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Identifying genes key to human memory: Insights from genetics and cognitive neuroscience
March 26, 2017 - San Francisco - Researchers have identified more than 100 genes important for memory in people. The...
Surprising twist in confined liquid crystals: A simple route to developing new sensors
Credit: Rob Felt Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found a material used for decades to color food items...
Immunotherapy drug becomes first therapy approved by FDA for rare skin cancer
Credit: Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE (March 24, 2017) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday granted accelerated approval...
Electrical ‘switch’ in brain’s capillary network monitors activity and controls blood flow
Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Longden All it takes is the flip of a protein "switch" within the tiny wire-like capillaries...
UNC to create and test injectable long-acting implant to prevent HIV/AIDS
Credit: David Etchison, UNC School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill, NC - Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...
Biodiversity loss shifts flowering phenology at same magnitude as global warming
Researchers have revealed that declining plant diversity -- from habitat loss, human use, and other environmental pressures -- causes plants...
In a quantum race everyone is both a winner and a loser
Credit: Copyright: Jonas Schmöle, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna When describing nature using physical laws, scientists often start from...
The Role of Context in Ethnic/Racial Identity Among Minority Youth
Youth is a time of exploration and consolidation of one's identity. One important aspect of this identity is an understanding...
BRCA testing on the rise for those without breast or ovarian cancers
GALVESTON, Texas - More women are requesting BRCA gene testing associated with certain types of cancer thanks to increased interest...
Extreme space weather: Protecting our critical infrastructure
Extreme space weather has a global footprint and the potential to damage critical infrastructure on the ground and in space....
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Caleb’s heaviest rainfall
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Tropical cyclone Caleb formed on March 23 in the South Indian Ocean southwest...
NASA sees System 91P coming together east of Queensland
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA The area of tropical low pressure designated System 91P appears to be organizing in NASA satellite imagery...
Clock stars: Astrocytes keep time for brain, behavior
Credit: Herzog Lab. Until recently, work on biological clocks that dictate daily fluctuations in most body functions, including core body...
Study confirms prescription weight-loss medication helps with opiate addiction recovery
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch...
Schizophrenia-associated gene research funded by $3.1 million NIH grant
A research team at Emory University is embarking on a multipronged study of 3q29 deletion syndrome, a genetic mutation associated...
UTA quantifying coral species’ disease susceptibility by examining immune traits
Credit: Photo courtesy of Laura Mydlarz A biologist from The University of Texas at Arlington is leading a new study...
Fingerprint’ technique spots frog populations at risk from pollution
Credit: Lancaster University Researchers at Lancaster University have found a way to detect subtle early warning signs that reveal a...
The world’s largest diamond foil
Material researchers of Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg (FAU) have come a step closer to their goal of providing large diamond...
Microwave-induced bismuth salts-mediated synthesis of molecules of medicinal interests
Bismuth salts are used as medicinally active ingredients for the past many years due to their minimum toxicity and side...
Astronomers identify purest, most massive brown dwarf
Credit: John Pinfield An international team of astronomers has identified a record breaking brown dwarf (a star too small for...