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Mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Credit: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH Mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a condition that often predates Alzheimer's disease (AD), can be...
Experience graphene mobile innovation at the GSMA Mobile World Congress
Graphene is back at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 with the Graphene Experience Zone. Designed to showcase graphene mobile innovation...
Broad cancer vaccine may be out of reach
The high level of genetic diversity between individual tumors suggests that if it were to be developed, a broad cancer...
Government of Myanmar unveils new plan to protect marine wildlife and resources
BALI (Feb. 23-24, 2017) - The Government of Myanmar and WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) announced today a comprehensive plan to...
New gene for atrazine resistance identified in waterhemp
Credit: Lauren Quinn URBANA, Ill. - Waterhemp has been locked in an arms race with farmers for decades. Nearly every...
Nicotinamide riboside (vitamin B3) prevents nerve pain caused by cancer drugs
A new study in rats suggests that nicotinamide riboside (NR), a form of vitamin B3, may be useful for treating...
Agricultural robot may be ‘game changer’ for crop growers, breeders
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A semiautonomous robot may soon be roaming agricultural fields gathering and...
Melting sea ice may be speeding nature’s clock in the Arctic
Credit: Eric Post/UC Davis Spring is coming sooner to some plant species in the low Arctic of Greenland, while other...
Researchers find new clues for nuclear waste cleanup
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A Washington State University study of the chemistry of technetium-99 has improved understanding...
Novel mutation may be linked to prostate cancer in African-American men
Credit: Alice R. Walker Researchers have identified a novel mutation that may be associated with prostate cancer in African American...
Computer bots are more like humans than you might think, having fights lasting years
Researchers say 'benevolent bots', otherwise known as software robots, that are designed to improve articles on Wikipedia sometimes have online...
Gene-edited pigs show signs of resistance to major viral disease
Credit: Norrie Russell, The Roslin Institute Scientists have produced pigs that may be protected from an infection that costs the...
NIST patents first DNA method to authenticate mouse cell lines
Credit: Jan Schmoranzer, Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie "A case of mistaken identity" may drive the plot of the latest spy...
New grant expands reach of St. Jude gene therapy program for ‘bubble boy’ disease
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Feb.23, 2017) The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded a five-year, $11.9 million grant to St....
New assay may lead to a cure for debilitating inflammatory joint disease
Credit: Photo courtesy of NYU Langone Medical Center Current treatments for rheumatoid arthritis relieve the inflammation that leads to joint...
The truth about catnip (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2017 -- Catnip is notorious for its euphoric effects on our feline...
USC publishes results of a fasting mimicking diet that may reverse diabetes
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 23, 2017 - A landmark study published today in Cell finds that providing mice with a...
New paper published in Phytobiomes may lead to novel methods of Rhizoctonia solani control
Credit: The American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, Minn. (February 2017)--Rhizoctonia species--and R. solani specifically--are a complex group of soil fungi...
Almost 4 decades later, mini eyeless catfish gets a name
Credit: Courtesy of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. After almost four decades, an elusive, eyeless catfish measuring...
Nematode resistance in soybeans beneficial even at low rates of infestation
Credit: USDA-ARS URBANA, Ill. - Each spring, tiny roundworms hatch and wriggle over to the nearest soybean root to feed....
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