Geoengineering risks losers as well as winners for climate and wildfire risks
Artificially altering the climate system to limit global warming to 1.5C could increase the risks of wildfires in some areas, ...
Pharmacogenetics of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors for Alzheimer’s disease
The angiotensin-converting enzyme is an amyloid-ß-degrading enzyme. While angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors could increase amyloid-ß accumulation, they might also slow cognitive ...
The absence of a single mitochondrial protein causes severe inflammation
Credit: Aida Rodríguez, IRB Barcelona The link between mitochondria and inflammation is still unclear. But it is known is that, ...
Graduate student awarded Lush prize for work to end animal research in toxicology
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Carolina Motter Catarino, a graduate student in chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has ...
Four in one: Chemical analysis technique gets major upgrade from Russian scientists
Credit: Skoltech Press Office Researchers from Skoltech and MIPT have developed a device for upgrading mass spectrometers, which are used ...
Brewing up Earth’s earliest life
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.--Around 4 billion years ago, Earth was an inhospitable place, devoid of oxygen, bursting with volcanic eruptions, and bombarded ...
Like babies, eggs send signals when ‘hungry’
Credit: Dr. Hugh Clarke's lab at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Montreal, April 9, 2018 - ...
Antiepileptic drugs increase risk of Alzheimer’s and dementia
Credit: UEF The use of antiepileptic drugs is associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, according to ...
Springer and the Hellenic Endocrine Society partner to publish the journal Hormones
Springer and the Hellenic Endocrine Society have signed a three-year agreement to publish the quarterly journal Hormones: International Journal of ...
Breast cancer therapy: All clear for the heart
Many breast cancer therapies cause damage to the heart. However, in the largest study of its kind so far, scientists ...
When heart disease runs in the family, exercise may be best defense
DALLAS, April 9, 2018 - Exercise may be the best way to keep hearts healthy - and it works even ...
Physical activity helps fight genetic risk of heart disease, Stanford-led study finds
Keeping fit, even if you're born with a high genetic risk for heart disease, still works to keep your heart ...
Resistance training enhances recycling capacity in muscles
Credit: University of Jyväskylä A new study at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland reports that autophagosome content is increased by ...
Public awareness of cancer drug shortages is low
The U.S. population is largely unaware that there are shortages in the availability of cancer drugs, according to a study ...
Biomarker helps identify ‘window of opportunity’ for cancer chemotherapy timing
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, April 9, 2018 - Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is essential ...
Vaccination apathy fueled by decades of misinformation
A legacy of social and political factors rather than bad parenting may be influencing people's decisions not to vaccinate their ...
Wheat research discovery yields genetic secrets that could shape future crops
Credit: CSIRO A new study has isolated a gene controlling shape and size of spikelets in wheat in a breakthrough ...
There’s no such thing as oversharing in conservation
Credit: Michigan State University Social gadflies in an organization are the new superheroes of conservation, according to a study in ...
Discovery of compounds that keep plants fresh
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University A team of scientists at Nagoya University has discovered new compounds that can control stomatal movements ...
Using the past to predict the future: climate change impacts on the sagebrush sea
LOGAN, UTAH, USA- Scientists from Utah State University developed a new way to use long-term population data to model how ...
