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Join URI students on R/V Endeavor oceanographic research expedition, Earth Day April 22
Inner Space Center to broadcast ENDEAVOR LIVE!Credit: Inner Space Center KINGSTON, R.I., April 3, 2019 -- Students from the University...
Computational model of a human kinase may provide insights for cancer treatment
Credit: Kimberly Sabsay Researchers have developed a computational model for human MEK1, a protein with potential as a drug target...
Living near protected areas can have positive impacts on human well-being
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Living near a protected area can improve aspects of human well-being across the developing world, new research...
Bid to beat rabies could benefit from oral dog vaccine, study finds
Vaccines hidden in dog food could help curb the spread of rabies in countries with large populations of stray dogs,...
Opioid epidemic is increasing rates of some infectious diseases
Health, substance use professionals must work together to thwart public health crisis WHAT: The United States faces a converging public...
Detecting eye and brain disease earlier
The eyes may be the window to the soul, but to scientists, they are also the window to the brain....
New family of glass good for lenses
Credit: Penn State EMS A new composition of germanosilicate glass created by adding zinc oxide has properties good for lens...
Sunscreen application has better face coverage than SPF moisturizers
Credit: Austin McCormick, 2019 Application of sun protection factor (SPF) moisturizers tends to miss more of the face, especially around...
Government subsidies could be key to containing hospital-born infections
Healthcare-associated infections -- illnesses that people contract while being treated in a hospital or other healthcare facility -- sicken millions...
Widely used public health surveys may underestimate global burden of childhood diarrhea
Standard survey asks caregivers to recall diarrhea cases over past two weeks -- but a one-week recall period may be...
Researchers test new imaging method for first time on human patients
The new technology is focused on improving detection and diagnosis of congenital heart disease in infants and children.Credit: Image provided...
Global centers of unsustainable harvesting of species identified
Credit: Enrico Di Minin Unsustainable harvesting, including hunting, trapping, fishing and logging, is one of the biggest threats to biodiversity....
A step toward recovering reproduction in girls who survive childhood cancer
ANN ARBOR--Leukemia treatments often leave girls infertile, but a procedure developed by researchers at the University of Michigan working with...
‘Cool Coalition’ comes together to save lives, energy and trillions for the global economy
Emissions from cooling sector set to grow 90 percent by 2050 without actionCredit: PXHERE public domain Copenhagen, Denmark - As...
Leukocytes use their nucleus as a ruler to choose path of least resistance
Mobile cells move around obstacles in dense tissue by selecting for larger pore sizes; study published in the journal NatureCredit:...
Structure of the molecular machine that links carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
A research team led by dr. Kenneth Verstraete in the Unit for Structural Biology at the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation...
Integrating infant mental health into the neonatal intensive care unit
Psychotherapists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles implement child-parent psychotherapy in the NICU Bringing a baby into the world involves many...
Unpaired 1 — A new candidate gene to contribute to lifespan regulation
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - Alexey Moskalev, Ph.D., Head of the Laboratory of Geroprotective and Radioprotective technologies,...
New Metascape platform enables biologists to unlock big-data insights
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 3, 2019 - For the modern biologist, large-scale OMICs studies--which map...
It’s a one-way street for sound waves in this new technology
Credit: Harris Lab/Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Imagine being able to hear people whispering in the next room, while...
