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Mixed report card for low-cost indoor air quality home monitors
Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/ Berkeley Lab Affordable indoor air quality monitors for the home can be worth the purchase, a recent...
New genetic variants predict outcome in dilated cardiomyopathy patients of African descent
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Genetic testing is a powerful diagnostic tool that...
A deep look at nasal polyps offers insights into allergic diseases
Nasal polyps - soft, grape-like outgrowths that can appear in the nasal passages and sinuses - can be chronic and...
Brown researcher first to describe rapid-onset gender dysphoria
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For individuals with gender dysphoria, the conflict between experienced gender identity and sex observed at birth produces...
Untangling the secret of spider webs’ superpower
LOWELL, Mass. - In the "Spider-Man" movies, the superhero was able to stop a runaway train from crashing by using...
Sequencing genomes of Nigerian women could help prevent many lethal breast cancers
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine For the first time, DNA contributed by Sub-Saharan African women has been thoroughly evaluated...
Preparing for chemical attacks with improved computer models
Credit: Suddher BhimiReddy and Kiran Bhaganagar On April 4, 2017, the town of Khan Sheikhoun in northwest Syria experienced one...
A switch to turn fragrances on and off
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 21, 2018) Salk Institute and Purdue University scientists have discovered the switch in plants that...
Researchers identify structural changes that occur in enveloped viruses before invading host
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--The critical, structural changes that enveloped viruses, such as HIV, Ebola and influenza, undergo before invading...
Orphaned elephants have a tougher social life
Credit: Jane Wynard/Save The Elephants Young female orphan elephants have a tougher social life than non-orphans, a new study suggests,...
Engineers, urban designers boost efforts to protect fragile infrastructure
Researchers at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT), as part of a multinational consortium to enhance the sustainability of the...
First in-depth profile of CAR T-cell signals suggests how to improve immunotherapy
SEATTLE -- Aug. 21, 2018 -- CAR T-cell therapy, which reprograms immune cells to fight cancer, has shown great promise...
Ecosystems are getting greener in the Arctic
Credit: Trevor Keenan and William Riley/Berkeley Lab In recent decades, scientists have noted a surge in Arctic plant growth as...
New type 1 diabetes therapy shows promise for long-term reversal in both humans, dogs
Credit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- What if instead of daily insulin injections or wearing pumps, just getting...
Genetic model offers elegant tool for testing Parkinson’s disease therapies
For the past decade, Parkinson's disease researchers have relied on the experimental equivalent of using a sledgehammer to tune a...
A new way to target high rates of obesity
A novel drug is being touted as a major step forward in the battle against Australia's escalating rates of obesity...
UGA New Materials Institute to test first fully biodegradable plastic straw
Credit: Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA A research team that includes partners from the University of Georgia New Materials Institute and the RWDC...
Plant protein complex plays large role in important growth and development process
Credit: Image courtesy of Marcela Rojas-Pierce. A little-studied plant cellular complex plays an essential role in a biological process -...
Better genome editing
A major obstacle to in-cell genome editing is, well, the cell itself. "Human cells don't like to take in stuff,"...
Less drain on freshwater supplies with seawater fuel discovery
Credit: Dr Abdelrahman Zaky Researchers have found that seawater can replace freshwater to produce the sustainable fuel Bioethanol, reducing the...
