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NREL researchers discover how a bacterium, Clostridium thermocellum, utilizes both CO2 and cellulose
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) made the surprise discovery that a metabolic pathway...
Creating a slippery slope on the surface of medical implants
(Boston)--Implanted medical devices such as left ventricular-assist devices for patients with heart failure or other support systems for patients with...
Scientists prove how genetics change behavior by studying worms’ foraging strategies
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University/Nature "Organisms pay attention to what other members of their...
Results from the PARTNER I FIVE YEAR ECHO study presented at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 2, 2016 - A substudy of the PARTNER I Trial and Continued Access Registry found that hemodynamic...
US Food and Drug Administration awards Critical Path Institute three grants, one contract
Tucson, November 1, 2016--The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Critical Path Institute (C-Path) three grants to develop...
Fruits and vegetables may slow ALS
October 31, 2016--New research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health reveals that foods like fruits and vegetables that...
Underwater mushrooms: Curious lake fungi under every turned over stone
Credit: Christian Wurzbacher While fungi are well known for being essential in cycling carbon and nutrients, there are only about...
The French-Canadian connection
Credit: Shawn Hayward Scientists have identified a gene in the French-Canadian population that predisposes them to the development of intracranial...
TCT 2016 first reports examine potential for novel bioresorbable stent technologies
NEW YORK - October 31, 2016 - The 28th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the...
Food supply — not ‘live fast, die young’ mentality — makes male crickets chirpy
Credit: Tom Houslay / University of Exeter Shedding a few pounds might be a good strategy in the human dating...
Jumping spiders can hear sound without eardrums
BINGHAMTON, NY - There really is a "spider sense." With help from Binghamton University's Ron Miles, researchers found that despite...
FRET-FLIM optimization shows activity of two signaling molecules in single dendritic spine
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience An ongoing challenge for scientists working to understand the brain is being able...
UTA engineering professor to use data mining to help patients’ diagnosis, treatment
Credit: UT Arlington A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to develop big data mining tools...
Survey: Majority under 35 think e-cigs are safer, research studies aim to find out
Credit: The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Most Americans under age 35 think that using electronic...
Is shotgun marriage dead?
Credit: Credit - Duke Center for Child and Family Policy DURHAM, N.C. -- Shotgun marriages have faded in popularity overall,...
Combination therapy improved chemoresistance in ovarian cancer
PHILADELPHIA- - (Nov. 1, 2016) -- Treating ovarian cancer with platinum-based chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin is initially very effective,...
C-Path and CHDI establish a consortium to expedite approval of HD therapeutics
TUCSON, Arizona, October 31, 2016 -- Critical Path Institute (C-Path) and CHDI Foundation, Inc., are collaborating to set up a...
Study appears first in the nation to examine the impact of vitamin K supplements on the cardiovascul
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 31, 2016) - Researchers want to know whether a vitamin K supplement is an...
Making every cell matter
(CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts) - Alginate hydrogels - which are derived from the polysaccharide found in brown seaweed - have emerged as...
Mechanism of an effective MEK inhibitor identified
PHILADELPHIA -- (Nov. 1, 2016) -- Understanding the effects of certain targeted therapies on antitumor immunity is necessary to design...
