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Common factor links neurodegenerative disease in young and old
Credit: Gladstone Institutes, Chris Goodfellow Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), identified a...
Study finds Pokemon Go players are happier, friendlier
MADISON, Wis. -- Pokemon Go people are happy people. That's the finding of media researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
New 3-D printing method creates shape-shifting objects
Credit: Rob Felt A team of researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and two other institutions has developed a new...
Targeting blood vessels to improve cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Credit: Ella Maru Studio (free to use with credit) EPFL scientists have improved the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy by...
New method for 3-D printing extraterrestrial materials
When humans begin to colonize the moon and Mars, they will need to be able to make everything from small...
A big-picture look at the world’s worst Ebola epidemic
SEATTLE - April 12, 2017 - An international effort to analyze the entire database of Ebola virus genomes from the...
A simple sniff
Loading video... Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Delivering life-saving drugs directly to the brain in a safe and effective...
On-the-range detection technology could corral bovine TB
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 12, 2017--A research breakthrough allowing the first direct, empirical, blood-based, cow-side test for diagnosing bovine tuberculosis...
New lettuce genome assembly offers clues to success of huge plant family
Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis Today (April 12), UC Davis researchers announced in Nature Communications that they have unlocked a treasure-trove...
Prescribed fires consume Kansas landscape
Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC. Caption by Lynn Jenner Most if not all...
Gene silencing shows promise for treating 2 fatal neurological disorders
Credit: Courtesy of the NIH/NINDS. In two studies of mice, researchers showed that a drug, engineered to combat the gene...
Tool for checking complex computer architectures reveals flaws in emerging design
With backing from some of the largest technology companies, a major project called RISC-V seeks to facilitate open-source design for...
Lyncean Technologies signs Shanghai Physion as representative in China
Lyncean Technologies, Inc., manufacturer of the Lyncean Compact Light Source (CLS), today announced the signing of Shanghai Physion as their...
Research suggests potential therapy to prevent ‘chemobrain’ in cancer patients
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- Findings offered by a University of Kansas researcher, identified as one of 20 'Must...
New imaging technique shows effectiveness of cystic fibrosis drug
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (April 12, 2017) -- According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, more than 30,000 Americans...
Surprisingly long lifetime of high adhesion property of plasma-treated PTFE
(Osaka University) Osaka University researchers report heat-assisted plasma treatment can expand PTFE's applications to the medical and food fields.
Vitamin B diminishes effects of air pollution-induced cardiovascular disease
April 12, 2017 -- B vitamins can mitigate the impact of fine particle pollution on cardiovascular disease, according to new...
New MyAsthma app can help relieve the stress of asthma management
Credit: ©GSK A new and unique smartphone app to help people with asthma manage their condition has been developed by...
Mosquito egg hunt: Many Culex species prefer alternatives to standing water
Annapolis, MD; April 7, 2017--The conventional wisdom about where many mosquitoes lay their eggs--in standing water--is not always wise. Research...
Mapping food color regulations in the EU and the US
New study suggests that EU and the US companies and consumers have much to gain from closer cooperation on food...
