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2018 HFSP postdoctoral fellowships
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today the 91 fellowship awards to the world's most outstanding young...
Is there association between weight-loss surgery, change in relationships?
Bottom Line: Weight-loss surgery was associated with relationship changes for patients. Why The Research Is Interesting: Weight-loss (bariatric) surgery is...
West Greenland Ice Sheet melting at the fastest rate in centuries
Credit: Robert Gill/Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - March 28, 2018 - The West Greenland Ice Sheet melted at a dramatically...
Mandatory nutrition policies may impact sugar consumption
Mandatory nutrition policies could be a valuable tool in helping high school students to lower their sugar intake, a University...
Research uncovers a potential new strategy to fight ovarian cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new discovery opens the possibility of developing a novel way to fight ovarian cancer....
C-Path and CHDI launch consortium to accelerate development of Huntington’s therapies
Tucson, AZ, and New York, NY - March 28, 2018 - The Critical Path Institute (C-Path), together with CHDI Foundation,...
A high-specificity test detects prior infection by Zika virus
A test that detects antibodies against Zika virus in samples of blood serum with high specificity - and hence a...
Ragweed casts shade on soy production
Credit: Amit Jhala Ragweed, its pollen potent to allergy sufferers, might be more than a source of sneezes. In the...
Mitochondrial replacement moratorium should be reconsidered, researchers say
PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Mothers with mitochondrial DNA mutations often give birth to children who face incurable and fatal illnesses. But a...
Photosynthesis uses vibrations as ‘traffic signals’
Researchers have discovered a new role for protein vibrations in controlling the transformation of sunshine into useful energy. The study...
Wayne State University searches for new directions to treat Barth syndrome
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT -- The Barth Syndrome Foundation recently announced awardees from its 2017 grant cycle. Miriam Greenberg,...
Fossils highlight Canada-Russia connection 53 million years ago
Credit: SFU A new 53 million-year-old insect fossil called a scorpionfly discovered at B.C.'s McAbee fossil bed site bears a...
Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs
Credit: Christian Sidor/University of Washington After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life...
Simulations document self-assembly of proteins and DNA
What makes particles self-assemble into complex biological structures? Often, this phenomenon is due to the competition between forces of attraction...
Public willing to pay to improve water quality
COLUMBIA, Mo. - In the wake of the recent water crisis in Flint, Michigan, in which studies confirmed lead contamination...
Double danger: The peril of childbirth for women with rheumatic heart disease
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Today, most people in the United States rarely think of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)-or the rheumatic fever...
ANU archaeologist discovers Cornish barrow site
Credit: Image: ANU. An Archaeologist at The Australian National University (ANU) has discovered a prehistoric Bronze-Age barrow, or burial mound,...
‘Fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water
Credit: Virginia Tech Fog harvesting may look like whimsical work. After all, installing giant nets along hillsides and mountaintops to...
Scientists elucidate the crystal structure of sodium boride
Credit: Skoltech An international team of scientists jointly with Professor Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics...
OU professor receives NASA Earth Science funding for first-of-its-kind research
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma professor, Cameron Homeyer, is a recipient of a NASA Research Opportunities in...