What a twist: Silicon nanoantennas turn light around
Credit: Image courtesy of the press office of MIPT A team of physicists from ITMO University, MIPT, and The University ...
Scientists create an atlas of the developing mouse heart
Credit: Harvard Medical School It's not simple, making a heart. In the womb, the organ begins as a tube, sprouts ...
Poorer patients face malnutrition risk
Credit: Anthony Weate/QUT Marketing and Communication Patients with chronic lung disease living in deprived areas are more likely to be ...
Inhibitory motor control problems may be unique identifier in adults with ADHD
SAN DIEGO -- Young adults diagnosed with ADHD may display subtle physiological signs that could lead to a more precise ...
Women at greater risk for Zika infection due to suppressed vaginal immune response
Credit: Shahzada Khan, Gladstone Institutes Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that the vaginal immune system is suppressed in response ...
Deepwater Horizon oil shows up in sparrows
Credit: Andrea Bonisoli Alquati, Cal Poly Pomona Scientists have identified the first evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil in a land ...
Cholesterol important for signal transmission in cells
Cholesterol can bind important molecules into pairs, enabling human cells to react to external signals. Researchers at FAU's Chair of ...
iPANDA: A novel approach for precision medicine and drug discovery on gene expression data
Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Insilico Medicine collaborating with a large group of scientists from top-tier academic institutions, pharmaceutical and biotechnology ...
Psoriatic arthritis patients find condition difficult to diagnose and often misunderstood
Philadelphia, November 16, 2016 - Psoriatic Arthritis In America 2016, is a new national survey by Health Union of over ...
Climate Resilience through Sweetpotato (CReSP) announced
Credit: International Potato Center (CIP) The International Potato Center (CIP) team led by World Food Prize Laureate Dr. Maria Andrade ...
Better cartilage map could help researchers improve engineered joint repair
Cartilage serves as a shock absorber for the human body, lubricating joints and helping them move smoothly. Its texture is ...
What can Pokémon Go teach the world of conservation?
(University of Oxford) A new paper by a group of researchers from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, UNEP World ...
Efficient approach for tracking physical activity with wearable health devices
Credit: Edgar Lobaton Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient technique for accurately tracking a user's physical ...
Tackling blood diseases, immune disorders
Credit: BD Colen/Harvard University Cambridge/Boston, Mass. - November 16, 2016 - Harvard University has completed a license agreement with Magenta ...
Vitamin D reduces respiratory infections, says CU Anschutz study
AURORA, Colo. (Nov. 16, 2016) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that high doses ...
Indonesian fires exposed 69 million to ‘killer haze’
Wildfires in Indonesia and Borneo exposed 69 million people to unhealthy air pollution and are responsible for thousands of premature ...
World’s fastest quantum simulator operating at the atomic level
Credit: NINS/IMS Okazaki, Japan - Kenji Ohmori (Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Japan) has collaborated with ...
Dry adhesive holds in extreme cold, strengthens in extreme heat
Credit: Courtesy of Science Communications Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Dayton Air Force Research Laboratory and China have developed ...
Marijuana could help treat drug addiction, mental health
Credit: UBC Using marijuana could help some alcoholics and people addicted to opioids kick their habits, a UBC study has ...
Study finds evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil in land-based birds
The ecological consequences of an environmental disaster can extend further than one may imagine as effects propagate through interconnected food ...