URI chemistry professor develops contaminant detection technique for heparin
KINGSTON, R.I. - Aug. 16, 2018 - In 2008, a contaminant eluded the quality safeguards in the pharmaceutical industry and infiltrated a large portion of...
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URI scientist: Long-legged lizards better adapted for hurricane survival
KINGSTON, R.I. - August 16, 2018 - Jason Kolbe has been thinking about hurricanes and lizards for many years. The University of Rhode Island professor...
CityU develops the world’s first-ever 4D printing for ceramics
Credit: City University of Hong Kong A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has achieved a ground-breaking advancement in materials research by...
UM professor recipient of Ocean Sciences Rachel Carson Lecture from the AGU
Credit: Diana Udel, UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI--August 13, 2018 - University of Miami's (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric...
Scientists examine the relative impact of proximity to seed sources
Credit: Eva Kinnebrew A new research study published in the journal Invasive Plant Science and Management tackles an important, unresolved question in the biology of...
Ants, acorns and climate change
Credit: Lauren Nichols, Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--The relatively swift adaptability of tiny, acorn-dwelling ants to warmer environments could help scientists predict how other speci..
Scientists identify enzyme that could help accelerate biofuel production
Credit: Sousuke Imamura Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have honed in on an enzyme belonging to the glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase (GPAT) family as a promising...
A novel synthetic antibody enables conditional ‘protein knockdown’ in vertebrates
(Technische Universität Dresden) The research groups led by Dr. Jörg Mansfeld of the Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden (BIOTEC) and Dr. Caren Norden of...
New research highlights promising treatments, genetic causes of obesity
Bethesda, MD (Aug. 17, 2018) -- More than 60 percent of American adults weigh more than is healthy, which results in increased health issues for...
Study confirms truth behind ‘Darwin’s moth’
Credit: Olivia Walton Scientists have revisited - and confirmed - one of the most famous textbook examples of evolution in action. They showed that differences...
Particulate pollution’s impact varies greatly depending on where it originated
Credit: Public domain Washington, DC-- When it comes to aerosol pollution, as the old real estate adage says, location is everything. Aerosols are tiny particles...
Drug and alcohol use by pregnant women: the evolution of state policies
Policymakers and public health experts have long recognized the harm that can come to fetuses if women use drugs during pregnancy. As U.S. states legalize...
Experiences at first sexual encounter impact risk of HIV and violence for women in Kenya
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 17, 2018 - Adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya are more likely to experience higher risks of...
Students more likely to eat school breakfast when given extra time, new study finds
Credit: Photo courtesy of USDA. Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra minutes to do so, according...
Perinatal hypoxia associated with long-term cerebellar learning deficits and Purkinje cell misfiring
Credit: Children's National Health System Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns in the form of alterations to...
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