How plants bind their green pigment chlorophyll
Credit: Ill./©: Alessandro Agostini, JGU Whenever you see green color out in nature, you are likely to look at chlorophyll. ...
Gene-edited zebrafish models take disease research to the next level
Credit: Seattle Children's Advances in optimisation of the gene-editing technique CRISPR/Cas9 in zebrafish disease models offer a new level of ...
Adding flavors to e-cigarette liquids changes chemistry, creates irritants
Credit: Shawn Rocco/ Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- As e-cigarette use expands among teens in the U.S., so have vaping ...
Fentanyl test strips prove useful in preventing overdoses
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Among more than 72,000 deaths in the U.S. last year, fentanyl -- a highly potent prescription opioid ...
Mice need a clutch to smell
Credit: Naoyuki Inagaki The brain can discriminate over one trillion different odors. Once entering the nose, an odor activates olfactory ...
ANU researchers find new disease
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have discovered a new genetic disease and a method for detecting more unexplained ...
Valuable insights into the modeling, application, and production of bioactive materials
Anatomy, Modeling and Biomaterial Fabrication for Dental and Maxillofacial Applications provides readers with information about dental implants and biomaterial fabrication ...
Samara Polytech University created healthy candies with original fillings
Credit: © Samara Polytech The technology of making sweets has been worked out for more than months, experiments have led ...
Polluted city neighborhoods are bad news for asthmatic children
Children with asthma who grow up in a New York City neighborhood where air pollution is prevalent need emergency medical ...
The dual and unknown function of the immune system
Credit: CNIC The cells of the immune system sustain life by infiltrating infected and dmaged tissue and eliminating pathogenic microorganisms ...
Allergy research: Test predicts outcome of hay fever therapies
Allergen-specific immunotherapy can make everyday life much more pleasant for allergy sufferers and provide long-term protection against asthma. It is ...
New statistical method estimates time to metastasis of breast cancer in US women
Bottom Line: A statistical method could fill the gaps in the U.S. cancer registry data to estimate the short- and ...
Distinguishing fatal prostate cancer from ‘manageable’ cancer now possible
Scientists at the University of York have found a way of distinguishing between fatal prostate cancer and manageable cancer, which ...
Children with autism, developmental delays nearly 50 percent more likely to be overweight, obese
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, October 17, 2018--A new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), the ...
Dry conditions in East Africa half a million years ago possibly shaped human evolution, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Samples of ancient sediments from a lake basin in East Africa have revealed that arid conditions ...
Arctic greening thaws permafrost, boosts runoff
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 17, 2018--A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to ...
A role for circadian enhancers to prevent myocardial injury in the perioperative setting
Innovative cardioprotective strategies are of imminent demand. Nonfatal myocardial ischemia (MI) poses a significant risk to patients undergoing major non-cardiac ...
Adolescent THC exposure alters neurons/gene networks associated with psychosis risk
Corresponding Author: Yasmin Hurd, PhD, Director of The Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, ...
Study uncovers new link between neonicotinoid pesticide exposure and bumblebee decline
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - Adding to growing evidence that pesticide use may be contributing to the decline ...
Engineered enzyme eliminates nicotine addiction in preclinical tests
La Jolla, CA - Oct. 17, 2018 - Scientists at Scripps Research have successfully tested a potential new smoking-cessation treatment ...
