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Increases in obesity, severe obesity continue among adults in US
Bottom Line: Obesity and severe obesity continued to grow among adults in the United States between 2007-2008 and 2015-2016 but...
Gene boosts rice growth and yield in salty soil
Credit: Jianzhong Lin Around 20% of the world's irrigated land is considered to contain elevated concentrations of salt, and the...
Growing and surviving: How proteins regulate the cell cycle
Cell division is the basis of all life. Even the smallest errors in this complex process can lead to grave...
Scientists develop elastic metal rods to treat scoliosis
Credit: ©NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists jointly with their colleagues from the Ecole de Technologie Superiore (Montreal, Canada) have experienced...
Montana State University researchers publish study
BOZEMAN -- Researchers at Montana State University in Bozeman have published a study showing how access to high-quality fruits and...
Breakthrough antimalarial drug delivery system using mesoporous silica nanoparticles
Credit: Shinya Hayami Drug delivery systems (DDSs) control when and how much drugs are delivered to the body. Numerous DDS...
Paleontologists put the bite on an ancient reptile from New England
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Scientists have identified a new species of reptile from prehistoric Connecticut and, boy,...
Research discovers how some cancers resist treatment
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - An international team of researchers led by Lucio Miele, MD, PhD,...
Staphylococcus aureus: A new mechanism involved in virulence and antibiotic resistance
Credit: © Institut Pasteur/Mélanie Falord and Tarek Msadek -- Colorization by Jean-Marc Panaud An Institut Pasteur-CNRS research team has characterized...
Lithuanians created technology for treating oily water: exceeds requirements 10 times
Credit: KTU Wastewater treatment technology created at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania efficiently cleans water from oil products leaving...
New innovations in cell-free biotechnology
A Northwestern University-led team has developed a new way to manufacture proteins outside of a cell that could have important...
Tony Hunter receives Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (March 23, 2018) Professor Tony Hunter, who holds an American Cancer Society Professorship at...
Germany was covered by glaciers 450,000 years ago
Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology The timing of the Middle Pleistocene glacial-interglacial cycles and the feedback mechanisms between climatic shifts...
Basic cardiovascular science congress set to stimulate public discussion on genome editing
Sophia Antipolis 23 March 2018. The European Society of Cardiology's (ESC) basic science congress is set to stimulate public discussion...
IPBES: Biodiversity and nature’s contributions continue dangerous decline, scientists warn
Credit: Galyna Andrushko/Shutterstock.com Biodiversity -- the essential variety of life forms on Earth -- continues to decline in every region...
NUS and RCO-LIPI scientists embark on deep-sea biodiversity expedition in West Java
A team of 30 researchers and support staff led by scientists from Singapore and Indonesia will embark on a 14-day...
Heart health will be promoted by health professionals at EuroPrevent 2018
Sophia Antipolis 23 March 2018. The impact of nutrition and lifestyle on cardiovascular health will be key elements discussed by...
Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat
Credit: Fio Omenetto, Ph.D., Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 22, 2018) - Monitoring in real time what happens in and...
Shaking up newborn ambulance transportation for a brighter future
Credit: University of Nottingham The multidisciplinary team led by Professor Donal McNally, Professor of Bioengineering and Head of the Bioengineering...
The explosive consequences of cow burps (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 22, 2018 -- Cows burp up more gas than you might think possible...