WSU/UI team to lead national milk conference
PULLMAN, Wash. - A team of researchers from Washington State University and the University of Idaho has received a $50,000 ...
NIH scientists search for the clocks behind aging brain disorders
To understand the link between aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, NIH scientists compared the genetic clocks that ...
American Federation for Aging Research experts featured in PBS special: Incredible Aging
March 14, 2018 (New York, NY) --"Aging is the big enchilada ... if we could do something about slowing the ...
Pairing mobile phone reminders with incentives to help prevent diseases
Credit: Sanjay Jain and team In a study conducted in rural India, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers working in collaboration with ...
Elevated lead in private wells could pose health risks
Since the Flint Water Crisis in Michigan, concern in the U.S. over lead in drinking water has increased. Information about ...
Removing heavy metals from water with MOFs
Credit: American Chemical Society An estimated 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, a problem expected ...
Nanospears deliver genetic material to cells with pinpoint accuracy
In a step toward accelerating the production of new gene therapies, scientists report in ACS Nano that they have developed ...
Removing heavy metals from water
Credit: Wendy Lee Queen/EPFL According to the World Health Organization almost 1 billion people do not have access to clean ...
Are palaeontologists naming too many species?
Credit: James McKa A comprehensive new study looking at variations in Ichthyosaurus, a common British Jurassic ichthyosaur (sea-going reptile) also ...
‘Body on a chip’ could improve drug evaluation
Credit: Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs ...
Artificial and biological cells work together as mini chemical factories
Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have fused living and non-living cells for the first time in a way that allows ...
New research solves the 60-year-old paleontological mystery of a ‘phantom’ dicynodont
Credit: Adrian Smith & Christian Kammerer; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences A new study has re-discovered fossil collections from ...
Smoke-damaged airway tissue restored on switching to glo
Credit: British American Tobacco A new lab-based study has shown that when airway cells damaged by cigarette smoke are exposed ...
Preeclampsia screening method found superior to current tests
New research highlights a more accurate way to screen for preeclampsia in pregnant women than currently recommended methods. Published early ...
New class of menopause drugs reduces number and severity of hot flushes
A new class of experimental drugs reduces hot flushes in menopausal women by almost three-quarters in just three days. The ...
Study finds smokers at greater risk of hearing loss
Smoking is associated with increased risk of hearing loss, according to a study of over 50,000 participants over 8 years ...
Scientists work to protect obese, younger women from cardiovascular work
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 14, 2018) - Obese, premenopausal women can lose the innate ...
Large numbers of students skipping breakfast
Despite widespread availability of morning meal programs, a large number of Canadian students are still skipping breakfast, according to a ...
Decreased oxygen levels could present hidden threat to marine species
Species living in coastal regions could face a significant future threat from reduced levels of oxygen in the marine environment, ...
What do spacecraft, newborns and endangered shellfish have in common?
Credit: NASA JPL/Caltech Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have developed a microbial detection technique so ...
