Burnes receives GSA’s 2016 Senior Service America Junior Scholar Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Senior Service America, Inc., have named David Burnes, BSc, MSW, PhD, of the...
Neuroscientist studies connection between PTSD and alcohol abuse
Credit: Justin Gass As families gather for the holidays this year, many will reminisce, sharing fond memories as they break...
Szanton receives GSA’s 2016 Senior Service America Senior Scholar Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Senior Service America, Inc., have named Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN, of the...
New police training draws from science of deadly force
Credit: Cori Medeiros, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - A portable use-of-force simulator aimed at launching a new era in police...
For the first time, scientists catch water molecules passing the proton baton
Water conducts electricity, but the process by which this familiar fluid passes along positive charges has puzzled scientists for decades....
DOE project to evaluate safety of transporting used nuclear fuel
With more than 74,000 metric tons of used nuclear fuel stored at locations around the United States, ensuring the safety...
UTA CAPPA student wins statewide bullet train station design competition
Credit: Texas Central Partners A University of Texas at Arlington student has won a statewide design competition for her Dallas...
Putting fundamental rights of persons with disabilities on the map
Credit: WORLD Policy Analysis Center, Constitutions Database, 2014 Ten years ago this month, the United Nations adopted the Convention on...
Lung function decline accelerates in menopausal women
Credit: ATS Dec. 1, 2016--Menopausal women appear to experience an accelerated decline in lung function, according to new research published...
Turning off asthma attacks
Working with human immune cells in the laboratory, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have identified a critical cellular "off" switch...
Kidney disease hospitalization and mortality rates continue to decline in the US
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - According to an annual data report from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), hospitalization and...
Museum of Natural Science researchers publish the first birds of Bolivia field guide
Credit: Asociación ArmonÃa Bolivia has more species of birds than any other land-locked country in the world. It is sixth...
Study suggests possible new target for treating and preventing Alzheimer’s
Credit: OHSU PORTLAND, Ore. - A new scientific discovery may provide a future avenue for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's...
New algorithm could explain human face recognition
MIT researchers and their colleagues have developed a new computational model of the human brain's face-recognition mechanism that seems to...
Scientists discover new method to restore function of white blood cells in septic patients
New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, suggest that treating the white blood cells of sepsis patients...
URI scientist: Rare childhood disease linked to major cancer gene
Credit: Photo courtesy of Niall Howlett. A team of researchers led by a University of Rhode Island scientist has discovered...
In cancer immunotherapy, one PD-L1 test to rule them all?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trials have proven the power of immunotherapies targeting PD-L1 or PD-1 in a...
UTSA study describes new minimally invasive device to treat cancer and other illnesses
Credit: Lyle Hood/UTSA A new study by Lyle Hood, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at...
Study: Enhancing cancer response to radiation
Credit: OHSU OHSU researcher Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D., has a contemporary analogy to describe microRNA: "I sometimes compare MicroRNA to tweets...
A radiation-free approach to imaging molecules in the brain
Credit: The Researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Scientists hoping to get a glimpse of molecules that control brain activity have devised...