Wildfire aerosols remain longer in atmosphere than expected
Credit: Lynn Mazzoleni Rising 2,225 meters into the air on an island in the Azores archipelago, Pico Mountain Observatory is ...
Engineering breast milk to treat sick infants
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Kathryn Whitehead, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has been ...
One more year of high school may shape waistlines later in life
Credit: USC Dornsife, Center for Economic and Social Research What a difference a year of high school can make -- ...
Two ASU professors receive 2018 NIH New Innovator Award
Credit: Deanna Dent "No. 1 in innovation" is an accolade ASU proclaims proudly in all realms of university life. Today, ...
Journal issue honors 20th anniversary of Marshall University researcher’s discovery
Credit: Marshall University HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Twenty years ago, Zijian Xie, Ph.D., director of the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research ...
Microbiologist wins National Science Foundation grant
Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape and Julia Sosa Ramona Neunuebel, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of ...
Could less deadly therapies be a better way to keep cancer in check?
While many cancer therapies initially can be very successful, tumors often return and spread when remaining cancer cells develop resistance ...
Scientists use nanoparticles to improve chemotherapy response, boost anti-tumor immunity
Credit: Steve Southon U of T scientists use nanoparticles to improve chemotherapy response and boost anti-tumor immunity in breast cancer ...
Revealed: a central signal sorting hub in plants
Credit: Vinod Kumar - John Innes Centre Plants growing in the wild constantly sense and respond to a multitude of ...
Cobra cannibalism more prevalent than previously thought
Credit: Photos courtesy of Bryan Maritz. Last spring, researchers in South Africa's Kalahari Desert found a large male cape cobra ...
Making the right connections
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have uncovered a new molecular interaction that governs the formation of specific functional connections ...
UTIA awarded $7.5 million to lead study of potatoes as sentinel plants
Credit: UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will lead a new effort worth ...
Chemists discover unexpected enzyme structure
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Many microbes have an enzyme that can convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide. This reaction is critical ...
Study provides new evidence of role of diet in breast health
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Oct. 2, 2018 - The relationship between the gut microbiome and human health is widely accepted in ...
Analysis of published studies links processed meat consumption to breast cancer risk
Studies on red and processed meat consumption with breast cancer risk have generated inconsistent results. An International Journal of Cancer ...
Early PSA testing could help predict prostate cancer among black men
TAMPA, Fla. - Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in American men. But black men bear a disproportionate ...
Natural killer cells may open lifesaving cancer treatements to more patients
Credit: University of Central Florida Immunotherapy is making headlines for saving the lives of hundreds of cancer patients including former ...
Age-related changes in skin structure & lymphatic system promote melanoma metastasis
PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 2, 2018) -- Changes in the structure of the skin and the lymphatic system that occur with ...
Europe’s new X-ray laser reveals structure of antibiotic-disabling enzyme
False-colored scanning electron microscope image of two Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria (yellow) interacting with a human white blood cell (green). Klebsiella ...
Why vitamin E effect is often a matter of luck until now
Credit: Anne Günther/FSU Jena Jena, Germany (02.10.2018) It is reputed to stop skin from aging, reduce joint degeneration in rheumatism ...
