Lichen is losing to wildfire, years after flames are gone
Credit: Jesse Miller/UC Davis As increasingly hot and severe wildfires scorch the West, some lichen communities integral to conifer forests aren't returning, even years after...
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Can rare lymphocytes combat rheumatoid arthritis?
Immunologists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg have demonstrated that ILC2, a group of rare lymphoid cells, play a key role in the development of inflammatory arthritis. ILCs...
Training the next-gen workforce in standards development with $30 million grant
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a five-year Professional Research...
Scientists uncover new details in how sense of smell develops
Credit: Lu Yang Dogs, known for their extraordinarily keen senses of smell, can be trained to use their sensitive sniffers to find drugs, bombs, bed...
Bilingual children to benefit from grant given to UA to improve speech assessments
An associate professor at the University of Arizona has received a $2.5 million federal grant for research involving an issue that is critical in Arizona...
Penalty kick research hits the spot
New research from the University of Portsmouth could help Premiership footballers ahead of the new season, which starts tonight (10 August). The study, published in...
A video game can change the brain, may improve empathy in middle schoolers
Credit: Center for Healthy Minds/University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- A space-exploring robot crashes on a distant planet. In order to gather the pieces of...
Epigenetic reprogramming of human hearts found in congestive heart failure
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Congestive heart failure is a terminal disease that affects nearly 6 million Americans. Yet its management is limited to symptomatic...
Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s colorectal cancer screening program saves lives
Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California are 52 percent less likely to die from colorectal cancer since the health care system launched a comprehensive, organized...
Community health centers can help boost rates of colorectal cancer screening
An innovative program in community health centers to mail free colorectal cancer screening tests to patients' homes led to a nearly 4 percentage point increase...
Study: Brain proteins, patterns reveal clues to understanding epilepsy
Credit: Martin420/Wikimedia Commons New therapies could be on the horizon for people living with epilepsy or anxiety, thanks to a breakthrough discovery by UNLV, Tufts...
New UNH research identifies need for Title IX tune up on college campuses
DURHAM, N.H. -- A mystery shopper approach uncovered a need for more education about Title IX regulations and sexual assault on college campuses, according to...
American College of Rheumatology: CMS decision an affront to America’s sickest Medicare patients
ATLANTA - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today expressed its extreme disappointment with a new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) decision to...
Why do some microbes live in your gut while others don’t?
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 9, 2018--Trillions of tiny microbes and bacteria live in your gut, each with their own set of genes. These gut microbes can...
Ebola virus experts discover powerful, new approach for future therapeutics
Credit: Photo by Don Boomer, Scripps Research A one-two punch of powerful antibodies may be the best way to stop Ebola virus, reports an international...
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