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Why Tehran is sinking dangerously
Satellite data show over-extraction of water threatens Iranian capitalCredit: Mahmud Haghshenas Haghighi and Mahdi Motagh, GFZ Iran has a water...
Emily Day named Mangone Young Scholar
She also received the Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering SocietyCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Emily...
Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia
Study findings can immediately be applied to human patients with the diseaseCredit: Patricia M. Zerfas, NIH Office of Research Services....
Scientists found new giant dinosaur
Credit: Alexander Averianov and Vladimir Efimov Paleontologists from Russia have described a new dinosaur, the Volgatitan. Seven of its vertebrae,...
Simple steps to climate-proof farms have big potential upside for tropical farmers
Climate-smart agriculture boosts yields, mitigates extreme weather impact and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. A study in Central America, Africa and...
Otago researchers discover information about a gene that helps define us as humans
Credit: Dr Adam O'Neill University of Otago researchers have discovered information about a gene that sets primates - great apes...
Interactive size control of catalyst nanoparticles
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski 5, 10, or maybe 15? How many nanometers should nanoparticles of a catalyst be to...
Michael Hall wins Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research 2019
Credit: Matthew Lee, Biozentrum The prize worth 100,000 Swiss francs, established by Frédérique Brupbacher in memory of her husband Charles...
A new molecular player involved in T cell activation
Credit: Scientific Reports When bacteria or viruses enter the body, proteins on their surfaces are recognized and processed to activate...
Mom, I can't recognize your face from profile view!
Babies recognize faces from profile view in the second half of the first year of lifeCredit: Chuo University Tokyo, Japan...
Subtype of immune B cells can delay type 1 diabetes onset in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Michigan Medical...
Newly identified T cells could play a role in cancer and other diseases
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Ram Raj Singh. FINDINGS Researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the La Jolla...
Silicosis is on the rise, but is there a therapeutic target?
Credit: David Gosset / P@CYFIC facility / CBM / CNRS Researchers from the CNRS, the University of Orléans, and the...
Link between neonatal vitamin D deficiency and schizophrenia confirmed
Credit: The University of Queensland Newborns with vitamin D deficiency have an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life, a...
Protecting cell powerhouse paves way to better treatment of acute kidney injury
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2018) - For the first time, scientists have described...
Food system organizations must strengthen their operations to safeguard against potential threats
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Researchers highlight factors that influence how effectively food suppliers and distributors can...
OU study explores sexuality & gender gaps in political perspectives among college students
Credit: University of Oklahoma NORMAN--A University of Oklahoma sociologist, Meredith Worthen, has published a new study in the journal, Sexuality...
Classifying brain microglia: Which are good and which are bad?
New study is perhaps the most comprehensive survey of brain microglia ever conductedCredit: Michael Goderre / Boston Children's Hospital Microglia...
Postdoc in UC Riverside School of Medicine receives prestigious NIH fellowship
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Rebekah Charney, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Medicine at the University of...
Older women who suffer from tooth loss more likely to develop high blood pressure
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Postmenopausal women who have experienced loss of all teeth are at higher risk...
