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Study finds children with autism and ADHD at higher risk for anxiety
BALTIMORE, M.D., (April 1, 2018) -- Children with both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at increased...
Cracking eggshell nanostructure
Credit: Professor Marc McKee, McGill University How is it that fertilized chicken eggs manage to resist fracture from the outside,...
Rational protein engineering can improve effectiveness of mRNA therapies
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 30, 2018 -- mRNA drugs offer a promising new approach...
Gut microbes could help better predict risk of hospitalization for patients with cirrhosis
Credit: VCU The gut microbiome -- a collection of bacteria and other microbes in the gut -- could be a...
A synthetic chameleon has been developed
Credit: Dmitry Ivanov An international team of researchers including Dmitry Ivanov, the head of laboratory of functional soft-matter systems, MSU,...
Monash discovery uncovers clue to disarm gonorrhea superbug
Credit: Monash University Every year, more than 100 million people worldwide develop the sexually transmitted disease gonorrhoea, with health consequences...
Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to ‘electric bacteria’
Credit: Sahand Pirbadian of USC Dornsife and Poorna Subramanian of Caltech Could a unique bacterium be nature's microscopic power plant?...
Stanford researchers probe the complex nature of concussion
It seems simple enough: Taking a hard hit to the head can give you a concussion. But, Stanford researchers report...
Proposed border wall will harm Texas plants and animals, scientists say
Credit: Andrew Morffew In the latest peer-reviewed publication on the potential impacts of a border wall on plants and animals,...
UTA bioengineer earns AHA grant to study biomechanical influences on ventricular growth
Credit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher is working to determine how blood flow and cardiac muscle...
Calculating the impacts of natural events on wildlife
Credit: Iwasaki A. and Noda T., Scientific Reports, Jan. 15, 2018 A new method could help scientists understand how wildlife...
Is there life adrift in the clouds of Venus?
Credit: Northrop Grumman Corp. MADISON, Wis. -- In the search for extraterrestrial life, scientists have turned over all sorts of...
A statement about the publication describing genome sequencing of the Atacama skeleton
March 30, 2018 -- Genome Research recently published a paper (Bhattacharya et al. 2018) describing the whole-genome sequencing of the...
Adult-onset neurodegeneration has roots in early development
The disease mechanism for adult-onset progressive degenerative diseases begins much earlier than previously thought, according to a Northwestern Medicine study...
Study: To prevent collapse of tropical forests, protect their shape
Credit: Laurent Hebert-Dufresne Tropical forests have been called the lungs of the planet. They soak up vast quantities of carbon...
Just one high-fat meal sets the perfect stage for heart disease
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 29, 2018) - A single high-fat milkshake, with a fat...
One species described multiple times: How taxonomists contribute to biodiversity discovery
Credit: Dr. Norman F. Johnson While working on a rare little known group of Oriental wasps that most likely parasitise...
$3.2 million grant funds development of new malaria vaccine
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund has awarded the University of Florida and partners in the United States and Japan...
Illinois researchers receive $1 million to study bioenergy crops
URBANA, Ill. - The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced a grant for $1 million to support...
Herring larvae could benefit from an acidifying ocean
Credit: Photo: KOSMOS/GEOMAR One of the many downsides of too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is what happens when...
