New report details innovations in water reuse
Credit: Colorado State University In drought-prone states like California, Colorado and others, every drop of water is precious. A newly ...
Most Americans want the government to combat climate change, some willing to pay a high amount
Sixty-one percent of Americans think climate change is a problem that the government needs to address, including 43 percent of ...
Mini-kidneys grown in lab reveal renal disease secrets
Credit: Randy Carnell and Megan Clark/UW Medicine By creating and manipulating mini-kidney organoids that contain a realistic micro-anatomy, UW Medicine ...
Basis of development of vertebrate limb muscles has been established in cartilaginous fishes
Credit: nature ecology & evolution The development of limb muscle has been well studied in most land dwelling vertebrates such ...
Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart’s major pumping chamber
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Scientists have found another reason for children ...
RUDN University scientists described the distribution of soil microorganisms
Credit: Yakov Kuzyakov Scientists from RUDN University have classified the distribution of soil microorganisms at different latitudes from tropical to ...
Tracking live brain activity with the new NeuBtracker open-source microscope
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A team of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and ...
DNA: The next hot material in photonics?
Credit: Kyunghwan Oh, Yonsei University WASHINGTON -- Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical ...
Animals that play with objects learn how to use them as tools
Credit: Megan Lambert, University of York Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the ...
International competition benchmarks metagenomics software
Credit: John T. Consoli, University of Maryland Communities of bacteria live everywhere: inside our bodies, on our bodies and all ...
Promising Down syndrome research expands to second site in Brazil
CLEVELAND--A Case Western Reserve University-led study of a promising medication for people with Down syndrome is going global. Brazilian authorities' ...
Painless microneedles extract fluid for wearable sensors for soldiers, athletes
Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The lab is calm and quiet, clean and well organized; boxes of ...
Study highlights conservation needs of fish species recently discovered in Southwest Virginia
Credit: Virginia Tech In 1999, a routine study for a pipeline in Tazewell County, Virginia, led to a surprising discovery. ...
Virginia Tech study finds that healthy bacteria in yogurt may reduce lupus symptoms in mice
Credit: Virginia Tech Researchers at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have released findings that explain how ...
Rosbash awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Credit: Scott Eisen/ Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced today that Michael Rosbash, a ...
SenGupta authors ‘Ion Exchange in Environmental Processes’ book
Credit: John Wiley & Sons Arup K. SenGupta, P.C. Rossin Professor in the departments of civil and environmental engineering and ...
Children without allergies can still be afflicted with asthma-like coughing and wheezing
EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:00 a.m., ET, Monday, October 2, 2017, Cleveland: Doctors have long wondered why children without allergies can still ...
US Department of Energy awards Danforth Center $16 million to enhance sorghum for bioenergy
Credit: NA ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. 2, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world's largest ...
Study published in Nature reveals molecular pathway of weight-controlling hormone
Credit: NGM Bio SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Oct. 2, 2017 - Scientists at NGM Bio have revealed deep insights ...
A new method for removing cells infected with the AIDS virus
Credit: Associate Professor Mikako Fujita With the successful suppression of the AIDS virus (HIV) through medication, the focus turns toward ...
