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What do spacecraft, newborns and endangered shellfish have in common?
Credit: NASA JPL/Caltech Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed a microbial detection technique so...
Engineers create most efficient red light-activated optogenetic switch for mammalian cells
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of researchers has developed a light-activated switch that can turn genes on...
First subject enrolled in Phase I clinical trial of its non-opioid analgesic STR-324
Geneva 13th March 2018 - The Stragen group announced today the enrollment of the first subject to participate in a...
The thousand-year-old egg (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Mar. 13, 2018 -- Century eggs, or pidan, are a preserved food made by...
Researchers study fundamental interactions in soil communities
Credit: University of Houston Researchers traditionally have studied individual microorganisms independently of how those organisms interact with their surroundings. Now...
Clinicians’ skills in narrative can help chronically ill patients heal
"What patients bring to their clinicians is their stories," writes behavioral scientist Thomas Egnew. It is through these stories that...
Ultra-white coating modelled on beetle scales
Credit: Olimpia Onelli Researchers have developed a super-thin, non-toxic, lightweight, edible ultra-white coating that could be used to make brighter...
Long-term proton pump inhibitor use does not increase hip fracture risk among Alzheimer’s patients
Long-term proton pump inhibitor (PPI) use does not increase the risk of hip fracture among persons with Alzheimer's disease, according...
Researchers develop spectroscopic thermometer for nanomaterials
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy; photographer Jason Richards OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 13, 2018--A scientific team...
Molecule that gives energy-burning brown fat its identity could lead to drugs for obesity
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(March 13, 2018) While most fat cells in the human body store energy, everyone has a...
Physicians’ work should focus on personalized care, not transactional tasks
Shifting physicians' roles from transactional tasks to personalized care would best serve patients, physicians and society. According to a newly-articulated...
Helpful B cells lend a hand to developing neurons
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Neurons are specialized cells of the nervous system that communicate using electrical signals, which propagate...
Mesenchymal stem cell therapy: Holding promise for feline inflammatory diseases
Credit: Image courtesy of Jessica Quimby Stem cell therapy is acknowledged as having great potential for the treatment of a...
Mowing the lawn less often improves bee habitat
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Penn. (March 13, 2018) - When it comes to improving habitat for beleaguered native bee species, doing less...
Health care reform and EHR design should be built around patients’ goals
Meaningful reform of primary care should not only address the provision, documentation and payment of care; it should be based...
Sleep apnea study finds male-female differences in cerebral cortex thickness, symptoms
FINDINGS Researchers from the UCLA School of Nursing examined clinical records and magnetic resonance imaging brain scans of patients who...
NIDA’s 2018 Avant-Garde awards highlight immune response and killer cells
Credit: NIDA With diverse proposals focused on everything from natural killer cells to therapeutic vaccines to treat HIV, three recipients...
Flood, drought and disease tolerant — one gene to rule them all
An international collaboration between researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Nagoya University and the University of Western Australia has resulted...
Infected ‘zombie ants’ face no discrimination from nest mates
Credit: de Bekker et al., 2014 Carpenter ants infected with a specialized parasitic fungus are not subjected to aggression or...
Team discovers that wind moves microinvertebrates across desert
Credit: UTEP Communications The work of faculty and students from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has yielded...
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