Trendy on eight legs: Jumping spider named after fashion czar Karl Lagerfeld
Credit: Robert Whyte (Jotus fortiniae sp. nov., top row) and Michael Doe (unidentified species, bottom row), CeNak. New to science species of Australian jumping spider...
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Airless worms: A new hope against drug-resistant parasites
By targeting an unusual offshoot of worm metabolism, researchers seek to fight a major global health problemCredit: WikiMedia Commons Over one billion people, including 880...
Response to gene-targeted drugs depends on cancer type
Cancers with the same genetic weaknesses respond differently to targeted drugs depending on the tumour type of the patient, new research reveals. The study is...
Scientists, students to conduct first live, interactive public broadcasts from arctic ocean
On an 18-day voyage July 18 -- August 4, 2019 US/Canadian team of experts and students to measure vital signs of polar ocean environment, offer...
Harnessing reliability for neuroscience research
The neuroimaging community has made significant strides towards collecting large-scale neuroimaging datasets, which--until the past decade--had seemed out of reach. Between initiatives focused on the...
Sense of smell, pollution and neurological disease connection explored
Credit: Patrick Drew, Penn State A consensus is building that air pollution can cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but how...
CCNY experts in lateralization of speech publish discovery
City College of New York-led researchers have published a breakthrough in understanding previously unknown inner workings related to the lateralization of speech processing in the...
Yellow fever virus responsible for current epidemic in Brazil originated in Amazon in 1980
Researchers have retraced the pathogen's route as it spread from the state of Pará by analyzing tissue samples from dead monkeys; their findings are published...
Study shows some generics can cost medicare recipients more than brand-name drugs
Medicare Part D enrollees may pay more out of pocket for high-priced specialty generic drugs than their brand-name counterparts, according to new research by health...
New imaging molecule captures brain changes tied to progressive multiple sclerosis
Novel PET tracer detected abnormal inflammation in the cerebral grey matter of patients with MS, reflecting patients' clinical severity Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is...
Geisel study finds downside risk contracts still less common for ACOs
Findings from a new study conducted by a team of researchers at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and published in the July issue of Health...
Docs should consider a patient’s weight before prescribing new chemotherapy drugs
A new class of cancer drugs just now entering the marketplace seems promising so far, but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago urge...
New data resource reveals highly variable staffing at nursing homes
Researchers who analyzed payroll-based staffing data for U.S. nursing homes discovered large daily staffing fluctuations, low weekend staffing and daily staffing levels that often fall...
Will Fox wins 2019 Stix Award for early career contributions to plasma physics
Credit: Sarah Jane White Leadership of laboratory experiments that bring astrophysical processes down to Earth has won physicist Will Fox the 2019 Thomas H. Stix...
How you and your friends can play a video game together using only your minds
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Telepathic communication might be one step closer to reality thanks to new research from the University of Washington. A team...
