Rothamsted partnership is ‘the industrial strategy in action’
Credit: Rothamsted Research Today saw the official opening of Timac Agro UK's new head office on the Rothamsted campus, by...
Ringing in ears keeps brain more at attention, less at rest, study…
Credit: Photo by Joyce Seay-Knoblauch CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has eluded medical...
The biological clock of plants
Credit: Screenshot: research_tv The Americans Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young were awarded the Nobel Prize for...
Usutu virus is back — not only in blackbirds but also in humans
Credit: Georg Mair/Vetmeduni Vienna Usutu virus, a flavivirus of African origin, was first detected in Austria in 2001, when it...
Crunch time for food security
Credit: © Rothamsted Research Feelings often run high where insects are concerned, with many people even squeamish to look on...
UMass Amherst Environmental Health researcher honored for…
Credit: courtesy Pablo Robles, Media Compass Photography AMHERST, Mass. – The Cornell Douglas Foundation, an environmental health and justice advocacy...
Predicting cancer’s growth from few clues
DURHAM, N.C. — Mathematicians at Duke University are developing ways to help doctors predict how different cancers are likely to...
Most cases of brain-damaged newborns not due to mismanaged deliveries
IMAGE: Jonathan Muraskas, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center led a study that found that most cases of brain-damaged newborns...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia scientists
The research group led by Miguel Soares at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC; Portugal) was specifically selected by The Bill...
Postoperative wound monitoring app can reduce readmissions and improve…
Credit: Journal of the American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (Jan. 19, 2017): A new smartphone app called WoundCare is successfully...
New approach to studying chromosomes’ centers may reveal link to Down syndrome and more
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some scientists call it the "final frontier" of our DNA — even...
‘Jumping genes’ may set the stage for brain cell death in…
Credit: Photo by Duke Photo. DURHAM, N.C. — The latest round of failed drug trials for Alzheimer's has researchers questioning...
Portland State virus study receives major NASA grant
Credit: Portland State University (Portland, Ore.) — Portland State biologist Ken Stedman has received a $540,000 grant from NASA to...
Football is medicine for women with high blood pressure
Credit: Mia Kjaergaard, DBU The Danish concept Football Fitness has proved to be just as effective as tablets for countering...
Phase 2 CAR-T study reports significant remission rates at 15-month…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study involving the recently approved CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy shows...
Researchers find shifting relationship between flexibility, modularity…
Credit: Rice University A new study by Rice University researchers takes a step toward what they see as key to...
Study suggests more effective speech therapy approach for children with Down syndrome
IMAGE: Shelley Velleman, chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, lectures to students in her anatomy and physiology...
Enhanced evolution: Scientists find genetic swap changes physical…
Credit: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America The difference between webbed toes and distinct digits may...
nTIDE November 2017 Jobs Report: Ongoing job gains bode well for Americans with…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – December 8, 2017. The job outlook remained positive for Americans with disabilities, with...
These maps reveal where rats, monkeys, and other mammals may pass diseases on to humans
Credit: Drew Kramer The majority of infectious diseases currently emerging as human epidemics originated in mammals. Yet we still know...
