Predatory bacteria: The quest for a new class of antibiotics
Credit: OIST/American Chemical Society In 2016 the World Health Organization named antibiotic resistance as "one of the biggest threats to ...
World’s ‘better’ countries have higher rates of cancer
The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse ...
Better managing plastic waste in a handful of rivers could stem plastics in the ocean
Massive amounts of plastic bits that are dangerous to aquatic life are washing into the oceans and into even the ...
A fashionable chemical and biological threat detector-on-a-ring
Credit: American Chemical Society Wearable sensors are revolutionizing the tech-world, capable of tracking processes in the body, such as heart ...
Gel to fight rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Park J. et al, Advanced Materials (2017) IBS scientists at the Center for Self-Assembly and Complexity, within the Institute ...
Researchers identify gene to help hybrid wheat breeding
Australian researchers at the University of Adelaide have identified a naturally occurring wheat gene that, when turned off, eliminates self-pollination ...
Scientists develop tool which can predict coastal erosion and recovery in extreme storms
The damage caused to beaches by extreme storms on exposed energetic coastlines and the rate at which they recover can ...
Danforth Center receives $3.4 million to improve maize architecture
Credit: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center ST. LOUIS, MO, October 11, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one ...
Study shows removing invasive plants can increase biodiversity in stream waters
Credit: Rachel E. McNeish Restoration projects to remove invasive plants can make a positive impact on native plant species. But ...
Cities taking narrow approach to start adapting to climate change see benefits
Credit: Donna Burton, U.S. Government Work LAWRENCE -- As U.S. cities begin to plan to adapt to impacts from climate ...
Aging slows perception of falls
Seniors need twice as long as young adults to realize they are falling, a delay that puts them at increased ...
UTSA researcher to study waterways contaminated by Hurricane Harvey damage
Credit: Deborah Silliman, UTSA College of Engineering Vikram Kapoor, an assistant professor in The University of Texas at San Antonio ...
WSU researchers document one of planet’s largest volcanic eruptions
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have determined that the Pacific Northwest was home to one of ...
New breast cancer drug defeats the Ras genes notorious for causing many types of cancer
Credit: Paul Dent, Ph.D. Blocking the function of the Ras oncogenes is considered by many scientists to be the "holy ...
How the cone snail’s deadly venom can help us build better medicines
Credit: Alex Holt/NIST Cone snails have inspired humans for centuries. Coastal communities have often traded their beautiful shells like money ...
Unexpected regulation of transcription factors critical to development
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) A team of developmental biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst led by Dominique Alfandari, ...
Lung cancer research gets a breath of fresh air
Credit: Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (Boston) -- Cancer researchers have come to understand that generating human tumors in ...
A self-propelled catheter with earthworm-like peristaltic motion
Credit: Hideyuki Tsukagoshi Biopsies of pulmonary lesions are essential for increasing the accuracy of diagnosis and treatment for respiratory illnesses ...
PharmaMar will present final data on PM1183 during the 18th World Lung Conference in Japan
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) will present the final efficacy and safety data obtained from the Phase I/II trial combining PM1183 (lurbinectedin) with ...
Exposure to environmental chemicals is an important risk factor for breast cancer
Newton, Mass. (Oct. 10, 2017) - Exposure to environmental chemicals, especially early in life, is an important contributing factor in ...
