Sanford Burnham Prebys awarded $4.5 million NIH grant for mental illness therapeutics
Research will explore 'orphan' receptors as potential drug targets for mental health disordersCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA ...
Cytiva licenses Allen Institute’s advanced machine learning technology
Strategic license to advance the field of 3D and live cell imagingCredit: Allen Institute Cytiva and the Allen Institute have ...
A ‘Devonian’ aquarium: Modern mutant fishes replicate creatures of ancient oceans
Credit: Tetsuto Miyashita Ottawa, August 5, 2020 - Zebrafish are a common aquarium species, of value to hobbyists and scientists ...
How cells keep growing even when under attack
New findings on how stress leads to pathway diversion, putting resources into growthCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In an ...
FDA approves the guardian needle, a solution for reducing accidental needle sticks
Medical University of South Carolina clinician-innovators targeted the problem of needle-stick injuries during intraoperative monitoring; their invention, a safer needle, ...
Helping protect medical professionals
Sandia researchers work with NM small businesses to test new respirator materialsCredit: Photo by Bret Latter, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, ...
Will automated vehicles cut parking revenue?
Not overnight, but cities should plan aheadCredit: Image by Benjamin Clark and Anne Brown, NITC Autonomous vehicles (AVs) will challenge ...
Turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Catalysts speed up chemical reactions and form the backbone of many industrial processes. For ...
Joint ASU-Hawaii state study reveals long-term human impacts on reef fish
Credit: Greg Asner, Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science Resource fishes--species targeted for human consumption--play a ...
Herbivores, not predators, most at risk of extinction
Global study sheds new light on current species declines, past species extinctions, and disruptions to Earth's ecosystemsCredit: Trisha Atwood/Utah State ...
Warming climate may trigger more West Nile outbreaks in Southern California
Study finds transmission of the mosquito-borne virus can increase rapidly with temperature -- and climate change is likely to bump ...
How climate change affects allergies, immune response and autism
The changes in the environment and biodiversity brought on by climate change could be responsible for increases in allergies, autoimmune ...
Dr. Neville Sanjana receives 2020 Cancer Research Institute Technology Impact Award
Grant supports genome engineering study to discover modifier genes that can boost the effectiveness of CAR T-cell therapy for pancreatic ...
Implanted neural stem cell grafts show functionality in spinal cord injuries
In mouse studies, the specialized grafts integrated with host networks and behaved much like neurons in a healthy, undamaged spinal ...
A one-step diagnostic may bring faster, cheaper cancer testing to remote settings
Credit: Scientists have created a rapid and affordable test for breast cancer that is designed for use in developing regions, ...
New acid mine drainage treatment turns waste into valuable critical minerals
Credit: Penn State A new way to treat acid mine drainage (AMD) could help transform the environmental pollution problem into ...
Move over Akita: Introducing ‘Kuma mutant’ mice for islet transplantation research
Credit: Tokyo Tech Diabetes seldom occurs in newborns--a condition known as neonatal diabetes. But when it does, it's mostly due ...
Interpreting the human genome’s instruction manual
A long-running national collaboration has produced a comprehensive catalogue of the molecular elements that regulate our genesCredit: Ella Maru Studio ...
Journalists’ Twitter use shows them talking within smaller bubbles
Credit: Photo courtesy Nikki Usher Usher and Ng, journalism professors at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, identified nine clusters of ...
Study clarifies kinship of important plant group
Analysis with participation of the University of Bonn is the most detailed work on the group of asterids worldwide so ...
