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Cholesterol-processing enzyme protects from debilitating brain lesions
An enzyme that helps break down cholesterol may also be a therapeutic target to stave off neurologic diseases, including Alzheimer's...
Ninety percent of predatory fish gone from Caribbean coral reefs due to overfishing
Credit: Neil Hammerschlag Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that up to 90 percent...
The ultimate power nap
Credit: Wits University Why we sleep is one of the enduring unanswered mysteries of modern science. Along with such activities...
Magic cover crop carpet?
Credit: Clair Keene Organic farmers have to make hard choices between protecting soil from erosion and controlling weeds. For example,...
MD Anderson study ties protein ‘reader’ ENL to common leukemia
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Anyone who uses an employee badge to enter a building may understand how...
Synthetic tooth enamel may lead to more resilient structures
ANN ARBOR -- Unavoidable vibrations, such as those on airplanes, cause rigid structures to age and crack, but researchers at...
UW security researchers show Google’s anti-internet troll AI platform is easily deceived
Credit: University of Washington University of Washington researchers have shown that Google's new machine learning-based system to identify toxic comments...
Singing posters and talking shirts: UW engineers turn objects into FM stations
Credit: University of Washington Imagine you're waiting in your car and a poster for a concert from a local band...
Fred Hutch announces 2017 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award recipients
SEATTLE -- Mar. 1, 2017 -- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center today announced the recipients of the Harold M. Weintraub...
World’s oldest fossils unearthed
Remains of microorganisms at least 3,770 million years old have been discovered by an international team led by UCL scientists,...
Rapid changes point to origin of ultra-fast black hole ‘burps’
Credit: The European Space Agency (ESA) Gas outflows are common features of active supermassive black holes that reside in the...
Tweaking electrolyte makes better lithium-metal batteries
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash. - Scientists have found adding a pinch of something new to a battery's...
USDA announces $1.8 million for research on next generation pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $1.8 million...
NIFA announces nearly $770,000 for canola research
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability...
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