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Emerging disease further jeopardizes North American frogs
Credit: William Barichivich, USGS A deadly amphibian disease called severe Perkinsea infections, or SPI, is the cause of many large-scale...
Supercontinuum lasers can lead to better bread and beer
Credit: Lene Hundborg Koss, University of Copenhagen. Technologically, the supercontinuum laser has undergone extensive development since the turn of the...
Changes in non-extreme precipitation may have not-so-subtle consequences
Credit: Praveen Kumar Extreme floods and droughts receive a lot of attention. But what happens when precipitation -- or lack...
Scientists find way to convert bad body fat into good fat
Credit: Irfan J. Lodhi There's good fat and bad fat in our bodies. The good fat helps burn calories, while...
$20M NSF award to fund research into the role of microorganisms in plant, soil, water
Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas will partner with four other Kansas universities on...
Comprehensive meta-analysis affirms cranberries’ role in promoting a healthy urinary tract
CARVER, Mass., September 19, 2017 - A thorough review of dozens of studies led scientists to conclude that healthcare professionals...
Is there a link between breast milk nutrients, circadian rhythms, and infant health?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 19, 2017 -- The fat content and levels of several...
Sushi’s sublime secrets (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2017 -- Sushi is sublime. Just fresh fish and seasoned rice in...
HHMI selects 15 Hanna Gray Fellows to support diversity in science
Credit: HHMI The Howard Hughes Medical Institute today announced the selection of 15 exceptional early career scientists as the first...
Cell model of the brain provides new knowledge on developmental disease
By reprogramming skin cells into nerve cells, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are creating cell models of the human...
New toolkit helps nurses use genomics in patient care
Nurses and other health professionals looking to integrate genomics into patient care now have access to an online toolkit with...
Running roaches, flapping moths create a new physics of organisms
Credit: Credit: Megan Matthews Sand-swimming lizards, slithering robotic snakes, dusk-flying moths and running roaches all have one thing in common:...
Research redefines proteins’ role in the development of spinal sensory cells
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/eLife A recent study led by Samantha Butler at the Eli and Edythe Broad...
New lung cell type discovered
(Boston)-- A recent study has identified a new lung cell type that is implicated in the body's innate immune defense...
UMass Amherst epidemiologist will seek hormone biomarkers of breast cancer risk
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Epidemiologist Susan Hankinson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a five-year, $4.2...
MicroRNA helps cancer evade immune system
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(September 18, 2017) The immune system automatically destroys dysfunctional cells such as cancer cells, but cancerous...
NCI awards $12.4 million lymphoma research grant to University of Iowa and Mayo Clinic
University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic have received a five-year, $12.4 million grant renewal from the...
People with HIV who smoke are more likely to die from lung cancer than from HIV itself
People living with HIV who adhere to antiretroviral therapy but smoke cigarettes are around 10 times more likely to die...
Cholesterol-like molecules switch off the engine in cancer-targeting Natural Killer cells
Credit: Dr. David Finlay, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have just discovered how the engine that powers cancer-killing cells functions. Crucially,...
ASTRO awards early-career research grants to physician-scientists
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 18, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)...
