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New method to rapidly map the ‘social networks’ of proteins
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 26, 2017) Salk scientists have developed a new high-throughput technique to determine which proteins in...
Septic systems are a major source of emerging contaminants in drinking water
Newton, Mass. (June 26, 2017) - A new analysis shows that septic systems in the United States routinely discharge pharmaceuticals,...
Using body noise to improve cancer detection
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 -- Elastography, sometimes referred as seismology of the human body, is an emerging technology used...
Tiny bubbles offer sound solution for drug delivery
Credit: Miles M. Aron, courtesy of BUBBL, University of Oxford, England WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 -- Your brain is...
Exploring the potential of human echolocation
Credit: Kurt Vikman WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 -- People who are visually impaired will often use a cane to...
Seeing with your ears
Credit: Ghost Orchestra Project/LIMSI WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 -- Paris' Cathedral of Notre Dame has a ghost orchestra that...
Inauguration of the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting with an appeal for climate protection
The 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting was today inaugurated in Lindau on the banks of Lake Constance in Germany. The...
Scratch test — wound healing disrupted by smoke but not by Vype e-cigarette vapor
Credit: British American Tobacco A new laboratory study reveals that cigarette smoke completely prevented wound healing at concentrations over 20%...
Lending plants a hand to survive drought
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU The findings have helped some plants survive 50 percent longer in drought conditions, and could eventually...
UK Robotics Week to demonstrate the nation’s world-leading robotics and AI research
The UK's world-leading robotics research will be showcased at the second UK Robotics Week, which begins on Saturday, 24 June,...
Lights out: The neural relationship between light and sleep
Credit: Prober laboratory Humans are diurnal animals, meaning that we usually sleep at night and are awake during the day,...
Study shines light on brain cells that coordinate movement
Credit: Horwitz Lab/UW Medicine Seattle UW Medicine researchers have developed a technique for inserting a gene into specific cell types...
How insulin in the brain may suppress the subjective feeling of hunger
Credit: © IDM Eating behavior and the subjective feeling of hunger are regulated by a variety of hormones. Here a...
Does the emperor have clothes?
Discovered more than two decades ago, the hormone leptin has been widely hailed as the key regulator of leanness. Yet,...
NUS study: Plants sacrifice ‘daughters’ to survive chilly weather
Plants adopt different strategies to survive the changing temperatures of their natural environments. This is most evident in temperate regions...
Chatter in the deep brain spurs empathy in rats
DURHAM, NC -- It's a classic conundrum: while rushing to get to an important meeting or appointment on time, you...
Kopchicks give $10.5 million gift to MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School for fellows
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth HOUSTON - (June 23, 2017) ¬- Just as he has changed the lives of people suffering...
New research reveals impact of seismic surveys on zooplankton
Credit: Rob McCauley Marine seismic surveys used in petroleum exploration could cause a two to three-fold increase in mortality of...
Safety-net providers can adopt medical home models and improve primary care
Most of the federally qualified health centers that participated in a program to help them adopt a "medical home" model...
Genes, ozone, and autism
Credit: Penn State University University Park, PA -- A new analysis shows that individuals with high levels of genetic variation...
