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New study highlights benefits of weekly nutrition classes to improve type 2 diabetes
Credit: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine WASHINGTON - Prescriptions are not enough--diet changes and nutrition education make the difference in...
OU graduate students earn NSF National Research Traineeship program fellowships
Credit: University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma graduate students from diverse disciplines earned one-year, $34,000 fellowships in support of aeroecology...
New blood test useful to detect people at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease
Heidelberg, 6 April 2018 - There is, as yet, no cure for Alzheimer's disease. It is often argued that progress...
New cellular insights in bone development
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Most of us don't think about our teeth and bones until one aches or...
HIV Cell dysfunction discovery sheds light on how virus works
Credit: Carla Shaffer / AAAS A team of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The...
Species hitch a ride on birds and the wind to join green roof communities
Credit: Heather Rumble, University of Portsmouth New research suggests that species that live on green roofs arrived by hitching lifts...
Cell biology: Dynamics of microtubules
Cells possess an internal skeleton, which enables them to alter their form and actively migrate. This 'cytoskeleton' is composed of...
Genetics of the modern heirs of the Inkas shed new lights about their origins and lineages
A multinational South American team from Peru, Brasil and Bolivia led by the Universidad de San Martin de Porres at...
How birds can detect the Earth’s magnetic field
The receptors that sense the Earth's magnetic field are probably located in the birds' eyes. Now, researchers at Lund University...
Experts team up to study bluefin tuna and confirm return to UK waters
Credit: Tom Horton Atlantic bluefin tuna are known for being amongst the biggest, fastest and most valuable fish in the...
Optimism remains in chickens in enriched environments despite exposure to stress
(Linköping University) Chickens that grow up in an environment that they perceive as more diverse and manageable, retain an optimistic...
School lunch decisions made by the child and not the parent
Philadelphia, April 6, 2018 - While school lunches in the UK are subject to food standards, the contents of packed...
Telemedicine provides accurate diagnosis of rare cause of blindness in preemies
PORTLAND, Oregon - Accurately detecting a rare, but devastating cause of blindness in premature babies can be done as effectively...
£1 million funds 7 grants for pancreatic cancer research
(Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund) Seven research projects have been awarded grants totaling £1.1 million by the UK medical research charity,...
nTIDE March 2018 Jobs Report: Americans with disabilities reach 2-year milestone
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - April 6, 2018. Americans with disabilities reached a milestone this month, as the...
New blood test found to predict onset of TB up to two years in advance
Credit: ATS April 6, 2018 -- A new blood test has been found to more accurately predict the development of...
PET tracer could help predict treatment effectiveness for depression
Credit: MR Ananth et al., Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y. RESTON, Va - A positron emission tomography (PET) imaging...
Researchers develop transparent patch to detect dangerous food threats
Credit: McMaster University Is that meat still good? Are you sure? McMaster researchers have developed a test to bring certainty...
OU engineering senior wins grand prize at 2018 Research Day at the Capitol
Credit: University of Oklahoma and OKEPSCoR A University of Oklahoma Mechanical Engineering Senior in the Accelerated Bachelor and Master of...
Researchers provide potential explanation for declines in brown bear populations
Animals may fall into what are called evolutionary and ecological traps when they make poor decisions using seemingly reliable environmental...