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Collagen in cartilage tissues behaves like liquid crystals in a smart phone screen
Cartilage in our joints contains collagen which behaves a bit like the liquid crystals on a smart phone screen, according...
Latency of seizures determined by diet
Credit: Yasuhiro Ishihara Scientists are increasingly appreciating estrogen's role in brain health. Now for the first time, production of estrogen...
NASA Ppotects its super heroes from space weather
Credit: NASA/SOHO It's not a bird or a plane but it might be a solar storm. We like to think...
Ocean exploration uncovers one of Cuba’s hidden natural treasures
Credit: Cuba's Twilight Zone Reefs Expedition/CIOERT at FAU Harbor Branch A research mission led by Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch...
Deep-sea sponges — home to the next generation of antimicrobials?
Marine sponges and the deep-sea ecosystem are comparatively under-studied and under-exploited compared with life in shallower waters - but a...
UBC researcher looks to the future of bone replacements
Credit: UBC Okanagan A UBC Okanagan researcher has discovered a new artificial bone design that can be customized and made...
Antibiotics found to weaken body’s ability to fight off disease
Credit: Sanjay Suchak, University Communications Adding another reason for doctors to avoid the overuse of antibiotics, new research shows that...
Energy dense foods may increase cancer risk regardless of obesity status
Credit: C.A. Thomson Philadelphia, PA, August 17, 2017 - Diet is believed to play a role in cancer risk. Current...
Computer approaches human skill for first time in mapping brain
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A WSU research team for the first time has developed a computer algorithm...
Female mouse embryos actively remove male reproductive systems
Credit: NIEHS A protein called COUP-TFII determines whether a mouse embryo develops a male reproductive tract, according to researchers at...
New terahertz imaging approach could speed up skin cancer detection
Credit: Rayko Stantchev, University of Exeter WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a new terahertz imaging approach that, for the first...
Study of nervous system cells can help to understand degenerative diseases
Credit: Suely Nagahashi Marie and Thais Galatro, University of São Paulo Medical School The results of a new research showed...
Researchers unlock cheesemaking secret
Credit: University of Queensland Researchers say their new knowledge on the inner workings of a bacterium has important implications for...
Federal snack program does not yield expected impacts, Virginia Tech researchers find
Credit: Virginia Tech A well-intentioned government regulation designed to offer healthier options in school vending machines has failed to instill...
Two-step process leads to cell immortalization and cancer
A mutation that helps make cells immortal is critical to the development of a tumor, but new research at the...
UC Santa Cruz genomics undergrad awarded prestigious NIH research scholarship
Credit: Photo by Victor Garcia-Zepeda SANTA CRUZ, CA - August 17 , 2017 - UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute Office...
Wistar scientists develop novel immunotherapy technology for prostate cancer
PHILADELPHIA -- (Aug. 17, 2017) -- A study led by scientists at The Wistar Institute describes a novel immunotherapeutic strategy...
Smithsonian manatee count informs policy recommendations
Credit: Ana Endara, STRI All three of the world's manatee species are threatened with extinction: the Amazonian Manatee, the African...
Bacteria stab amoebae with micro-daggers
Credit: Leo Popovich Bacteria have to watch out for amoeba. Hungry amoebae hunt them: they catch them with their pseudopodia...
Smells like queen spirit
Credit: JUERGEN LIEBIG RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Queen ants spend most of their time having babies. To reign supreme in...
