New walking app could make later life healthier and happier
'Walking for Well-Being', a prototype app that makes it easy to plan less difficult, less demanding walking routes, could help ...
12th Annual Murray Fromson Medical Journalism Fellowship
12th Annual Murray Fromson Fellowship Bio in Beer-Sheva, Israel Depart Friday, March 17, 2017 - Return Friday, March 24, 2017 ...
Hydropower in China impacts the flow of the Mekong River
Credit: Timo Räsänen A study led by researchers from Aalto University in Finland reveals that the hydropower projects in China ...
MD Anderson and EMD Serono enter 3-year strategic collaboration to accelerate development of investigational oncology/immuno-oncology compounds
HOUSTON - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and EMD Serono, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, ...
Mayo Clinic researchers identify new potential treatment for cancer metastasis
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Breast cancer metastasis, the process by which cancer spreads, may be prevented through the new use of ...
WSU researchers discover unique microbial photosynthesis
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University have discovered a new type of cooperative photosynthesis ...
Has the Affordable Care Act reduced socioeconomic disparities in cancer screening?
Out-of-pocket expenditures are thought to be a significant barrier to receiving cancer preventive services, especially for individuals of lower socioeconomic ...
UTSA study shows how phishing scams thrive on overconfidence
A new study by H.R. Rao, AT&T Distinguished Chair in Infrastructure Assurance and Security at The University of Texas at ...
Where is heavy air pollution in Beijing from?
Credit: IAP Beijing's latest smog alert has dragged on into the first week of 2017. In fact, the joint prevention ...
Species diversity reduces chances of crop failure in algal biofuel systems
ANN ARBOR--When growing algae in outdoor ponds as a next-generation biofuel, a naturally diverse mix of species will help reduce ...
Gut microbes and bird’s breath from the U at #SICB2017
University of Utah researchers will be among the scientists convening in New Orleans for the 2017 Annual Meeting for the ...
Brazilian study compiles data on 958 types of South American jellyfish
Credit: Cebimar/USP Jellyfish are a highly diverse group of aquatic animals. Their diameters range from 1 mm to over 1 ...
While not necessarily reality, perception can cause reality to evolve
New Orleans, LA - In an invited perspective published January 6, 2017, in Science, Hamilton Farris, PhD, Associate Professor-Research at ...
Research supports role of supernovas in measuring pace at which the universe expands
A team of research scientists led by David Cinabro, professor of physics and astronomy in the College of Liberal Arts ...
USDA announces $2.9 million available for biorefinery research
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...
The U joins national sustainable manufacturing alliance for recycling and remanufacturing
Rochester Institute of Technology's Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS) was selected this week by the U.S. Department of Energy, as ...
Hubble detects ‘exocomets’ taking the plunge into a young star
Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild and G. Bacon (STScI) Interstellar forecast for a nearby star: Raining comets! NASA's Hubble ...
Study characterizes key molecular tool in DNA repair enzymes
New research has revealed the function of a widely shared enzyme component, the Zf-GRF domain, as a critical molecular tool ...
NASA study finds solar storms could spark soils at moon’s poles
Loading video... Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SVS Powerful solar storms can charge up the soil in frigid, permanently shadowed ...
Researchers design one of strongest, lightest materials known
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- A team of researchers at MIT has designed one of the strongest lightweight materials known, by compressing and ...
