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Mycobacteria use protein to create diverse populations, avoid drugs
Credit: Eric J. Rubin and E. Hesper Rego WHAT: Subgroups of tuberculosis (TB)-causing bacteria can persist even when antibiotics wipe...
Common acne medication offers new treatment for multiple sclerosis
A Canadian clinical trial led by researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), at the Cumming School...
Take control to become a better parent
Most parents will agree that children present a never-ending series of behavioral challenges. Tantrums, picky eating and poor sleeping behavior...
Penn Orphan Disease Center to develop rare disease patient registries
PHILADELPHIA - The Orphan Disease Center in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will collaborate with...
‘Harder, better, faster, stronger’-tethered soft exosuit reduces metabolic cost of running
Loading video... Credit: The Wyss Institute at Harvard University What if running the 26.2 miles of a marathon only felt...
Health care process a roadblock for adolescents with autism and their caregivers
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - For most people, trips to the doctor can be quite scary. For adolescents...
Zinc may hold key to fighting liver disease
Credit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research New research from the Westmead Institute's Storr Liver Centre in collaboration with the...
More to the bunch: Study finds large chromosomal swaps key to banana domestication
Bananas are one of the most important staple crops of the tropics, transported with great care over great distances to...
Study makes breakthrough in understanding of proteins and their impact on immune system
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have made a breakthrough in the understanding of how our genetic make-up can impact...
The Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain Section Meeting
Boulder, Colo., USA: Geoscientists in the North American Rocky Mountain region and beyond will convene on 9-10 June in Calgary,...
Aerospace engineer to get tough on ceramics with Office of Naval Research grant
Namiko Yamamoto, assistant professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, was recently awarded $447,663 through the Office of Naval Research...
Drone vs. truck deliveries: Which create less carbon pollution?
Credit: University of Washington Delivering packages with drones can reduce carbon dioxide emissions in certain circumstances as compared to truck...
Rice lab creates tough, but tender, cancer fighters
Credit: Nicolaou Group/Rice University Rice University scientists have developed and evaluated analogs of potent anti-tumor agents known as epothilones using...
2017 World Cultural Council Awards
Credit: COPYRIGHT © 2017 CONSEJO CULTURAL MUNDIAL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Professor Omar M. Yaghi, has been selected as the winner...
Penn physicists discover why drying liquid crystal drops leave unusual ‘coffee rings’
Credit: University of Pennsylvania In previous papers, University of Pennsylvania physicists investigated the "coffee ring effect," the ring-shaped stain of...
Heavy particles get caught up in the flow
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY - By teasing out signatures of particles that decay just tenths of a millimeter...
A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environments
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego Engineers at UC San Diego are using soft robotics technology to make light,...
New plasmonic sensor improves early cancer detection
Credit: University of Illinois A new plasmonic sensor developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will serve...
Groundwater ‘pit stops’ enabled survival and migration of our ancient ancestors
An international team led by a researcher at Cardiff University believe that the movement of our ancestors across East Africa...
Nitrogen fixation research could shed light on biological mystery
Inspired by a natural process found in certain bacteria, a team of Caltech researchers is inching closer to a new...
