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Cell smasher
We're all pretty familiar with what happens when we sustain a knock on the head: First, the all-too-audible crack, accompanied...
IU-based startup commercializes software to improve quality of care for pediatric patients
INDIANAPOLIS -- Two members of the Indiana University School of Medicine have launched a startup to commercialize software targeting improvement...
Precision-medicine approach could revive prostate cancer test
A new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente has identified genetic predictors of normal prostate-specific...
Model assesses interventions for bovine tuberculosis in Morocco
n many developing countries, a significant fraction of the tuberculosis burden comes potentially from the tuberculosis bacteria carried by animals,...
Protecting rice crops at no extra cost
A newly identified genetic mechanism in rice can be utilized to maintain resistance to a devastating disease, without causing the...
Research pushes concept of entropy out of kilter
Credit: Stein lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Entropy, the measure of disorder in a physical system, is something...
TSRI chemists unveil versatile new method for making chiral drug molecules
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Feb. 2, 2017 - Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
Toxic liver effects of fifteen drugs predicted using computational approach
Credit: Thiel, Kuepfer A team of researchers has used a computational modeling approach to analyze and compare the toxic effects...
UW sleep research high-resolution images show how the brain resets during sleep
Credit: Credit: Wisconsin Center for Sleep and Consciousness. Madison, Wis. -- Striking electron microscope pictures from inside the brains of...
The best treatment for laryngeal cancer? This approach helps decide
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Even as treatment options for laryngeal cancer seemed to improve, survival rates did not. For the...
HKU scientists utilize innovative neuroimaging approach to unravel complex brain networks
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Professor Ed X. Wu of the Department of Electrical...
1,000 times more efficient nano-LED opens door to faster microchips
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology The electronic data connections within and between microchips are increasingly becoming a bottleneck in the...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 2017
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NYU’s Panozzo wins NSF CAREER award
New York University Professor Daniele Panozzo has won a 2017 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science...
New skin-graft system a better fix for chronic wounds
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health According to the National Institutes of Health, more than six million cases of...
Researchers chart global genetic interaction networks in human cancer cells
Credit: Sigrid Knemeyer Cambridge, MA, February 2, 2017-- Cancer is a heterogeneous disease, with myriad distinct subtypes that differ in...
Experiment involving ultracold rubidium lifts off with research rocket
Credit: photo/©: André Wenzlawski, JGU Physicists want to use ultracold gases in space to measure the Earth's gravitational field, to...
Medical marijuana’s underexplored potential for helping opioid addiction
A small human pilot study, along with a number of animal studies, are revealing that cannabinoids, extracts of cannabis legally...
So-called ‘synthetic marijuana’ linked to serious health problems
Synthetic marijuana compounds are marketed as safe, legal alternatives to marijuana that cannot be detected by standard drug testing, but...
‘In vivo’ reprogramming induces signs of telomere rejuvenation
During the 'in vivo' reprogramming process, cellular telomeres are extended due to an increase in endogenous telomerase. This is the...
