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Study suggests possible new target for treating and preventing Alzheimer’s
Credit: OHSU PORTLAND, Ore. - A new scientific discovery may provide a future avenue for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's...
New algorithm could explain human face recognition
MIT researchers and their colleagues have developed a new computational model of the human brain's face-recognition mechanism that seems to...
Scientists discover new method to restore function of white blood cells in septic patients
New research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, suggest that treating the white blood cells of sepsis patients...
URI scientist: Rare childhood disease linked to major cancer gene
Credit: Photo courtesy of Niall Howlett. A team of researchers led by a University of Rhode Island scientist has discovered...
In cancer immunotherapy, one PD-L1 test to rule them all?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trials have proven the power of immunotherapies targeting PD-L1 or PD-1 in a...
UTSA study describes new minimally invasive device to treat cancer and other illnesses
Credit: Lyle Hood/UTSA A new study by Lyle Hood, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at...
Study: Enhancing cancer response to radiation
Credit: OHSU OHSU researcher Sudarshan Anand, Ph.D., has a contemporary analogy to describe microRNA: "I sometimes compare MicroRNA to tweets...
A radiation-free approach to imaging molecules in the brain
Credit: The Researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Scientists hoping to get a glimpse of molecules that control brain activity have devised...
Physicists decipher electronic properties of materials in work that may change transistors
University of Texas at Dallas physicists have published new findings examining the electrical properties of materials that could be harnessed...
Monell Center receives grant to develop technologies to improve taste of lifesaving drugs
Credit: Kevin Monko/Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (December 1, 2016) - The Monell Center announced today that it has received a $345,000...
UChicago startup turns renewable energy into natural gas
Credit: Photo by Ronnie Ranch Hedegaard, courtesy of Electrochaea One of the biggest challenges to wider adoption of wind and...
Plasma-zapping process could yield trans fat-free soybean oil product
Credit: (Purdue University / Ximena Yépez) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed a hydrogenation process that could...
Study reveals new role for Hippo pathway in suppressing cancer immunity
Credit: UC San Diego Health Previous studies identified the Hippo pathway kinases LATS1/2 as a tumor suppressor, but new research...
New chemistry of life
Credit: Cell The attachment of ubiquitin was long considered as giving the „kiss of death", labelling superfluous proteins for disposal...
New form of autism found
Autism spectrum disorders affect around one percent of the world's population and are characterized by a range of difficulties in...
Detailed images of NMDA receptors help explain how zinc and a drug affect their function
Credit: Furukawa Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - The difference between mental health and mental illness can turn on...
The tree of life has its roots in Jena
(Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena) Drawing on Darwin's theory of evolution, Ernst Haeckel created the first Darwinian phylogenetic 'tree of life' of organisms...
‘Bickering’ flies make evolutionary point
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 1, 2016) - When a male fruit fly gets aggressive, he rears up...
Model explains barred owls’ domination over northern spotted owls
Credit: Photo by Ray Davis EAST LANSING, Mich. - Barred owls - unrivaled nocturnal predators and procreators - are moving...
Computer learns to recognize sounds by watching video
In recent years, computers have gotten remarkably good at recognizing speech and images: Think of the dictation software on most...
