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Clara Santato awarded 2018 MRS Communications Lecture
Credit: Research Square We are delighted to announce to Clara Santato, Polytechnique Montréal, has been awarded the 2018 MRS Communications...
UCLA scientists merge statistics, biology to produce important new gene computational tool
Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA The cells in our bodies express themselves in different ways. One cell might put a chunk of...
Great magma eruptions had 2 sources
(University of Helsinki) Research at Finnish Museum of Natural History may explain controversies related to great magma eruptions: the magmas...
Real-time monitoring could reduce First Nations water advisories by one third, study finds
Credit: University of Guelph University of Guelph researchers have found that the majority of drinking water advisories in First Nations...
NREL research overcomes major technical obstacles in magnesium-metal batteries
Scientists at the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have discovered a new approach for developing a rechargeable...
Australian vine can boost soybean yield, study says
Credit: Ram Singh, USDA ARS. URBANA, Ill. - Growing in its native Australia, the unobtrusive perennial vine Glycine tomentella could...
Scholarly snowball: Deep learning paper generates big online collaboration
MADISON-- Bioinformatics professors Anthony Gitter and Casey Greene set out in summer 2016 to write a paper about biomedical applications...
Not-for-profit publishers partner to launch new research journal Life Science Alliance
Heidelberg, New York, and Cold Spring Harbor, 3 April 2018 - Rockefeller University Press, EMBO Press, and Cold Spring Harbor...
Sulfur amino acid restriction could amount to new dietary approach to health
The longevity and health improvements seen in animals on sulfur amino acid-restricted diets could translate to people, according to Penn...
NAS review: More research needed to develop optimal assessment, treatment standards
(Boston) - A recent JAMA review article stresses that more clinical studies on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) are needed in...
Microbiome study suggests marine nematodes are not picky eaters
Credit: James Baldwin and Manuel Mundo-Ocampo, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- The ocean floors are literally crawling with nematode...
Study says meat protein is unhealthy, but protein from nuts and seeds is heart smart
Credit: Loma Linda University Health A study conducted by researchers in California and France has found that meat protein is...
High levels of hazardous chemicals found in plastics collected from Lake Geneva
The first-ever chemical analysis of plastic collected from beaches around Lake Geneva detected cadmium, mercury and lead -- sometimes in...
Callahan to serve as medical society’s 2018 Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Christopher M. Callahan, MD, the founding director of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research...
Ancient sea worm eats, poops and leaves behind evidence of Cambrian biodiversity
Credit: University of Kansas / KU News Service LAWRENCE -- In the Mackenzie Mountains of Canada, University of Kansas researcher...
Self-rating mental health as ‘good’ predicts positive future mental health
Researchers have found that when a person rates their current mental health as 'positive' despite meeting criteria for a mental...
Biological ballet: Imaging technique reveals complex protein movements in cell membrane
Credit: OIST What do ballet and cell biology have in common? Perhaps more than you might think. Every cell in...
‘Molecular scissors’ could be key to cutting off diseases including HIV infection
COLUMBUS, Ohio - One way to fight diseases including HIV infection and autoimmune disorders could involve changing how a naturally...
Links between eating red meat and distal colon cancer in women
A new study suggests that a diet free from red meat significantly reduces the risk of a type of colon...
Study: Better fitness in pre-pregnant women linked with less risk of gestational diabetes
Credit: University of Iowa Expectant mothers who were more fit before pregnancy are at lower risk of developing gestational diabetes,...
