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A super-algae to save our seas
Coral reefs are our most diverse marine habitat. They provide over US$30 billion to the world economy every year and...
Lorenz Studer awarded the 2017 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--July 20, 2017--Lorenz P. Studer, MD, was announced today as the winner of the 2017 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell...
High levels of antibiotic-resistance in Indian poultry farming raises concerns
Washington, DC - A new study from India raises questions about the dangers to human health of farming chicken with...
Building bridges between Japan and Germany
Immunologist Prof. Dr. Takeshi Tsubata and architect Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bock have been selected to receive the Eugen and Ilse...
Microscopic silk cocoons may facilitate drug design
Credit: Natural Materials Group, Weizmann Institute of Science Scientists have managed to design microscopic silk capsules that mimic, on a...
Engaging Islamic religious leaders to improve AA Muslim women’s attitudes towards breastfeeding
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) - While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network...
Scientists discover combined sensory map for heat, humidity in fly brain
Credit: Marco Gallio, Northwestern EVANSTON, Ill. --- Northwestern University neuroscientists now can visualize how fruit flies sense and process humidity...
Experts: 1 in 3 cases of dementia preventable, nonmedical therapies ideal for dementia
Credit: Keck Medicine of USC LOS ANGELES - Managing lifestyle factors such as hearing loss, smoking, hypertension and depression could...
A mission without borders
Credit: Credit: NASA It's 4:00 in the morning in Oklahoma City. Miss Stewart stands in her backyard waiting for the...
Reintroduced Przewalski’s horses have a different diet
Credit: Martina Burnik Sturm/Vetmeduni Vienna The Przewalski's horse, also called Takhi or Mongolian wild horse, is the only remaining wild...
Study predicts heart cell’s response to dwindling oxygen
Time is of the essence when treating a patient undergoing a heart attack. Cardiac surgeons attempt to quickly stabilize the...
USDA announces $4.6 million for nanotechnology research
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Researchers identify critical need for standardized organ donation metrics
PHILADELPHIA -- Across the country, there are 58 Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO), which are responsible for recovering and distributing organs...
Immune-cell numbers predict response to combination immunotherapy in melanoma
Whether a melanoma patient will better respond to a single immunotherapy drug or two in combination depends on the abundance...
Study finds day-to-day experiences affect awareness of aging, mood
A study of older adults finds an individual's awareness of aging is not as static as previously thought, and that...
Could sharks help save shipping industry billions?
Credit: University of Portsmouth, UK Whales, sharks, butterflies and lotus leaves might together hold the secret to saving the shipping...
Shooting the achilles heel of nervous system cancers
Credit: Yolanda Sanchez LEBANON, N.H. - Virtually all cancer treatments used today also damage normal cells, causing the toxic side...
USF Biologists find frog’s future health influenced by gut microbes as tadpoles
Credit: University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (July 20, 2017) - University of South Florida biologists have found that a...
Perceiving oneself as less physically active than peers is linked to a shorter lifespan
Would you say that you are physically more active, less active, or about equally active as other people your age?...
A changing society — 100 is the new 80
When it comes to aging successfully and remaining in good health, are centenarians the perfect role models? Or is extreme...
