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Researchers demonstrate ‘mind-reading’ brain-decoding tech
Credit: Purdue University image/Erin Easterling) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers have demonstrated how to decode what the human brain is...
Long-lasting blood vessel repair in animals via stem cells
Credit: Young-sup Yoon Stem cell researchers at Emory University School of Medicine have made an advance toward having a long-lasting...
Research revises our knowledge of how the brain learns to fear
Credit: Li Lab CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Our brains wire themselves up during development according to a series...
Protein regulates vitamin A metabolic pathways, prevents inflammation
A team of researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered how uncontrolled vitamin A metabolism in...
How much water flows into agricultural irrigation?
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Jeffrey Beall Irrigation for agriculture is the largest use of fresh water around the globe, but precise records...
Space station crew takes a breather with lung tissue investigation
Credit: Joan Nichols. The microgravity environment of the International Space Station impacts nearly every system within the human body. Researchers...
Scientists write ‘traps’ for light with tiny ink droplets
Credit: None A microscopic 'pen' that is able to write structures small enough to trap and harness light using a...
Birds without own brood help other birds with parenting, but not selflessly
Credit: Photo Sjouke Anne Kingma Birds will sometimes care for the offspring of other birds of their own species if...
Introduction of a novel system for in vitro analyses of zebrafish oligodendrocyte progenitor cells
(Technische Universität Dresden) Dr. Michell M. Reimer, group leader at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Cluster of Excellence...
UH researchers join national effort to study recent storms
Credit: University of Houston Two University of Houston researchers are part of an effort by the National Science Foundation to...
Rethinking well-being and sustainability measurements from local to global scales
Credit: © Michael Esbach A new study suggests that standard ways of measuring well-being and sustainability in communities used by...
Study finds shortcomings in Canadian regulations governing use of sugar claims
Consumers believe products with "no added sugar" claims are healthier and lower in calories. But is there evidence to support...
Mongolian microfossils point to the rise of animals on Earth
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - A Yale-led research team has discovered a cache of embryo-like microfossils in northern...
NIH BRAIN Initiative builds on early advances
The National Institutes of Health has announced funding for 110 new awards totaling $169 million for the Brain Research through...
Trial shows drug can dramatically reduce weight of people with obesity
A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with...
Vaquita porpoise rescued as part of VaquitaCPR conservation project, then released
Credit: VaquitaCPR San Felipe, Baja California - Scientists with the VaquitaCPR conservation project and Mexico's Secretary of the Environment Rafael...
Researchers quantify breast cancer risk based on rare variants and background risk
Credit: Dr. Li BETHESDA, MD - Rare variants combined with background genetic risk factors may account for many unexplained cases...
The New York Stem Cell Foundation Annual Conference
When: Wednesday and Thursday, October 24th- 25th, 2017 8:30AM - 5:00PM Where: The Rockefeller University, Caspary Auditorium East 66TH Street...
Youth Enjoy Science (YES) grant brings diversity to cancer research
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in partnership with the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, was awarded a five-year grant,...
Risk for developing HPV-related throat cancer low
The prevalence of throat (oropharyngeal) cancers caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV) has increased in recent decades, and some...
