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Variation at a central metabolic gene influences male fruit fly lifespan
Credit: NC State University The overexpression of an important gene that regulates energy metabolism can cause a severe shortening of...
Exciting new material uses solar energy to remove man-made dye pollutants from water
Credit: Daniel Jones/Swansea University A novel composite material has been developed by scientists in the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI)...
Study shows antibiotics effective for treatment of small skin infections
New multicenter research, which included Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators, could change treatment approaches to simple skin abscesses, infections often...
Are people ‘rolling the dice’ when it comes to food safety?
A new study, conducted by a team of UK based researchers led by the University of Liverpool known as the...
Success with first 20 patients undergoing minimally invasive pancreatic transplant surgery
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that their first series of a minimally invasive procedure to treat chronic pancreas disease,...
Scientists find mechanism behind precise spinal cord development
Credit: Anna Kicheva Scientists have uncovered how nerve cells in the spinal cord are organised in precise patterns during embryo...
State revenue declines lead to cuts in children’s Medicaid benefits, education spending
HOUSTON - (June 29, 2017) - State spending cuts during economic downturns fall more heavily on children than the elderly,...
Cocoa & chocolate are not just treats — they are good for your cognition
A balanced diet is chocolate in both hands - a phrase commonly used to justify ones chocolate snacking behavior. A...
Scientists move closer to defeating ‘superbugs’ with simplified forms of teixobactin
Scientists have produced new, effective and simplified forms of teixobactin - a new generation antibiotic which defeats multi-drug resistant infections...
Is this the long-sought answer to the question of tropical biodiversity?
Credit: Steve Paton, STRI Visitors to the tropics are amazed by the huge variety of colorful, complex and sometimes ferocious...
Possible early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 29, 2017 - Measuring a set of proteins in the blood may enable earlier...
One step closer to a DNA vaccine against dengue virus
In a new study, researchers inoculated mice with a new DNA vaccine candidate (pVAX1-D1ME) in order to evaluate its efficiency....
More milkweeds located throughout the landscape can help conserve monarchs
Credit: Karen Oberhauser, University of Minnesota Image provided by Fred Ormand and Joyce Pearsall. Adding milkweeds and other native flowering...
Even perfectly clean hands can lead to MRSA transmission in NICU babies
Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, MRSA can still spread among babies in the NICU, according to new...
Incremental discovery may one day lead to photosynthetic breakthrough
Credit: N/A Photosynthesis is one of the most complicated and important processes--responsible for kick-starting Earth's food chain. While we have...
Lung cancer screening could save money as well as lives, research shows
Amsterdam, June 29, 2017 - Lung cancer screening is likely to be cost-effective, particularly if it also identifies other tobacco-related...
Does carrying extra weight offer better survival following a stroke?
(Boston)--Despite the fact that obesity increases both the risk for stroke and death, a new study has found that people...
Bright thinking leads to breakthrough in nuclear threat detection science
Credit: (Photo by Randy Wong) LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Taking inspiration from an unusual source, a Sandia National Laboratories team has...
Car seat laws for older kids have limited impact
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Laws that require increasingly older kids to sit in car safety seats appear to have limited impact,...
Solving a sweet problem for renewable biofuels and chemicals
Credit: Joe Caspermeyer, Biodesign Institute Whether or not society shakes its addiction to oil and gasoline will depend on a...
