Discovered one of the brightest distant galaxies so far known
Credit: Yiping Shu (NAOC) and Gabi Perez (SMM/IAC). An international team led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de ...
Snap, digest, respire
Credit: Photo: Lukas Fasbender The Venus flytrap captures insects for more than just nutritional purposes: A research team lead by ...
The role of size in development of mucosal liposome-lipopeptide vaccine
Credit: Khairunnisa A. Ghaffar et al , Bentham Science Publishers Group A Streptococcus (GAS), or Streptococcus pyogenes is an exclusivel ...
VTT develops raw materials for meatballs and falafel from mealworms and crickets
Credit: VTT VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed food ingredients from mealworms and crickets which, due to their ...
New mouse model helps in search for better COPD and CF treatments
Credit: Associate Professor Tsuyoshi Shuto Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have succeeded in producing a mouse model that faithfully reproduces ...
Melting solid below the freezing point
Credit: Chuanlong Lin and Guoyin Shen, Carnegie Institution Phase transitions surround us--for instance, liquid water changes to ice when frozen ...
Cervical cancer mortality rates may be underestimated
A new analysis reveals that for most women, the risk of dying from cervical cancer is higher than previously thought. ...
E-cigarettes are expanding tobacco product use among youth
E-cigarettes - thought by some to be responsible for a decline in youth cigarette smoking - are actually attracting a ...
Cervical cancer death rates higher among older and black women
A woman's risk of dying of cervical cancer is higher than long believed, particularly among older and black women, new ...
Novel regulatory mechanism controls how plants defend themselves against pathogens
Credit: The Sainsbury Laboratory Together with collaborators in Austria, scientists at The Sainsbury Laboratory (TSL) in Norwich (UK) are unravelling ...
Bodyguards in the gut have a chemical weapon
Credit: Yongqi Shao, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Beneficial bacteria in the gut of moth larvae produce an antimicrobial agent that ...
Bodywide immune response important for fighting cancer, Stanford researchers say
Fighting off cancer requires the concerted efforts of immune molecules throughout the body, rather than just in the tumor itself, ...
Roots of related genetic diseases found in cell powerhouses
Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center have discovered the mechanisms behind a genetic change known to cause a set of ...
Jumbled chromosomes may dampen the immune response to tumors
How well a tumor responds to immunotherapy may depend in part on whether its chromosomes are intact or in a ...
HPV prevalence rates among US men, vaccination coverage
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, as well as a cause ...
New low-cost technique converts bulk alloys to oxide nanowires
Credit: Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech A simple technique for producing oxide nanowires directly from bulk materials could dramatically lower ...
New TSRI method could turbocharge drug discovery, protein research
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - January 19, 2017 - A team led by scientists at The ...
Press registration now open for 2017 Experimental Biology meeting
BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 19, 2017 - Looking for the latest news on nutrition, the human body, early-stage biomedical advances or ...
SF State astronomer searches for signs of life on Wolf 1061 exoplanet
Credit: Illustration credit: NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech Is there anybody out there? The question of whether Earthlings are alone in the universe has ...
Brief interventions help online learners persist with coursework, Stanford research finds
(Stanford University) New research shows people in underdeveloped parts of the world are not as likely to complete massive open ...
