A small protein with many applications
Credit: Rasmus Kjeldsen Jensen and Janus Asbjørn Schatz-Jakobsen, Aarhus University Researchers from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and ...
Metal-organic frameworks cut energy consumption of petrochemicals
Credit: K.V. Agrawal/EPFL In the chemical and the petrochemical industries, separating molecules in an energy-efficient way is one of the ...
Improved capture of cancer cells in blood could help track disease
Credit: Michael Poellmann MADISON, Wis. - Tumor cells circulating throughout the body in blood vessels have long been feared as ...
Faulty cellular membrane ‘mix’ linked to Parkinson’s disease
Working with lab-grown human brain cells, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have uncovered a much sought-after connection between one of ...
Viral hideout
Once herpes simplex infects a person, the virus goes into hiding inside nerve cells, hibernating there for life, periodically waking ...
New survey finds huge and unnecessary variation of salt levels in bread
Canadian bread product saltiest in survey of global bread products Some breads surveyed had as much sodium (salt) as seawater ...
Ludwig study extends potential for personalized immunotherapy to large variety of cancers
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research A Ludwig Cancer Research study shows that ovarian cancer, which has proved resistant to currently available ...
The coffee cannabis connection
CHICAGO --- It's well known that a morning cup of joe jolts you awake. But scientists have discovered coffee affects ...
Blacks have more exposure to air pollutants raising heart disease risk, death
DALLAS, March 15, 2018 - Blacks often have higher exposure to air pollution than whites, which may partially explain their ...
Large racial and ethnic disparity in world’s most common STI
Credit: Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a new Johns Hopkins study, researchers have added to evidence that Trichomonas vaginalis (TV), ...
Startup promises minimally invasive heart repair
Cambridge, Mass. - March 15, 2018 - A minimally invasive surgical device to be commercialized by a newly launched startup ...
Blunt products more popular in states where marijuana is legal
March 15, 2018 -- A study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health finds that cigars commonly ...
Land under water: Estimating hydropower’s land use impacts
Credit: Ånund Killingtveit/NTNU Hydropower is the world's top provider of renewable energy, producing a whopping 16 per cent of the ...
SFU students are helping develop heat and drought tolerant rice and wheat
Credit: SFU The United Nations predicts that by 2050 our growing global population will require 70 per cent more food ...
Destroy Pancreatic Cancer dedicates $1 million for unique TGen-designed clinical trial
PHOENIX, Ariz. and Atlanta, Ga. -- March 12, 2018 -- Destroy Pancreatic Cancer, an Atlanta-based non-profit dedicated to finding better ...
Saving lives with platypus milk
Credit: Laura Romin and Larry Dalton. A breakthrough by Australian scientists has brought the introduction of an unlikely hero in ...
Fussy eating prevents mongoose family feuds
Credit: Harry Marshall Mongooses living in large groups develop "specialist" diets so they don't have to fight over food, new ...
New book explores zoos’, aquariums’ evolving role in tackling global biodiversity crisis
Credit: The Ark and Beyond As scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused ...
Keeping plant-cell motors on track
Credit: Joe Angeles/Washington University Within both plant and animal cells, motor proteins act like the engines in a busy train ...
Nanostructures created at UCLA could make gene therapies safer, faster & more affordable
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/ACS Nano UCLA scientists have developed a new method that utilizes microscopic splinter-like structures ...
