UCI team to play key role in national study on how physical activity benefits health
Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., Dec. 13, 2016 -- With the support of a major National Institutes of...
Science and legal experts debate future uses and impact of human genome editing in Gender & the Genome
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 13, 2016--Precise, economical genome editing tools such as CRISPR have...
Oregon researchers find bacterial protein that boosts insulin-producing cells in zebrafish
Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Hampton Hill EUGENE, Ore. -- Dec. 13, 2016 -- A newly discovered bacterial protein produced in...
Switchgrass may be a good option for farmers who have lost fertile topsoil
COLUMBIA, Mo. - The loss of fertile topsoil from agricultural fields is an economic problem for modern farmers. When runoff...
Rural nursing homes are falling behind in health information technology
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1 million...
NASA provides 2 views of former Tropical Cyclone Vardah
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce NASA satellite data provided a look at the cloud cover and rainfall rates...
McMaster engineer named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
Credit: McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering HAMILTON, Ont. (Dec. 13, 2016) -- Dr. Ali Emadi of McMaster University's Faculty of...
Laboratory-on-a-chip technique simplifies detection of cancer DNA biomarkers
WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 13, 2016 -- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., making early, reliable...
Young, thin and hyperactive: That’s what outlier galaxies look like
If we put the galaxies for which we have the relevant data into a graph relating the mass of stars...
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...