greatest in the tropics with the number and variety of species gradually diminishing...
Female hormones increase risk of vision loss in rare genetic disease
Credit: Joseph A. Toonen Girls with a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations in a gene known as Nf1 are...
Francis Collins receives FASEB Award
Credit: Image courtesy of the National Institutes of Health. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) presents its...
Low-carb diets safe in short term, more effective for weight loss than low-fat diets
CHICAGO--December 13, 2016--People deciding between low-carb and low-fat diets should know the research shows a slight advantage for low-carb diets...
‘Western’ maternal diet appears to raise obesity risk in offspring
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - December 13, 2016 - Diet composition around the time of pregnancy...
Kelp beats the heat
Credit: Ron McPeak In early 2014, when a large-scale marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean produced temperature anomalies greater...
RIT professor awarded NSF grant to benefit the next generation of games scholars
As a doctoral candidate, Owen Gottlieb received advice from a consortium that eventually led him to a successful teaching and...
Battery research reaching out to higher voltages
Credit: Monika Weiner / TUM For years, small rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have reliably supplied billions of portable devices with energy....
Measuring radiation damage on the fly
Cambridge, Mass. -- Materials exposed to a high-radiation environment such as the inside of a nuclear reactor vessel can gradually...
UCSB professors elected to National Academy of Inventors
Credit: Melissa Van De Werfhorst UC Santa Barbara professors James Speck and Larry Coldren are among the newest fellows of...