Boron nitride foam soaks up carbon dioxide
Credit: Ajayan Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON – (Aug. 16, 2017) – Rice University materials scientists have created a light foam ...
HawkWatch international partners with the University of Utah to study raptors in Africa
Credit: Evan Buechley HawkWatch International and the University of Utah are partnering on two studies in the Horn of Africa: ...
Epigenetics between the generations
Credit: MPI of Immunobiology a. Epigenetics/ F. Zenk We are more than the sum of our genes. Epigenetic mechanisms modulated ...
Caribbean praying mantises have ancient African origin
Credit: Gavin Svenson, Ph.D. Three seemingly unrelated praying mantis groups inhabiting Cuba and the rest of the Greater Antilles actually ...
Creative Use of Noise Brings Bio-Inspired Electronic Improvement
Credit: Megumi Akai-Kasaya WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 25, 2017 — In conventional electronics, a great deal of effort is devoted to ...
What causes gene transfer to trigger T cell activation and exhaustion?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 27, 2017–Researchers are beginning to gain a clearer understanding of ...
Choose Omega-3s from fish over flax for cancer prevention, study finds
Credit: University of Guelph Omega-3s from fish pack a stronger punch than flaxseed and other oils when it comes to ...
Steroid hormones could hold further clues about age-related bone loss
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 15, 2017) – A group of steroid hormones could provide ...
Stem cell research provides hope for tasmanian devils with a deadly, transmissible cancer
Credit: Andrew S. Flies Morris Animal Foundation-funded researcher Dr. Deanne Whitworth, and her colleagues at the University of Queensland, have ...
Undergraduate student uncovers genes associated with aggressive form of brain cancer
Credit: Oncotarget, doi:10.18632/oncotarget.24228 CLEMSON, South Carolina – When Leland Dunwoodie, an undergraduate researcher in biochemistry, approached his PI about wanting ...
What makes the bacteria behind lyme disease tick?
Credit: (UConn Office of the Vice President for Research Photo) Connecticut residents are all too familiar with Lyme disease, but ...
Queen’s University Belfast researcher turning dirty tinfoil into…
Credit: Queen's University Belfast A researcher at Queen's University Belfast has discovered a way to convert dirty aluminium foil into ...
Next generation solvent contributes to next generation biofuel…
Credit: Kanazawa University The first-generation biofuel, industrialized, ethanol, is produced from foodstuffs like maize, and thus poses great concern about ...
A virus-bacteria coevolutionary ‘arms race’ solves diversity by ‘killing…
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign There is remarkable biodiversity in all but the most extreme ecosystems on Earth. When ...
Disease resistance successfully spread from modified to wild…
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Using genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes to reduce or prevent the spread of infectious diseases is a new ...
‘Inefficient’ sailing fleet keeps oyster fishery alive
Credit: Adam Spargo Oyster stocks in a Cornish fishery are sustained thanks to "inefficient" traditional fishing methods, new research suggests. ...
A $5,000 idea blossomed into a $300,000 algae research and innovation…
It all started with a good idea, willing partners, and a $5,000 corporate-sponsored research project. The idea germinated, blossomed, and ...
SMAD4 loss is associated with cetuximab resistance and induction of MAPK/JNK activation in…
Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Cetuximab, an anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody and the only FDA-approved targeted therapy against advanced head and neck ...
Rutgers professor studies trans fat consumption in the wake of policy shifts
Credit: Shauna Downs Trans fat policies have led to a decline in its availability in the global food supply, according ...
Termites’ unique gut ‘factory’ key to global domination
Credit: Jan Šobotník Termites have achieved ecological dominance and now some of the ingredients for their success have been determined ...
