High R&D isn’t necessarily why drugs are so expensive
In the first known study of its type, an international team of researchers evaluated whether high research and development (R&D) costs explain high drug prices...
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Game-changing new theory upends what we know about how charged macromolecules self-assemble
AMHERST, Mass. – In a discovery with wide-ranging implications, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced in the Proceedings of the National Academy...
Low-carb vegan diet shows similar health benefits to vegetarian diet, study shows
A low-carb vegan diet has the same health effects as a vegetarian diet, but at a much lower cost to the environment, according to new...
Heat-related mortality risk is widespread across Washington state, study shows
Heat-related deaths are an issue across Washington state, and they occur even in regions that typically have milder climates, according to a University of Washington...
New study shows transmission of epigenetic memory across multiple generations
Without altering the genetic code in the DNA, epigenetic modifications can change how genes are expressed, affecting an organism’s health and development. The once radical...
New study allows scientists to test therapeutics for rare disease affecting young children
MADISON — For the first time, scientists will be able to test therapeutics for a group of rare neurodegenerative diseases that affect infants and young...
nTIDE August 2022 COVID Update: Unemployment stable at pre-pandemic levels for people with disabilities
East Hanover, NJ. September 26, 2022. August marked the fourth consecutive month of stable unemployment numbers for people with disabilities, according to today’s National Trends...
University of Washington joins industry-academia alliance to accelerate research in neuroscience
The University of Washington has joined the Alliance for Therapies in Neuroscience (ATN), a long-term research partnership between academia and industry geared to transform the...
FIU Stempel College researchers awarded NIH supplement grant to explore the role of a neuroinflammation protein in Alzheimer’s disease
For years, researchers have been working to identify risk factors and treatments to help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: FIU Robert Stempel College of...
A different kind of chaos
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Physicists at UC Santa Barbara and the University of Maryland, and also at the University of Washington have found an answer...
Asteroid that formed Vredefort crater bigger than previously believed
About two billion years ago, an impactor hurtled toward Earth, crashing into the planet in an area near present-day Johannesburg, South Africa. The impactor—most likely...
Family ties change with age and sex and determine how much animals help each other as they become older
The motivation to help conspecifics differs from species to species – and also between males and females. An international team of scientists with the participation...
The neural cartography of smell
NEW YORK – Rendering the invisible visible is among scientists’ favorite challenges. Credit: Hani Shayya/Stavros Lomvardas/Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK – Rendering the invisible visible is...
UH astronomers map distances to 56,000 galaxies, largest-ever catalog
How old is our universe, and what is its size? A team of researchers led by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa astronomers Brent Tully and...
The mysterious mechanics of morphogenesis
Tissue engineering—creating a “seed” of tissue that could grow into a functional, life-saving organ—sounds like magic. But it could become technology, thanks in part to...
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