New technology helps reduce salt, keep flavor
Credit: WSU Eating too much salt can have significant negative health implications, and modern processed food typically contains high levels ...
Researchers develop new explanation for destructive earthquake vibrations
Credit: Julia Carr PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Earthquakes produce seismic waves with a range of frequencies, from the long, rolling motions ...
New Cas9 variant makes genome editing even more precise
Researchers develop more specific CRISPR-Cas9 gene scissorsCredit: Bratovic et al., 2020 CRISPR-Cas9 has revolutionized the field of genetics by its ...
Reitman Foundation funds pilot study of treatments for neonatal abstinence syndrome
Kessler Foundation researchers examine outcomes of neonates who undergo treatment at Children's Specialized Hospital for withdrawal from prenatal exposure to ...
UTA associate professor named fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Adnan honored by engineering societyCredit: UT Arlington Ashfaq Adnan, an associate professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department at ...
Radiation therapy for colon cancer works better when specific protein blocked
Targeting protein helps radiation destroy tumor cells while preserving healthy tissueCredit: Matt Miller Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine ...
NASA sees ex-tropical cyclone Esther move back into northern territory
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters with a ...
With 30,000 surveys, researchers build the go-to dataset for smallholder farms
Farmer input is essential to tackling global challenges of climate change, rural poverty and nutrition. A new data collection tool ...
Does your cat have degenerative joint disease?
There's a new tool to find outCredit: Margaret Gruen With an estimated 10-15% of adults over the age of 60 ...
New approach to combat opioid crisis in rural Tennessee
University of Tennessee extension to lead pilot programCredit: Image by Victor Moussa/Shutterstock.com KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- University of Tennessee Extension will ...
IU scientists study link between energy levels, spinal cord injury
Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--Each year, thousands of people in the United States experience a spinal cord injury, damaging ...
Bennett, Brassard and Shor win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Basic Sciences has gone in this twelfth edition to Charles Bennett, Gilles ...
Manipulating atoms to make better superconductors
Researchers experiment with collective dynamicsCredit: Dirk Morr Scientists have been interested in superconductors - materials that transmit electricity without losing ...
A joint venture at the nanoscale
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Imagine a wire with a thickness roughly one-hundred thousand times smaller than a human hair and ...
Nature Gene Therapy publishes preclinical data of Ocugen’s OCU400 genetic modifier
Data support nuclear hormone receptor gene NR2E3 as genetic modifier and therapeutic agent to treat multiple retinal degenerative diseases and ...
Coral reefs in Turks and Caicos Islands resist global bleaching event
Credit: Photo by Abby Knipp CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A study that relied on citizen scientists to monitor the health of ...
New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines
Scientists pave way for 'nano bots' to one day diagnose and treat diseaseCredit: Stephanie Jones, bio-illustrations.com Through a technique known ...
Apes’ inner ears could hide clues to evolutionary history of hominoids
New findings highlight the potential of the inner ear for reconstructing the early branches of our family treeCredit: Alessandro Urciuoli ...
Red panda population genomics confirms two phylogenetic species and different evolutionary histories
Credit: IOZ The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is an endangered mammal endemic to the Himalaya and Hengduan Mountains, and its ...
Images of ‘invisible’ holes on cells may jumpstart research
Credit: Furukawa lab/CSHL, 2020 High blood pressure, inflammation, and the sensation of pain may rely in part on tiny holes ...
