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Gel to fight rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Park J. et al, Advanced Materials (2017) IBS scientists at the Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity, within the Institute...
Scientists begin bold conservation effort to save the vaquita porpoise from extinction
Credit: Kerry Coughlin/National Marine Mammal Foundation SAN FELIPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA - An international team of experts has gathered in San...
Study casts doubt on warming implications of brown carbon aerosol from wildfires
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis As devastating wildfires continue to rage in the western U.S. and Canada, a team...
A fashionable chemical and biological threat detector-on-a-ring
Credit: American Chemical Society Wearable sensors are revolutionizing the tech-world, capable of tracking processes in the body, such as heart...
Criminal offenders with genetic mental disorders judged more negatively
Popular literature, crime dramas and recent trials dominating the media imply that defense attorneys who portray their clients as victims...
Fever in early pregnancy linked to birth defects, animal study shows
Credit: Liu, et al. Fevers in a mother's first trimester of pregnancy increase the baby's risk for some heart defects...
Better managing plastic waste in a handful of rivers could stem plastics in the ocean
Massive amounts of plastic bits that are dangerous to aquatic life are washing into the oceans and into even the...
Three state governors headline 21st Century Energy Transition Symposium 2017
The governors of Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, along with more than 50 experts in academia, government and industry, will take...
New survey reveals concerns about impact of migraine on work productivity
ARLINGTON, Va.--October 11, 2017--A significant percentage of migraine sufferers as well as those without the disease are concerned that migraine...
An engineer’s guide to the embryo
Credit: MechMorpho Lab/Lance Davidson PITTSBURGH (Oct. 11, 2017) ... In roughly 48 hours, the single cell of the fertilized frog...
Climate change predicted to reduce size, stature of dominant Midwest plant, study finds
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The economically important big bluestem grass -- a dominant prairie grass and a...
Tracking the viral parasites of giant viruses over time
Credit: Image courtesy of Trina McMahon In freshwater lakes, microbes regulate the flow of carbon and determine if the bodies...
Researchers create map of the gut’s microbial landscape
Cambridge, MA - Oct. 10, 2017 - A collaborative effort by a team of researchers from three institutions including the...
World’s ‘better’ countries have higher rates of cancer
The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse...
Scientists eavesdrop on little-known beaked whales to learn how deeply they dive
Scientists have reported the first dive depths for Gervais' and True's beaked whales, two of the least known beaked whale...
Where food is limited, guppy mothers gestate their young longer
Credit: Dial et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Trinidadian guppy mamas can't swap links to maternity blogs or copies of pregnancy...
Study exposes the dark side of coffee cultivation in Uganda
Credit: Kate Cassidy, Lehigh University New research led by Kelly Austin, associate professor of sociology at Lehigh, explores unequal exchange...
Predatory bacteria: The quest for a new class of antibiotics
Credit: OIST/American Chemical Society In 2016 the World Health Organization named antibiotic resistance as "one of the biggest threats to...
Key odorants in world’s most expensive beef could help explain its allure
Renowned for its soft texture and characteristic flavor, Wagyu beef -- often referred to as Kobe beef in the U.S....
Beyond EPA’s Clean Power decision: Climate action window could close as early as 2023
ANN ARBOR--As the Trump administration repeals the U.S. Clean Power Plan, a new study from the University of Michigan underscores...
