Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute announces three artists-in-residence
Year-long program embeds award-winning painter, jazz musician and author with scientists studying the mind, the brain and behaviorCredit: Anastasia Muna NEW YORK -- A trio...
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Peeking at the plumbing of one of the Aleutian’s most-active volcanoes
A new approach to analyzing seismic data reveals deep vertical zones of low seismic velocity in the plumbing system underlying Alaska's Cleveland volcanoCredit: Photo is...
San Antonio partnership for Precision Therapeutics awards inaugural research funding
Research team awarded $200,000 to develop treatment for multi-organ failure due to sepsisCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Feb. 4, 2020 -- Leaders of...
Stem cell research studying heart growth earns Syracuse engineer NSF CAREER award
Credit: Syracuse University Scientists have long known that some people have stronger heart muscles than others and there are multiple factors that can contribute to...
Tufts University team wins a grand prize in NSF Idea Machine Competition
Working with machines to solve mankind's seemingly intractable problems is focus of winning entry from engineering teamCredit: NSF MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (February 4, 2020)--A Tufts University...
Grooves hold promise for sophisticated healing
Rice University bioengineers 3D-print implants to seed multiple layers of tissueCredit: Rice Biomaterials Lab HOUSTON - (Feb. 4, 2020) - Who ever said bioengineers can't...
High-tech printing may help eliminate painful shots
4D printing creates tiny needles inspired by parasites that could replace hypodermic needlesCredit: Riddish Morde Painful hypodermic needles may not be needed in the future...
Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin induces claudin-4 to activate YAP in oral squamous cell
'Moreover, it was revealed that the complex of YAP1, CLDN4, and zona occludens-2 was formed by CPE treatment, further suppressing YAP1 phosphorylation by LATS1 and...
Medicaid expansion slashed uninsured rates in Diabetes Belt, study finds
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Medicaid expansion dramatically reduced the numbers of low-income residents without insurance in the Diabetes Belt, a swath of 644...
Dietary interventions may slow onset of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 4, 2020) -- Significantly reducing dietary levels of the amino acid methionine could slow onset...
Researchers discover method to detect motor-related brain activity
By applying a nonlinear signal processing method to experimental data, researchers found a connection between motor behavior and brain activities that shows promise for brain-computer...
Herringbone pattern in plant cell walls critical to cell growth
Credit: Gu Lab, Penn State Plant cells tend to grow longer instead of wider due to the alignment of the many layers of cellulose that...
Southern Illinois’ Len Small levee likely to fail even if repaired, study says
Credit: Ken Olson, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Alexander County sits near the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, at the southernmost tip...
Kidney stem cells can be isolated from urine
Publication in Scientific ReportsCredit: J. Adjaye Researchers from the Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine (ISRM) at the medical faculty of Heinrich Heine...
Fast screening for potential new catalysts
ElectrochemistryCredit: RUB, Marquard It helps to directly ascertain the potential of a possible alloy. The team reports in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition on...
