New weapon in fight against dementia
Credit: University of Delaware/ Kathy F. Atkinson A University of Delaware researcher is investigating a novel compound's role in combating ...
Peer influence, better HIV counseling could encourage boys in Africa to be circumcised
With research showing that male circumcision reduces the odds of getting HIV through heterosexual sex by 60 percent, more boys ...
Study: Double-drug strategy blocks escape route for most lung cancers
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - April 3, 2018 - A one-two combo punch using two currently available drugs could be ...
Partner’s finances impact well-being, even in young love
For married couples, money is a common source of stress and conflict that can take a major toll on relationship ...
Research highlights for Experimental Biology 2018 in San Diego, April 21-25
Cutting-edge multidisciplinary research from across the life sciences will be presented at the Experimental Biology 2018 meeting (EB 2018), the ...
University of Houston researcher takes new approach to antibiotic tolerance
Credit: University of Houston With a perfect score on his research proposal, chemical and biomolecular engineering researcher Mehmet Orman received ...
Reversal of fortunes
Scientists have discovered that the seafloor from the Mississippi River Delta to the Gulf of Mexico is eroding like the ...
Ancient sea worm eats, poops and leaves behind evidence of Cambrian biodiversity
Credit: University of Kansas / KU News Service LAWRENCE -- In the Mackenzie Mountains of Canada, University of Kansas researcher ...
Microbiome study suggests marine nematodes are not picky eaters
Credit: James Baldwin and Manuel Mundo-Ocampo, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- The ocean floors are literally crawling with nematode ...
Australian vine can boost soybean yield, study says
Credit: Ram Singh, USDA ARS. URBANA, Ill. - Growing in its native Australia, the unobtrusive perennial vine Glycine tomentella could ...
Clara Santato awarded 2018 MRS Communications Lecture
Credit: Research Square We are delighted to announce to Clara Santato, Polytechnique Montréal, has been awarded the 2018 MRS Communications ...
Anticipating the dangers of space
Credit: Douglas Aircraft Co., 1967 Alongside the well-known hazards of space -- freezing temperatures, crushing pressures, isolation -- astronauts also ...
Inner ear provides clues to human dispersal
Credit: ©Marcia Ponce de León, Christoph Zollikofer The early migration of humans out of Africa and across the world can ...
How to fight side effects of hormone therapy for prostate cancer
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Men on hormone therapy for prostate cancer may benefit significantly from hitting the gym with fellow patients ...
New satellite method enables undersea estimates from space
Credit: Rebecca Fowler Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences researchers have developed a statistical method to quantify important ocean measurements from ...
Cells are pretty much smarter than previously supposed
Cells' G protein-coupled receptor signaling system is capable to pass more than 2 bits of information per one interaction with ...
This is the environmental footprint of the egg industry
In recent years, egg production has been in the spotlight for animal welfare issues. While in most European countries the ...
A tricky job assessing the vulnerability of agriculture
(Linköping University) There's still a lot we don't know about the vulnerability of our agriculture to climate change. This is ...
Petrichor, the smell of rain (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 3, 2018 -- The smell that accompanies a spring shower is so evocative ...
American Association of Anatomists partners with the March for Science
Bethesda, MD (April 3, 2018) - The March for Science, a global organization that advocates for equitable evidence-based science policies, ...
