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Enzyme USP15 may have potential role in future treatment of various cancers
A team at the GW Cancer Center found that the deubiquitinating enzyme USP15 is a potential biomarker for treatments of...
New wheel units could bring vehicle costs down
Credit: University of Waterloo Vehicles could be affordably produced for a wide variety of specialized purposes using a sophisticated wheel...
Design and validation of world-class multilayered thermal emitter using machine learning
Selection of an optimum structure from approximately eight billion candidates may make society more energy efficientCredit: NIMS NIMS, the University...
Cardiovascular screenings uncover diabetes, high cholesterol in middle schoolers
CINCINNATI -- A pilot study of 45 middle school kids shows that more than a third of those screened had...
Using Thoreau, scientists measure the impact of climate change on wildflowers
A new study published in Ecology Letters is using observations made by Henry David Thoreau--19th-century American naturalist, social reformer, and...
Sources and sinks
New insights emerge on what drives long-term climatic trends For the entire history of our species, humans have lived on...
Sea quark surprise reveals deeper complexity in proton spin puzzle
New results from STAR experiment show antiquarks' contribution to proton spin depends on 'flavor' -- and in a way that's...
Chemical innovation by relatives of the ice cream bean explains tropical biodiversity
Credit: Steve Paton, Smithsonian Tropical Research Constant pressure from hungry insects forces plants to innovate: producing new chemicals to protect...
CRF research to be presented at ACC.19
New York, NY - March 14, 2019 - Research from the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the CRF Clinical Trials Center...
Trump administration’s 2020 Budget Request ‘deeply troubling’ for older Americans, AGS
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Trillions of dollars in cuts to everything from the nation's largest insurer to programs...
Tracking turtles with telemetry
New model predicts where Eastern Pacific leatherback turtles travel to help protect endangered species SOLOMONS (March 14, 2019)--A new model...
NASA catches Tropical Cyclone Idai making landfall in Mozambique
Credit: NASA JPL/Heidar Thrastarson Tropical Cyclone Idai was approaching landfall in Mozambique when NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared look...
‘Home’ is where success — or failure — rests: Personal context directly affects CPAP use
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - CPAP, short for continuous positive airway pressure, is the most commonly used therapy for obstructive...
C-Path, FNIH announce clinical development user’s guide for kidney safety biomarkers
TUCSON, Ariz., March 14, 2019 -- The Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Predictive Safety Testing Consortium (PSTC) today announced availability of...
BU: Central American kidney disease epidemic linked to occupational heat exposure
Chronic kidney disease, common in agricultural workers in El Salvador and Nicaragua, was also found in 12 percent of sample...
New research unlocking the secrets of how languages change
RIT/NTID team examines Nicaraguan sign language to determine whether languages change so they are easier to produce or to understandCredit:...
RIT associate professor Suzanne O’Handley nationally recognized for mentorship
O'Handley is the 2019 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor AwardeeCredit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT Rochester Institute of Technology Associate Professor Suzanne O'Handley...
How a mitochondrial enzyme can trigger cell death
Credit: Illustration by Patrick van der Wel and Mingyue Li Cytochrome c is a small enzyme that plays an important...
Vaccine study confirms sensitivity of cholera test
Credit: Conor Ashleigh, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, (CC BY 2.0, 2012) Recently, the sensitivity of fecal microbiological cultures...
Narwhals spend at least half time diving for food, can fast for several days after meal
Tracking data from male Narwhal shows whales regularly dive to depths of over 700mCredit: Photo by Carsten Egevang. Narwhals -...
