Wayne State University searches for new directions to treat Barth syndrome
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT -- The Barth Syndrome Foundation recently announced awardees from its 2017 grant cycle. Miriam Greenberg, ...
A high-specificity test detects prior infection by Zika virus
A test that detects antibodies against Zika virus in samples of blood serum with high specificity - and hence a ...
West Greenland Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate in centuries
Credit: Robert Gill/Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - March 28, 2018 - The West Greenland Ice Sheet melted at a dramatically ...
PSU researcher to examine volcanic ash to aid evacuations
Helping emergency responders predict where ash from exploding volcanoes will fall and how heavy it will accumulate is the focus ...
Relationship changes after bariatric surgery
Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson Individuals who have undergone bariatric surgery have a higher probability of getting married, separating from ...
Phase I HIV vaccine trial to begin
WORCESTER - A Phase I clinical trial testing the safety of vaccines that might have the potential to prevent HIV ...
Largest-ever genetic study of stroke provides new insight into the disease
An international research group, including scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, studying 520,000 people from around the ...
Brain-wide tracing of single neurons reveals breadth of information transfer from visual cortex
Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre An international collaboration of neuroscientists have today published a paper in Nature demonstrating the breadth of ...
Jefferson and Einstein intend to merge
Credit: Einstein Healthcare Network Leadership from Jefferson and Einstein Healthcare Network announced today the signing of a non-binding Letter of ...
Stand Up To Cancer grants encourage ‘innovation in collaboration’
Credit: Photo by ©AACR/Todd Buchanan 2018 PHILADELPHIA - March 28, 2018 - To strengthen collaboration among scientists conducting cancer research, ...
2018 HFSP Career Development Awards
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today 11 Career Development Awards (CDA). The awards are for the ...
Rapid pair production – Detection of a new reaction path in the atmosphere
Credit: Photo: Tilo Arnhold, TROPOS Leipzig. Scientists have now observed a particularly rapid type of pair production in the laboratory: ...
Plants, fungi and bacteria work together to clean polluted land
Credit: Ectomycorrhizal Fungi image by Dr. Hugues Massicotte, Forest Ecology and Management, University of Northern British Columbia Highly complex interactions ...
Weather phenomena such as El Niño affect up to two-thirds of the world’s harvests
(Aalto University) According to researchers at Aalto University, Finland, large-scale weather cycles, such as the one related to the El ...
OU professor receives NASA Earth Science funding for first-of-its-kind research
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma professor, Cameron Homeyer, is a recipient of a NASA Research Opportunities in ...
Public willing to pay to improve water quality
COLUMBIA, Mo. - In the wake of the recent water crisis in Flint, Michigan, in which studies confirmed lead contamination ...
Photosynthesis uses vibrations as ‘traffic signals’
Researchers have discovered a new role for protein vibrations in controlling the transformation of sunshine into useful energy. The study ...
C-Path and CHDI launch consortium to accelerate development of Huntington’s therapies
Tucson, AZ, and New York, NY - March 28, 2018 - The Critical Path Institute (C-Path), together with CHDI Foundation, ...
Is there association between weight-loss surgery, change in relationships?
Bottom Line: Weight-loss surgery was associated with relationship changes for patients. Why The Research Is Interesting: Weight-loss (bariatric) surgery is ...
Liverpool researchers to help transform treatment for children with arthritis
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey children's NHS Foundation Trust will join a UK-wide effort, including colleagues ...
