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NIFA honors land-grant university partners, announces hall of fame inductees
WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct. 12 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today honored...
Early stages of antibacterial damage of metallic nanoparticles by TEM and STEM-HAADF
The virulence of pathogens is considered an important health care problem due to their resistance against conventional antibiotics. The recent...
Johns Hopkins scientists help show links between genes, body tissues
Johns Hopkins University scientists are part of a research team assessing how a person's genetic profile affects his body. The...
Physicist named a 2017 CIFAR Azrieli Global scholar
Credit: CIFAR. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Nathaniel M. Gabor, an assistant professor of physics at the University of California, Riverside, has...
New protein study broadens knowledge of molecular basis for disease
Credit: Barbara Johnston/University of Notre Dame Determining how proteins function on a molecular level is crucial to understanding the underlying...
Electric cars can become more eco-friendly through life cycle assessment
(Chalmers University of Technology) It is time to stop discussing whether electric cars are good or bad. Instead industry, authorities...
Sleep on your side, not your back in late pregnancy
A pregnant mother sleeping on her back during late pregnancy may cause problems for the fetus, according to new research...
Biology study suggests father’s nutrition before sex could contribute to health of baby
Credit: Michal Polak/UC Doctors long have stressed the importance of good nutrition for expectant mothers. Now biologists at the University...
New book on Cancer Evolution from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Michalina Janiszewska, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP)...
In a first for wearable optics, researchers develop stretchy fiber to capture body motion
Credit: Changxi Yang, Tsinghua University WASHINGTON -- The exciting applications of wearable sensors have sparked a tremendous amount of research...
UH, ExxonMobil Chemical Company sign research agreement
ExxonMobil Chemical Company and the University of Houston have signed a multi-year research agreement that will focus on helping the...
Tropical tree roots represent an underappreciated carbon pool
Credit: Jefferson Hall Ask someone to draw a tree and s/he will invariably draw a trunk and branches -- leaving...
The ghosts of HeLa: How cell line misidentification contaminates the scientific literature
Credit: Radboud University For decades, immortal cells such as the famous HeLa cells have been contaminating other cell cultures in...
Largest-ever study to look at maternal nitrate consumption and birth outcomes
Nitrate is the most common contaminant in aquifers and tap water throughout the world, but its effects on human health...
New clues on the historical origin of the vaccine used to eradicate smallpox
Credit: Jose Esparza It is mind-boggling that researchers still don't know exactly what virus was used in the most successful...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., recognized as Outstanding Investigator
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor,...
Esophageal cancer ‘cell of origin’ identified
Credit: Lab of Jianwen Que, MD, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (October 11, 2017)--Columbia University Medical Center...
Serrated polyps plus conventional adenomas may mean higher risk for colorectal cancer
Credit: Joseph Anderson, et al. LEBANON, NH - Most colorectal cancer develops from precursors known as polyps, the most common...
Discovery of peripheral neuropathy cause suggests potential preventive measures
In discovering how certain chemotherapy drugs cause the nerve damage known as peripheral neuropathy, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have...
Frankincense tested as possible breast, colon cancer treatment
Credit: Sarah Pack Cancer surgeon and researcher Nancy DeMore is leading a clinical trial using frankincense to try to treat...
