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Medicine of the future: New microchip technology could be used to track ‘smart pills’
Credit: Ella Marushchenko for Caltech Researchers at Caltech have developed a prototype miniature medical device that could ultimately be used...
Bid to tackle widespread cattle disease may aid African farmers
Scientists are beginning a £2 million project to better understand a livestock disease that causes widespread economic hardship in sub-Saharan...
Queens control worker reproduction without castration in stingless bee species
Credit: Túlio Nunes / University of São Paulo Scientists have studied and been captivated by the organization and functioning of...
Exposure to head impacts in youth football practice drills
Credit: Credit: © 2017 AANS. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (SEPTEMBER 12, 2017). Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center examined differences in...
New tool for cell-free therapy based on artificial membrane vesicles
Scientists at Kazan Federal University's Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, led by Professor Albert Rizvanov, have shown that artificial...
NSF-funded center at Purdue could help power US for next century
Credit: (Purdue University photo) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The National Science Foundation has chosen Purdue University to lead an engineering...
Ornithologists at Yelabuga Institute share details of their latest work
Credit: Kazan Federal University Bird Protection and Monitoring Lab was established at the Yelabuga Institute in 2014. Its head is...
Researchers identify critical molecular link between inflammation and diabetes
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) has uncovered how inflammation contributes...
USDA announces more than $8.6 million to support community food projects
WASHINGTON, D.C September 12, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Soil erosion in European Russia studied in a grant-funded project
The team comprises employees of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and the Space Ecology Lab (Institute of Physics). The method...
‘Superbug’ bacteria gang up on us, fueled by antibiotic use, nursing home study suggests
ANN ARBOR, Mich. ¬- What's worse than getting exposed to a kind of bacteria that modern antibiotics can't kill? Getting...
Microscope invented at marine biological laboratory illuminates chromosomal ‘dark matter’
Credit: From Imai et al (2017) DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E17-06-0359 WOODS HOLE, MASS.-- Using a microscope invented at the Marine Biological Laboratory...
UT faculty member helps identify new species of prehistoric crocodile
Credit: Stephanie Drumheller-Horton Around 95 million years ago, a giant relative of modern crocodiles ruled the coastlines and waterways of...
Explaining bursts of activity in brains of preterm babies
The source of spontaneous, high-amplitude bursts of activity seen in the brains of preterm babies, which are vital for healthy...
Russian Science Foundation grant winners: Neuronal networks of the hippocampus
The results can be used to understand the nature of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by dementia. Inhibition in neuronal networks is...
Engineering Research Center will help expand use of therapies based on living cells
Credit: Credit: Georgia Tech The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $20 million to a consortium of universities to...
Army scientists discover power in urine
Credit: Photo Credit: David McNally, ARL Public Affairs ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory...
Sexually aroused male flies unable to sleep after close encounters with females
The urge to mate appears to override the need to sleep in flies, according to new research that hints at...
Russian Science Foundation grant winners: Contrast agents for MRI quality enhancement
The project titled «Development of new contrast agents for MRT based on nanosized rare earth fluorides» is headed by Senior...
Tomatoes’ crystal ball reveals evolutionary secrets
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University's Robert Last studies tomatoes. Specifically, he researches their hair, or trichomes. For this...
