ASH launches digital, open-access journal
Credit: American Society of Hematology (WASHINGTON, November 29, 2016) -- Blood has led the way in experimental and clinical hematologic ...
USDA awards $6.7 million for research to support healthy agroecosystems
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...
Pitt civil engineering research going viral with bacteriophages
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Ric Evans PITTSBURGH (November 29, 2016) ... Believed by some to be the most abundant known ...
Virtual liver model could help reduce overdose risk from acetaminophen, other drugs
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Researchers at Indiana University's Biocomplexity Institute have developed a virtual model of the human ...
Examining the revolutionary rise of online learning
Los Angeles, CA (November 29, 2016) While some consider online learning to be the future of education, others question the ...
Human groups key to preserving natural resources
KNOXVILLE -- Learning between human social groups may be key to sustaining the environment, according to a new study that ...
Tweeting #plasticsurgery — plastic surgeons urged to engage and educate on twitter
November 29, 2016 - Twitter has become an important resource for people seeking information about plastic surgery. But only a ...
Marijuana use gender gap widens, mainly among low-income Americans
November 29, 2016--A new study of changes in marijuana use over time in the U.S. found that the prevalence of ...
Patients should stop using e-cigarettes before plastic surgery, experts conclude
Nov. 29, 2016 - Cigarette smokers are at increased risk of complications after plastic surgery. Could e-cigarette users face a ...
Carlos Moreno honored by Spring Branch Community Health Center
Credit: Spring Branch Community Health Cente Carlos Moreno, M.D., chairman of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at McGovern ...
Ultrafast imaging reveals existence of ‘polarons’
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY - Many people picture electrical conductivity as the flow of charged particles (mainly electrons) ...
Bumpy surfaces, graphene beat the heat in devices
Credit: Lei Tao/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 29, 2016) - Bumpy surfaces with graphene between would help dissipate heat in ...
Research planned for unique spinning nuclei nets prize
Credit: DOE's Jefferson Lab Elena Long is all spun up over the new target she's planning for research at the ...
Patching a gap in wound care
(BOSTON) - Chitosan, a biomaterial derived from the chitin shells of crustaceans and insects, has already been developed by scientists ...
Amphetamine may slow rise of body temperature and mask fatigue to enhance endurance, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- Amphetamine may slow down the rise of temperature in the body and mask fatigue, ...
EDGE bioinformatics brings genomics to everyone
Credit: Los Alamos NAtional Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 29, 2016 -- A new bioinformatics platform called Empowering the Development ...
A surprizing finding shines new light on the largest group of human proteins
Credit: Frank Schmitges et al. Toronto scientists have discovered that the largest group of human proteins, which work as genome ...
UA researcher explores male perceptions about HPV
Maggie Pitts took great interest in the human papillomavirus vaccine after Virginia became the first state in the country to ...
Georgetown Lombardi hosts patient/physician symposium focused on GI cancers
WASHINGTON (Nov. 29, 2016) - The Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
UH team wins $50,000 to learn how to start innovative food safety business
Moving out of their comfort zone as accomplished researchers to become novice entrepreneurs, a team from the UH Conrad N. ...
