Classifying microbes differently leads to discovery
Changing the way microbes are classified can reveal similarities among mammals' gut microbiomes, according to a new study. The study, ...
Is the next big step in cancer therapy personalized vaccines?
Credit: UC San Diego Health Tamara Strauss has been living with high-grade, stage IV pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer for more than ...
Cancer stem cells use normal genes in abnormal ways
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center CDK1 is a "normal" protein - its presence drives cells through the cycle of ...
Innovative tool allows continental-scale water, energy, and land system modeling
A new large-scale hydroeconomic model, developed by the Water Program at IIASA, will allow researchers to study water systems across ...
Liver-on-a-chip, the ideal test environment for CRISPR
Credit: Marco-Alexis Chaira Tempe, Ariz. - Two Arizona State University professors are among the first recipients of Somatic Cell Genome ...
Irrigating vegetables with wastewater in African cities may spread disease
Urban farmers growing vegetables to feed millions of people in Africa's ever-growing cities could unwittingly be helping to spread disease ...
NIH programs shed light on gene variants and their connections to health and disease
Programs supported by the National Institutes of Health are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human ...
How the grid cell system of the brain maps mental spaces
It has long been known that so-called place cells in the human hippocampus are responsible for coding one's position in ...
Does climate vary more from century to century when it is warmer?
Century-scale climate variability was enhanced when the Earth was warmer during the Last Interglacial period (129-116 thousand years ago) compared ...
Understanding the neurological code behind how flies fly
Credit: Alexandra Yarger, Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--A common flesh fly takes off and maneuvers effortlessly, its head and body ...
He’s in a rush, she isn’t: Reproductive strategy drives slower female aging
Credit: Karin Söderlund Leifler/Linköping University The aging of males and females is influenced by how they choose to invest their ...
FutureNeuro partners with Ergo to develop eHealth technology for people with epilepsy
Thursday, 11 October 2018 - FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for chronic and rare neurological conditions based at RCSI, has ...
Long-term exposure to ozone has significant impacts on human health
A new study has utilized a novel method to estimate long-term ozone exposure and previously reported epidemiological results to quantify ...
What makes tardigrades such great survivors (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2018 -- Tardigrades are tiny animals that can live in water droplets ...
Researchers discover what pneumococcus says to make you sick
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a molecule that plays a key role in bacterial communication ...
New study finds thalamus wakes the brain during development
WASHINGTON (Oct. 11, 2018) -- Consciousness requires continuous, internally generated activity in the brain. The modulation of this activity is ...
Fruit fly protein could be new tool in tackling disease-carrying mosquitos
An insulin-binding protein in fruit flies could provide new opportunities for tackling disease-carrying mosquitos, such as malaria and yellow fever, ...
Self-healing material can build itself from carbon in the air
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A material designed by MIT chemical engineers can react with carbon dioxide from the air, to grow, ...
New study by Kent State researcher to examine role of oxytocin in the developing brain
Credit: Kent State University Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., a professor in Kent State University's Department of Biological Sciences, recently received a ...
