Moving toward faster, more accurate detection of food- and water-borne bacteria
Credit: Charles S. Henry, Ph.D. Food poisoning is a scourge. Yet preventing it is far from foolproof. But in a ...
WPI Biologist Reeta Rao elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. – Reeta Rao, PhD, associate professor of biology and biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic ...
Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes
More than 78 million adult Americans are considered obese. Credit: Buclin/UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Some of the smallest and ...
Ecosystems in the southeastern US are vulnerable to climate change
At least several southeastern U.S. ecosystems are highly vulnerable to the impacts of present and future climate change, according to ...
TSRI scientists find brain hormone that triggers fat burning
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.) LA JOLLA, CA – January 27, 2017 – Biologists at The ...
Cancer vaccines need to target T cells that can persist in the long fight against cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 25, 2017) – Cancer vaccines may need to better target ...
Tiny chip-based methane spectrometer could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Credit: Joe Green, Beaverworks Canada WASHINGTON — The process of extracting natural gas from the earth or transporting it through ...
Highly sensitive sensors successfully map electrical patterns of…
Highly sensitive sensors have been successfully used to map the electrical activity of the developing heart in embryos, in a ...
Building a morphogen gradient by simple diffusion in a growing plant…
Credit: NIBB In an article published on September 5th in Biophysical Journal, the team of Associate Professor Kensuke Kawade at ...
Cinnamon may be fragrant medicine for the brain
If Dr. Kalipada Pahan's research pans out, the standard advice for failing students might one day be: Study harder and ...
Predators preserve existing animal species
Credit: Photographer is Christian Skov. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers ...
New eyeless, pale catfish from middle of Amazon named
Credit: Courtesy of Mark Sabaj/Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. You've just discovered a unique, eyeless catfish from the ...
Research suggests potential therapy to prevent ‘chemobrain’ in cancer patients
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A total of 33 companies joining forces with VTT to develop new generation sustainable forest product
Credit: Photo: VTT Together with a large industrial consortium, VTT Technical Research of Finland has launched a EUR 4.5 million ...
University of Seville researchers reveal the role of a DNA repair mechanism
Credit: University of Seville Researchers from the University of Seville, in collaboration with the Genome Damage and Stability Centre of ...
Critical protein shows promise for the treatment of Alzheimer’s
Credit: Jason Drees, Biodesign Institute The tidal wave approaches. In the coming decades, Alzheimer's disease is projected to exact a ...
Weiss receives Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award
Credit: Patrick Mansell, Penn State Kenneth Weiss, Evan Pugh University Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Genetics, was awarded the Charles ...
Stem cells conduct cartilage regeneration but are not directly involved
Credit: Vetmeduni Vienna Therapy with mesenchymal stem cells, the so-called progenitor cells of connective tissue, holds great promise for the ...
Mayo Clinic studying genomics of antiplatelet heart medication
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Benefits of taking the natural pigment astaxanthin
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