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P.V. Danckwerts Memorial Lecture awards distinguished Professor Lee
Credit: KAIST Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was selected as the awardee...
New articles in The CRISPR Journal
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers The CRISPR Journal, a new peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, announces...
Great white sharks dive deep into warm-water whirlpools in the Atlantic
Credit: OCEARCH It's always good to know where great white sharks are likely to be swimming. That's true if you're...
Russian scientists created ‘flying’ gas chromatograph
Credit: Samara University The basis of the airborne laboratory complex is the gas microchromatograph, developed by the scientists of Samara...
Samara scientists developed a new approach to compounds with antidiabetic activity
Credit: @SamaraPolytech Cascade reactions are often used to synthesize complex compounds. These are sequences of rapidly following one after the...
Study examines first birth cohort to receive HPV vaccine: The vaccine works
Credit: The video may be distributed with creditation to University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Girls in...
Devastating plant virus is revealed in atomic detail
Credit: University of Leeds The complex 3D structure of one of the world's most lethal families of plant viruses has...
Large outdoor study shows biodiversity improves stability of algal biofuel systems
Credit: Daryl Marshke/Michigan Photograp ANN ARBOR--A diverse mix of species improves the stability and fuel-oil yield of algal biofuel systems,...
Sensitive new assay finds abnormalities in tumor cells that other techniques may miss
Philadelphia, June 18, 2018 - RNA-Seq is a new next-generation assay that can detect gene fusions in solid tumor cells...
Valuing gluten-free foods relates to health behaviors in young adults
Philadelphia, June 18, 2018 - In a new study featured in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics,...
Chesapeake Bay: Larger-than-average summer ‘dead zone’ forecast for 2018 after wet spring
ANN ARBOR--Ecologists from the University of Michigan and the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science are forecasting a larger-than-average...
Silence is golden when it comes to how our brains work
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 18, 2018) - It's the comparative silence between the firing...
Life in the fast lane: USU ecologist says dispersal ability linked to plants’ life cycles
Credit: Mary-Ann Muffoletto/USU LOGAN, UTAH, USA - Though mostly rooted in the ground, plants have a number of innovative ways...
Gut microbes may contribute to depression and anxiety in obesity
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (June 18, 2018) - Like everyone, people with type 2 diabetes and obesity suffer from...
Americans view child abuse and neglect as a serious public health problem
ARLINGTON, Va.--June 18, 2018--A strong majority of Americans view child abuse and neglect as a public health problem in the...
Rare mutation of gene carried by Quebec family gives insight into how the brain is wired
The study of a Quebec family with an unusual gene provides novel insight into how our brain is built and,...
Purdue phoneme project creates new haptic communications future
(Purdue University) Communication could step beyond reading a cellular phone screen with a new technique by Purdue College of Engineering...
BPA can induce multigenerational effects on ability to communicate
(University of Missouri-Columbia) Past studies have shown that biparental care of offspring can be affected negatively when females and males...
Everything big data claims to know about you could be wrong
When it comes to understanding what makes people tick -- and get sick -- medical science has long assumed that...
Daily fasting works for weight loss
Credit: UIC/Roberta Dupuis-Devlin Daily fasting is an effective tool to reduce weight and lower blood pressure, according to a new...