10 percent of Chinese adults have high heart disease risk, aren’t treated for it
New Haven, Conn. - Researchers at Yale and at the National Center for Cardiovascular Disease in China just quantified a ...
Researchers discover a genetic defect linked to pediatric liver disease
AURORA, Colo. (Feb. 21, 2019) - Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, in collaboration with several other ...
Smoking cessation may reduce risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Analysis of data demonstrates first time that behavior change can delay or prevent most severe form of rheumatoid arthritis Boston, ...
CLEAR at UTA continues collaboration with the Apache Corporation
Analyzing surface, groundwaterCredit: UT Arlington The Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation at The University of Texas at Arlington ...
Women with more social support are less likely to die, new study finds
Credit: George Mason University Fairfax, VA - Women aged 50-79 who believed they had more social support were less likely ...
63rd Biophysical Society Annual Meeting to kick-off in Baltimore from March 2 — 6, 2019
BALTIMORE, MD - As science becomes increasingly interdisciplinary, the Biophysical Society (BPS) Annual Meeting continues its long-held reputation for bringing ...
How plants learned to save water
Credit: Stephan Liebig Tiny pores on the leaves of plants, called stomata, have a huge influence on the state of ...
Dermal disruption: Amphibian skin bacteria is more diverse in cold, variable environments
Global survey of frog skin bacteria reveals microbiome rules of thumbCredit: Credit: Miguel Vences Amphibians are victims of lethal skin-disease ...
New strategy improves efficiency of CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 21, 2019--The efficiency of CRISPR genome editing tools targeted to ...
Good news: Habitats worthy of protection in Germany are protected
Credit: Simone Langhans The world's largest coordinated network of protected areas is not located at the South Pole or in ...
How to treat depression in prison — and why it matters
First randomized study of its kind reveals effective treatment for prisoners suffering from mental illnessCredit: Royalty free image via Pexels ...
SNoOPI: A flying ace for soil moisture and snow measurements
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a ...
Fifteen-thousand-year friendship between hound and human under the microscope
It is often remarked that 'dogs look like their owners'; might there be more to the assertion than believed? A ...
Could saffron be as effective as stimulant medicines in treating ADHD?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 21, 2019--A new short-term pilot study in children and teens ...
Foxes were domesticated by humans in the Bronze Age
Credit: J. A. Peñas In the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, between the third and second millennium BC, a widespread ...
PET scans show biomarkers could spare some breast cancer patients from chemotherapy
De-escalation of treatment strategies aims to minimize toxicity while maintaining efficacyCredit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center In an effort to ...
UBC researchers explore an often ignored source of greenhouse gas
Carbon dioxide is released during irrigation with lake water In a new study from UBC's Okanagan campus, researchers have discovered ...
Can mixing household cleaners kill you? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2019 -- When the bathroom starts looking grimy, and it's time to ...
Using E. coli to create bioproducts, like biodiesel, in a cost-effective manner
Credit: LSU College of Engineering BATON ROUGE - Who knew a potentially deadly bacteria could be used for good? LSU ...
New mechanisms regulating neural stem cells
Credit: Source: Helmholtz Zentrum München The use of stem cells to repair organs is one of the foremost goals of ...
