New MSU research addresses gap between research and practice in sustainable agriculture
Credit: Courtesy of MSU Michigan State University-led research has found a big difference in the yields produced by alternative agricultural ...
Rheumatology leaders say FDA biosimilar interchangeability guidance a balanced approach
ATLANTA - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft guidance on biosimilar interchangeability titled "Considerations in Demonstrating ...
A quark like no other
Credit: Tim Schoon, University of Iowa A University of Iowa physicist is at the forefront of the search for a ...
$5M foundation gift to help support US-China energy center at Berkeley Lab
Credit: Berkeley Lab In 2015, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley announced a partnership with Tsinghua University ...
SWOG launches national immunotherapy clinical trial for rare cancers
PORTLAND, OR - People with rare cancers now have the option of joining a national clinical trial testing leading-edge immunotherapies ...
Affordable Care Act made cancer screening more accessible for millions, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA The Affordable Care Act helped make recommended cancer screening more affordable and accessible for millions ...
A ‘strand’ of DNA as never before
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In a carefully designed polymer, researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish ...
How the new Congress and Trump could affect science
The political ground is set to shift dramatically with the new Republican-led Congress in place and President-elect Donald Trump poised ...
Harnessing the energy of fireworks for fuel
The world relies heavily on gasoline and other hydrocarbons to power its cars and trucks. In search of an alternative ...
Toward a ‘smart’ patch that automatically delivers insulin when needed
Credit: American Chemical Society Treatment for certain diabetes cases involves constant monitoring of blood-glucose levels and daily insulin shots. But ...
Researchers discover severe side effects of approved multiple sclerosis medication
The multiple sclerosis (MS) therapy alemtuzumab can trigger severe, unpredictable side effects. This was the finding by a team led ...
Glass’s off-kilter harmonies
Loading video... Researchers from Georgia Tech developed a... view more Credit: Sean Cunningham, Texas Advanced Computing Center Asegun Henry wants ...
Artificial fingertip that ‘feels’ wins international robotics competition
An open-source 3D-printed fingertip that can 'feel' in a similar way to the human sense of touch has won an ...
Heartbeat could be used as password to access electronic health records
Credit: Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have devised a new way ...
Extreme space weather-induced blackouts could cost US more than $40 billion daily
WASHINGTON, DC -- The daily U.S. economic cost from solar storm-induced electricity blackouts could be in the tens of billions ...
New data show heightened risk of birth defects with antidepressants
MONTREAL, January 18, 2017 - A new Université de Montréal study in the British Medical Journal reveals that antidepressants prescribed ...
Protein involved in blood clotting stimulates liver repair
A team of Michigan State University researchers, led by James Luyendyk in the College of Veterinary Medicine, has uncovered a ...
Contracts signed for ELT mirrors and sensors
Credit: ESO The construction of the 39-metre ELT, the largest optical/near-infrared telescope in the world, is moving forward. The giant ...
Northern Quebec lichen yields 2 unique molecules and several antibacterial compounds
Quebec City, January 18, 2017--Two unique molecules have been discovered by Université Laval researchers in a species of lichen growing ...
Vitamin B-12, and a knockoff version, create complex market for marine vitamins
Credit: Katherine Heal/University of Washington The New Year is a busy time for pharmacies and peddlers of all health-related products. ...
