New neuron dynamics model better fitted to the biological reality
Neuroscientists are currently working diligently to understand the dynamics of thousands of coupled neurons. Understanding how they operate requires accurate...
Advocacy and community health care models complement research and clinical care
Credit: International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Vienna, Austria--December 4, 2016--Global lung cancer researchers and patient advocates today...
Melbourne scientists publish evidence for world-first therapeutic dental vaccine
Credit: Oral Health CRC University of Melbourne A world-first vaccine developed by Melbourne scientists, which could eliminate or at least...
Highly efficient genome engineering in flowering plants
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a genome editing method to knockout target genes...
‘Baby boomers’ on dope: Recreational marijuana use is on the rise among adults over 50
The recent legalization of recreational marijuana (cannabis) use in California, Colorado, and Washington reflect the sweeping changes in the attitudes...
Children with Down syndrome and ALL fare as well as others treated on DFCI ALL protocols
SAN DIEGO, CA - Despite an elevated risk of toxicity from chemotherapy, children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia...
Interest, skills and belief in own abilities steer youngsters towards STEM jobs
The fact that many young women do not pursue a career in the 'STEM' fields of science, technology, engineering and...
Double whammy for triple negative breast cancer
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science A promising new combination therapy for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer has been...
Researchers uncover protein-based ‘cancer signature’
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum A research team at the University of Basel's Biozentrum has investigated the expression of ribosomal...
CAR T cell immunotherapy continues to yield complete responses in leukemia
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A highly innovative, personalized cell-based treatment for a high-risk form of the most common childhood...
Triggerfish needed to grow reefs, new research finds
Credit: Courtesy of WCS NEW YORK (November 30, 2016) --A study of complex coral reef ecosystems in the western Indian...
Researchers may have found first polluted river from before Bronze Age
Credit: Barqa Landscape Project/University of Waterloo. Industrial pollution may seem like a modern phenomenon, but in fact, an international team...
NYU researchers identify stress-hormone differences among gay men
Cortisol is a life sustaining adrenal hormone essential to maintaining the natural balance of the body. It is often referred...
Gut microbes contribute to recurrent ‘yo-yo’ obesity
Credit: Nature Following a successful diet, many people are dismayed to find their weight rebounding - an all-too-common phenomenon termed...
Geneticist Stephen J. Elledge wins Breakthrough Prize
Stephen J. Elledge, the Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has been...
Exploring how rice could survive salt stress
Credit: © 2016 KAUST Rice is a staple for more than half of the world's population, yet it is also...
The promise of greener power generation
Credit: © 2016 KAUST Modeling the combustion of fossil fuels by KAUST researchers has helped to characterize some of the...
A traditional Japanese art inspires a futuristic innovation: Brain ‘organoids’
Credit: UBC The ancient Japanese art of flower arranging was the inspiration for a groundbreaking technique to create tiny "artificial...
Stereochemistry: Self-amplifying selectivity
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich chemist Oliver Trapp has designed and synthesized a catalyst which flexibly molds the handedness of the...
Hubble spotlight on irregular galaxy IC 3583
Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA This delicate blue group of stars -- actually an irregular galaxy named IC 3583 --...