Decoding the genetics that drive disease
Credit: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay From Alzheimer's to obesity, life can change dramatically if you discover you have a genetic risk of disease....
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Exercise protocol mitigates one of the most incapacitating symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
Brazilian researchers use complex training program to stimulate different motor and cognitive skills simultaneously and restore brain regions associated with freezing of gait in advanced-stage...
Study offers real world perspective on how Black patients experience mental healthcare
Research provides insight into how perceptions of bias affect engagement with providersCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLlS - In a novel study the authors hope will contribute...
Fish, seaweed inspire slippery surfaces for ships
Marine vehicles can reduce friction by mimicking the way aquatic creatures secrete mucusCredit: Hyung Jin Sung WASHINGTON, September 15, 2020 -- Long-distance cargo ships lose...
Vaping, marijuana use in 2019 rose in college-age adults
Increases are among the largest in history of national studyCredit: National Institute on Drug Abuse Vaping marijuana and vaping nicotine rose sharply in the past...
Multi-university effort to study the Earth’s hidden critical zone- NSF grant
Credit: Virginia Tech Look out your window or step outside and look around you. Depending on where you live, you're sure to see trees, grass,...
Energy harvesting goes organic, gets more flexible
Self-assembled peptides, when aligned, show great promise for electricity generation.Credit: Sawsan Almohammed WASHINGTON, September 15, 2020 -- Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity...
Progress toward antiviral treatments for COVID-19
Information about the molecular shape of the viruses that cause COVID-19, SARS, and MERS reveals structural similarities that suggest possible drug treatmentsCredit: Jack Henderson, University...
Protecting genomic privacy
Computer and data sciences researcher improving privacy for global genomic data sharing network, supported by $1.2 million NIH grantCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--A Case...
NASA sees Tropical Depression Rene dissipating
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Aqua satellite captured a visible image of Tropical Depression Rene as...
NASA-NOAA satellite’s “night vision” find wind shear battering Tropical Storm Vicky
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Infrared imagery is like having night vision, and NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided...
Johns Hopkins expert leads effort to spur accurate research on climate, COVID-19
Studies declaring link need more data, peer-reviewed confirmation, WMO saysCredit: Johns Hopkins University Ben Zaitchik, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Johns Hopkins...
The Wnt pathway gets even more complicated
Credit: ©Batista Rocha/IMBA The Wnt signalling pathway has been studied for decades, still it holds surprises in store. Bon-Kyoung Koo, group leader at IMBA -...
Prometheus Fuels licenses energy-saving ORNL ethanol-to-jet-fuel process
Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Prometheus Fuels has licensed an ethanol-to-jet-fuel conversion process developed by researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge...
Stem cells engineered to evade immune system hold promise for ‘off-the-shelf’ grafts
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) hold promise in the field of regenerative medicine for how they give rise to...