Biology
Agroindustrial waste can be used as material for housing and infrastructure
Converting waste into resources, substituting toxic raw materials for healthy inputs, migrating from harmful to sustainable production processes. These are...
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...
Slowing dangerous bacteria may be more effective than killing them, researchers report
Credit: Illustration by Jennifer Oosthuizen, CDC CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers at the University of Illinois have discovered a mechanism that...
The laws of attraction: Pheromones don’t lie, fruit fly research suggests
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Life as a fruit fly seems pretty simple: Hatch, grow, eat some...
Going ‘green’ with plant-based resins
Airplanes, electronics and solar cells are all in demand, but the materials holding these items together -- epoxy thermosets --...
Saint Louis University chemist asks ‘could life begin in oil?’
Credit: Ellen Hutti, Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Paul Bracher, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of chemistry at...
CU Anschutz and UC San Diego researchers find creosote bush could treat deadly infections
AURORA, Colo. (August 16, 2017) - Researchers at the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of...
Turning pollen into a low-cost fertilizer
Credit: American Chemical Society As the world population continues to balloon, agricultural experts puzzle over how farms will produce enough...
New federal grant to fund JAX studies of microbiome’s role in multiple sclerosis
A five-year federal research grant totaling $1,887,049 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Research Scientist Yanjiao Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., will fund studies...
Comparing the jaws of porcupine fish reveals three new species
Credit: Aguilera et al. 2107 Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and colleagues compared fossil porcupine fish jaws and...
Voter behavior influenced by hot weather
Political rebellions and riots have been associated with warmer weather, but until now, there has been little research on its...
Multicolor MRIs could aid disease detection
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a method that could make magnetic resonance imaging--MRI--multicolor. Current...
Injecting manure instead of spreading on surface reduces estrogen loads
Credit: Michael Houtz With water quality in the Chesapeake Bay suffering from excess nutrients and fish populations in rivers such...
HIIT helps combat high insulin resistance — a warning sign for diabetes
A new study published in Frontiers in Physiology suggests that High-Intensity Interval Training is an efficient, effective way of cutting...
Could olfactory loss point to Alzheimer’s disease?
Odor identification tests may help scientists track the evolution of the disease in persons at risk By the time you...
Scientists discover powerful potential pain reliever
Credit: Stephen Martin A team of scientists led by chemists Stephen Martin and James Sahn at The University of Texas...
Biophysics explains how immune cells kill bacteria
Credit: Scientific Reports (Tokyo, August 16) A new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, designed by researchers at Tokyo Institute...
Understanding how fish grow their hearts could help humans, professor finds
It's already known some fish have big hearts - at least during the winter. Now a U of G professor...
USGS news: Changing tides: Lake Michigan could best support lake trout and steelhead
Credit: Michael Humling, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public domain. Invasive mussels and less nutrients from tributaries have altered the...
University of Stirling team discovers new plant in Shetland
Credit: University of Stirling Scientists at the University of Stirling have discovered a new type of plant growing in Shetland...
