New model for gauging ice sheet movement may improve sea-level-rise predictions
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- A just-published paper in Science changes the formula scientists should use when estimating the speed of huge ice sheets...
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An unlikely marriage among oxides
Credit: EMPA The term alloy usually refers to a mixture of several metals. However, other materials can also be alloyed. In the semiconductor industry, for...
Science writers: On your mark, get set, go to Indianapolis for 500 stories
Credit: The Geological Society of America Boulder, CO, USA: Media registration is now open for The Geological Society of America's 130th Annual Meeting & Exposition,...
Success of blood test for autism affirmed
Credit: Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. - One year after researchers published their work on a physiological test for autism, a follow-up study confirms its exceptional success...
Mild problem-solving task improves brain function after a concussion, new study suggests
Credit: (SMU) Concern is growing about the danger of sports-related concussions and their long-term impact on athletes. But physicians and healthcare providers acknowledge that the...
Bees love blue fluorescent light, and not just any wavelength will do
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have learned that a specific wavelength range of blue fluorescent light set bees abuzz. The research is...
Blue gene regulation helps plants respond properly to light
Credit: Public Domain Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have discovered a process through which gene expression in plants is regulated...
Scripps graduate student discovers world’s first known manta ray nursery
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego A graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and...
Cells can trap viruses in protein cage to stop their spread, study reveals
Credit: Pfanzelter et al., 2018 Researchers at The Francis Crick Institute in London have discovered that cells can trap viruses in a protein cage to...
‘Smart stent’ detects narrowing of arteries
Credit: University of British Columbia For every three individuals who have had a stent implanted to keep clogged arteries open and prevent a heart attack,...
Low vitamin D levels associated with scarring lung disease
Reviewing medical information gathered on more than 6,000 adults over a 10-year period, Johns Hopkins researchers have found that lower than normal blood levels of...
Salk Institute’s Tony Hunter wins 2018 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 19, 2018) Salk American Cancer Society Professor Tony Hunter has been awarded the 2018 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science. Hunter...
Breast cancer could be prevented by targeting epigenetic proteins, study suggests
Credit: Casey et al., 2018 Researchers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto have discovered that epigenetic proteins promote the proliferation of mammary gland...
Can evolution explain why the young are often more susceptible than adults to infection?
In many species, including humans, the young are often more susceptible to infection than adults, even after accounting for prior exposure to infection. From an...
Loyola Medicine physician Susan Hou, MD, receives award in humanities and medical ethics
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine kidney specialist Susan Hou, MD, who co-founded a clinic that provides free medical care to indigent people in the Bolivian...
