Biology
Cementless fly ash binder makes concrete ‘green’
Credit: Multiscale Materials Laboratory/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 18, 2018) - Rice University engineers have developed a composite binder made...
Joint paper identifies one of Mesoamerica’s last intact forest blocks
Credit: WCS NEW YORK (June 18, 2018)-- The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Yale University have created a plan to...
University of Münster awards Transfer Prize for 2 projects
(University of Münster) A brace of awards: as before, in 2016, the Rectorate of the University of Münster has again...
Research shows how a moderate dose of alcohol protects the heart
For at least 20 years, research has shown that for many people, moderate consumption of alcohol can protect the heart,...
New method to preserve boy cancer patient fertility being developed at Ben-gurion U.
NEW YORK, June 18, 2018 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center researchers in Beer-Sheva,...
Researchers explore whether smarter animals are bigger troublemakers
Credit: Lisa Barrett You have probably encountered a raccoon raiding the trash in your neighborhood, seen a rat scurrying through...
Neuroscientists map brain’s response to cold touch
Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have mapped the feeling of cool touch to the brain's insula in a mouse model. The...
Insilico to present latest advances in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence for drug discovery
Monday, June 18, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence...
Addgene keeps flow of CRISPR plasmids fast and affordable
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 18, 2018--As a key global enabler of the revolutionary genome...
Novel information about the effects of in vitro fertilization on embryonic growth
It is known that in vitro fertilization, IVF, can affect the size of the newborns. Children derived from fresh embryo...
P.V. Danckwerts Memorial Lecture awards distinguished Professor Lee
Credit: KAIST Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was selected as the awardee...
New articles in The CRISPR Journal
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers The CRISPR Journal, a new peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, announces...
Great white sharks dive deep into warm-water whirlpools in the Atlantic
Credit: OCEARCH It's always good to know where great white sharks are likely to be swimming. That's true if you're...
Russian scientists created ‘flying’ gas chromatograph
Credit: Samara University The basis of the airborne laboratory complex is the gas microchromatograph, developed by the scientists of Samara...
Samara scientists developed a new approach to compounds with antidiabetic activity
Credit: @SamaraPolytech Cascade reactions are often used to synthesize complex compounds. These are sequences of rapidly following one after the...
Devastating plant virus is revealed in atomic detail
Credit: University of Leeds The complex 3D structure of one of the world's most lethal families of plant viruses has...
Large outdoor study shows biodiversity improves stability of algal biofuel systems
Credit: Daryl Marshke/Michigan Photograp ANN ARBOR--A diverse mix of species improves the stability and fuel-oil yield of algal biofuel systems,...
Sensitive new assay finds abnormalities in tumor cells that other techniques may miss
Philadelphia, June 18, 2018 - RNA-Seq is a new next-generation assay that can detect gene fusions in solid tumor cells...
Valuing gluten-free foods relates to health behaviors in young adults
Philadelphia, June 18, 2018 - In a new study featured in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics,...
Chesapeake Bay: Larger-than-average summer ‘dead zone’ forecast for 2018 after wet spring
ANN ARBOR--Ecologists from the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are forecasting a larger-than-average...
