Study overturns seminal research about the developing nervous system
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Neuron FINDINGS New research by scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of ...
CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center advances combination…
IMAGE: This is Dr. Glen Weiss, Director of Clinical Research and Medical Oncologist, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at ...
Can a brain scan early in stress predict eventual memory loss?
"My workload has shot up after my last promotion, I know that I'm stressed out," says a management executive from ...
Russian and US scientists collaborate to map migration paths of Arctic breeding birds
Credit: Zak Pohlen (WCS) Conservation of intertidal habitat– 65 percent of which has been lost over the last 50 years– ...
Aspirin-like pain reliever diflunisal blocks hearing protein
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University A Rice University study has found that the aspirin-like drug diflunisal blocks the action of prestin, ...
Newport Hospital’s rehab program wins third consecutive Press Ganey Guardian of…
Credit: Lifespan NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport Hospital has again been named a Guardian of Excellence Award recipient by Press Ganey ...
UIC to continue study of risky behavior by sexual-minority women
Credit: UIC College of Nursing The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a $3.25 million federal ...
Extreme temperatures threaten desert songbirds with death by…
Credit: Tom Kennedy, UNM According to NASA, 2016 was the hottest year on historical record. Globally, the increase amounted to ...
York chemists lead breakthrough in carbon capture
Starbons, made from waste biomass including food peelings and seaweed, were discovered and first reported 10 years ago by the ...
A trend reversal in childhood obesity — a decline in the BMI in 8-year-old boys
Credit: Sahlgrenska Academy/University of Gothenburg After decades of increasing childhood obesity, things are now going in the opposite direction. A ...
Nerve cells warn brain of damage to the inner ear
Some nerve cells in the inner ear can signal tissue damage in a way similar to pain-sensing nerve cells in ...
UT Southwestern researchers identify new mechanism of tuberculosis infection
DALLAS – July 21 2016 – Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a new way that tuberculosis bacteria ...
New golden frog species discovered in Colombia
Credit: Credit: Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher This news release is available in Spanish. A team of scientists including a Smithsonian Tropical Research ...
New study illuminates key aspects of how we fall asleep and wake up
Falling asleep and waking up are key transitions in everyone's day. Millions of people have trouble with these transitions – ...
Ammonia’s role in cardiovascular health tracked in mice, human cells
Credit: Justin Kelley, MU Health Coronary artery disease is caused by plaque buildup in the vessels that deliver blood to ...
New nanoscopic tools to study ligand-binding of receptors and…
This news release is available in German. Signalling processes in organisms are governed by specific extracellular and intracellular interactions and ...
X-raying of fossil beetles
This news release is available in German. The layman considers fossil beetles just stones. Even experts were able to describe ...
A new species of gecko with massive scales and tear-away skin
Credit: F. Glaw Many lizards can drop their tails when grabbed, but one group of geckos has gone to particularly ...
A global early warning system for infectious diseases
In the recent issue of EMBO reports, Barbara Han of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and John Drake of ...
Newly identified genes impact how transplanted stem cells give rise to…
A team of researchers led by scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is looking at ways to improve how ...
