Amino acid supplement key to reproductive health in dairy cows
URBANA, Ill. – Lysine is an essential amino acid for dairy cows, helping boost milk production when added to the diet at adequate levels. But...
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Chinese fossil eggs show dinosaur decline before extinction
Nearly 66 million years ago, a large asteroid hit Earth and contributed to the global extinction of dinosaurs, leaving birds as their only living descendants.Credit:...
SwRI scientist helps identify new evidence for habitability in Enceladus’s ocean
SAN ANTONIO — Sept. 19, 2022 — The search for extraterrestrial life just got more interesting as a team of scientists including Southwest Research Institute’s...
Endovascular catheter developed at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University shows unprecedented ability to treat pulmonary artery obstruction
(Philadelphia, PA) – A device known as the BASHIR™ Endovascular Catheter (THROMBOLEX, Inc.) significantly reduces the size of blood clots lodged in the pulmonary arteries,...
Pulmonary and primary care experts share research on delays to diagnosis in complex lung diseases
Glenview, Ill., September 19, 2022 – A steering committee of pulmonary experts and primary care physicians (PCPs) released today a white paper outlining the issues surrounding delays...
The MIT Press releases new book on the science of the heart from cardiac expert Dr. Sian Harding
The Exquisite Machine: The New Science of the Heart (20th September) offers unique and astonishing revelations about the human heart, uncovered by data from the...
Human Brain Project researchers map four new brain areas involved in many cognitive processes
Researchers of the Human Brain Project (HBP) have mapped four new areas of the human anterior prefrontal cortex that plays a major role in cognitive...
Cilia in 3D: Miniature train station discovered
Cilia are small hair-like organelles that extend from cells and perform many functions, including motility and signaling. Researchers have now revealed that cilia have a...
Nation’s first Institute of Optics eyes 50% increase in faculty; largest gift in its history will help meet an increasing demand for trained optics graduates
Thanks to a $12 million challenge fund from one of its most distinguished alumni, the Institute of Optics at the University of Rochester will have...
Getting rid of unwanted transformed cells: Possible new directions in cancer therapy
The maintenance of a healthy cell population is a dynamic process, whereby unhealthy cells are eliminated by a defense mechanism called “cell competition”. This process...
Facemask can detect viral exposure from a 10-minute conversation with an infected person
Scientists have created a face mask that can detect common respiratory viruses, including influenza and the coronavirus, in the air in droplets or aerosols. The...
Changes to animal feed could supply food for one billion people
While millions around the world face the threat of famine or malnutrition, the production of feed for livestock and fish is tying up limited natural...
Why isn’t weed killer working anymore? (video)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2022 — Farmers used to worry about weeds. Then, herbicides solved that problem. At least for a while. In 1997, there were...
Hopkins immunotherapy researchers named fellows of the SITC Academy of Immuno-Oncology
Drew Pardoll, M.D., Ph.D., and Suzanne Topalian, M.D., leading cancer immunotherapy investigators in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and Kimmel Cancer Center,...
Red Sea may have a nursery for oceanic manta rays
The endangered oceanic manta ray Mobula birostris is an iconic marine creature, and yet surprisingly little is known about them. Now, a study led by KAUST researchers...
