Smoking decreases MAIT cells, implicated in the pathology of autoimmune diseases
New research published in the May 2017 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology provides another reason why smoking tobacco ...
Research into tumor cells begins at University of Warwick
Credit: University of Warwick Study will examine why some cells divide incorrectly and cause cancer Cause of genetic defects in ...
Propagation research on rare trees expands species recovery potential
Credit: Thomas Marler Many rare tropical tree species are restricted to a small, endemic range with very few remaining reproductive ...
Potential for Saudi Arabian coral reefs to shine
Credit: © 2017 Tane Sinclair-Taylor Marine surveys estimating fish population density and diversity are crucial to our understanding of how ...
The courting cephalopods of the East China Sea
Credit: Photo by Mr. Chun-Yen Lin, Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan William Shakespeare wrote with ...
Ecology team finds leaf litter has slower decomposition rate in warm temperatures
Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The time it takes for a leaf to decompose might be ...
WFU chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award for $500K
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Wake Forest chemistry professor Michael Gross has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty ...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 2017
Credit: St. Jude Department of Developmental Neurobiology Neuroscience - Faster image processing Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists designed software for ...
Experts call for registry of egg donors
A commentary and accompanying editorial published in the May issue of Reproductive BioMedicine Onlinecalls for a registry of egg donors ...
Bacteria take a deadly risk to survive
Credit: KU Leuven - Toon Swings Bacteria need mutations -- changes in their DNA code -- to survive under difficult ...
Under pressure: Understanding how portal hypertension occurs following liver injury
Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have identified a critical regulatory mechanism for the production of nitric ...
Is the blog to blame for Vladimir Putin’s 2011-12 elections defeat?
Credit: Florida Atlantic University In the 2011-12 elections, government leaders in Russia underestimated the power of the internet and it ...
X-ray microscope optics resolve 50-nm features while eliminating chromatic aberrations
Credit: Osaka University X-ray microscopes are commonly used in combination with full-field imaging techniques in spectromicroscopy applications, where they allow ...
Researchers develop recycling for carbon fiber composites
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A WSU research team for the first time has developed a promising way ...
LSUHealthNO awarded $2.5 million grant to develop better dental filling materials
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry New Orleans, LA - The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research ...
Photoluminescent display absorbs, converts light into energy
Credit: Shunsuke Itaya, Masamichi Ohta, Yuuki Hirai, and Takamasa Kohmoto BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA , and CARDIFF, UK -- By replacing ...
Research shows no link between formaldehyde and leukemia
Credit: The American Chemistry Council (ACC) WASHINGTON (May 2, 2017) - Some scientific reports have a profound impact on government ...
New study challenges formaldehyde cancer findings
Credit: The American Chemistry Council (ACC) WASHINGTON (May 2, 2017) - A newly published reanalysis of raw data from a ...
For a green alga, spotted salamanders are stressful hosts
Loading video... Credit: © Roger Hangarter New research shows how two drastically different organisms--a green alga and the spotted salamander--get ...
Bioinspired agent kills drug-resistant bacteria
Credit: Image provided by Lilit Tonoyan, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland Researchers in Ireland have developed a bioinspired antimicrobial ...
