Study reveals most effective drugs for common type of neuropathic pain
Clinical study tested four different types of medications for efficacy, tolerability and adverse effectsCredit: Justin Kelley More than 20 million people in the U.S. suffer...
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Elsa Reichmanis elected AIChE Fellow
Microlithography trailblazer, who recently joined Lehigh University's chemical engineering faculty, recognized for research and innovation that has played a pivotal role in modern electronics manufacturingCredit:...
UCI-led 4D Nucleome project receives $3 million from NIH
Credit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, Calif. - October 15, 2020 - The National Institutes of Health has awarded a team of researchers, led by...
Remnants of ancient parasites could be shaping our response to coronavirus
Credit: Glenn Asakawa/CU Boulder Why are some people more resilient to viruses than others? The answer has eluded scientists for centuries and, in the age...
All-terrain microrobot flips through a live colon
Credit: Purdue University video/Elizabeth Niedert and Chenghao Bi WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A rectangular robot as tiny as a few human hairs can travel throughout...
Rutgers astronomer receives Packard fellowship for innovative young scientists
Blakesley Burkhart is working to gain a better grasp of how gas and dust become stars and planetsCredit: Courtesy of Blakesley Burkhart Blakesley Burkhart's childhood...
Phosphate polymer forms a cornerstone of metabolic control
New work could enable scientists to engineer the metabolism of organisms to be more resilient and productive in a range of environmentsCredit: Illustration courtesy of...
Rare congenital heart defect rescued by protease inhibition
Small molecule restores normal heart development in model organism with genetic disorderCredit: Greenwood Genetic Center Greenwood, SC (October 15, 2020) - A research team at...
Monkey study suggests that they, like humans, may have ‘self-domesticated’
Credit: Rebecca Terrett and Lauren Kelly, Ghazanfar Lab, Princeton University It's not a coincidence that dogs are cuter than wolves, or that goats at a...
NSF renews Rice-based NEWT Center for water treatment
Partnership primed to introduce game-changing technologies to address global needsCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2020) - The Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment Center (NEWT),...
Chemical Insights partners with EPA to improve the lives of people with asthma
Chemical Insights offers 3D printer safety and indoor air quality training to EPA's Asthma Community NetworkCredit: Cantilever Instruction & Design Chemical Insights, an Institute of...
Bats save energy by reducing energetically costly immune functions during annual migration
Credit: Christian Voigt, Leibniz-IZW Both seasonal migration and the maintenance and use of an effective immune system come with substantial metabolic costs and are responsible...
Inexpensive and rapid testing of drugs for resistant infections possible
Credit: Keren Zhou, Penn State A rapid and simple method for testing the efficacy of antibacterial drugs on infectious microbes has been developed and validated...
NASA finds wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Nangka post-landfall
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Storm Nangka made landfall south of Haiphong, Vietnam and began to weaken. NASA's Aqua satellite revealed wind shear was affecting the...
Rice’s Haotian Wang wins Packard fellowship
Five-year grant will support technology to turn greenhouse gases into fuelCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2020) -Haotian Wang of Rice University's Brown School...
