Meet the ‘mold pigs,’ a new group of invertebrates from 30 million years ago
Credit: Provided by George Poinar Jr. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and ...
Lymphoma stage at diagnosis may predict when and where new cancer forms
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center With improved treatments, especially the use of anti-cancer immunotherapies, more than two-thirds of all ...
CDC designates UMass Amherst a flu forecasting Center of Excellence
Biostatistician awarded grant to develop innovative, collaborative modelsCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician will receive up to ...
Psychedelic drug to be tested for treatment-resistant depression in Houston
Credit: Photo by UTHealth Psilocybin, a psychedelic drug believed to help rewire the brain, is now being studied to relieve ...
McLean Hospital received federal funding to help tackle national opioid crisis
NIH funds nearly $1 billion in opioid-related research through NIH HEAL InitiativeCredit: McLean Hospital As part of its efforts to ...
The deeper these octopuses live, the wartier their skin
Credit: Ocean Networks Canada/ CSSF-ROPOS Deep beneath the ocean's surface, surprisingly cute warty pink octopuses creep along the seafloor. But ...
HHS awards major funding award to WFIRM
Lung-on-a-chip technology used to study toxic agents, develop treatmentsCredit: WFIRM WINSTON-SALEM, NC, - Oct. 8, 2019 - The Wake Forest ...
Researchers to study medical cannabis and chronic pain
The $3.5M NIH project will see if cannabis substitutes for traditional pain medsCredit: UGA A team of researchers at the ...
How can ultrasonic brain stimulation cure brain diseases?
The mechanism of neuromodulation by ultrasound is elucidated at the molecular level in astrocytesCredit: IBS Just like the rays of ...
Pressure runs high at edge of solar system
Credit: NASA/IBEX/Adler Planetarium Out at the boundary of our solar system, pressure runs high. This pressure, the force plasma, magnetic ...
New large-sized insect species discovered in tropical forest
Credit: Photo: Tapani Hopkins Scientists at the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku in Finland have studied the diversity ...
Creating a single phonon in ambient conditions
Credit: C. Galland/EPFL We call a crystal lattice. The structure of this lattice determines most mechanical and thermal properties of ...
Cheap as chips: identifying plant genes to ensure food security
International team led by Göttingen University describes method to spot genes that control traitsCredit: Abiskar Gyawali An international team of ...
Developing electrically active materials to repair damaged hearts
Scientists are developing new materials that can both conduct electricity and repair heart muscle damaged during a heart attackCredit: Michael ...
Mapping normal breast development to better understand cancer
Salk scientists profile each cell in developing breast tissue and create a web database to aid researchCredit: Salk Institute LA ...
Four Loko continues to wreak havoc among young drinkers
New studies from George Mason University show that young drinkers still dangerously underestimate alcohol contentCredit: George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) ...
WPI wave motion research may lead to protections for police, missile silos and satellites
Funding from the National Science Foundation will support research of a new class of granular materials that should provide shock ...
Tau-mediated RNA splicing errors linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A collaborative study published today in the journal Cell Reports provides evidence for a new ...
Study reveals limitations of method for determining protein structure
Researchers used a powerful supercomputer to run continuous, rapid computations simulating the molecular dynamics of a specific protein.Credit: Image by ...
Sweet corn growers, processors could dramatically increase yield, profit
Credit: Martin Williams, USDA ARS and University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - In an industry struggling to maintain profitability, it's ...
