Air pollution exposure on home-to-school routes reduces the growth of working memory
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), an institute supported by the "la Caixa" Banking Foundation, ...
NIH awards Wayne State $2M to analyze 20 years of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders data
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT - Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, which result from maternal alcohol use during pregnancy, is the ...
GW researcher receives more than $2.3 million to study cocaine’s influence on HIV
WASHINGTON (Oct. 5, 2017) -- Following studies showing that cocaine influences the replication and transcription of HIV, a researcher at ...
Study: Why lab researchers should talk with industry counterparts
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When Shreya Dave was an MIT doctoral student working on a new kind of filter for desalination ...
UC Davis, NEC Society launch major project to examine the use of probiotics in preemies
Credit: UC Regents Thanks to the leadership of Mark Underwood, chief of neonatology at UC Davis Children's Hospital, and the ...
Road pricing most effective in reducing vehicle emissions
Credit: University of British Columbia Motor vehicles are a major source of air pollution in urban areas, and for decades ...
Predicting when a sound will occur relies on the brain’s motor system
Credit: Benjamin Morillon Whether it is dancing or just tapping one foot to the beat, we all experience how auditory ...
Identifying ways to minimize the harm of energy drinks
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 5, 2017- Because many countries allow the sale of energy ...
New ‘movie’ technique reveals bacterial signalling in sharper resolution
Credit: John Innes Centre The complex signalling networks bacteria use to adapt to their environments have become clearer following new ...
Faster Salmonella test boosts food safety for humans and animals
ITHACA, N.Y. - A new test allows accurate, rapid testing for Salmonella, a bacteria that is one of the leading ...
Improvement of the genetic decoding of neurodevelopmental disorders
A result that will help in the future diagnosis of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disability, autism or ...
UMass Amherst microbiologist receives $2.3 million NIH grant for TB research
AMHERST, Mass. - The National Institutes of Health announced today that microbiologist Sloan Siegrist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
NIH selects Wistar scientist Kavitha Sarma, Ph.D., for New Innovator Award
PHILADELPHIA--(October 5, 2017)--The Wistar Institute, an international leader in biomedical research in the fields of cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, ...
Key plant species may be important for supporting wildflower pollinators
Increased agricultural production has likely led to loss, fragmentation, and degradation of flower-rich habitats for pollinators. To counteract these negative ...
Researchers get straight to the heart of piezoelectric tissues
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 5, 2017 -- For years, scientists have wondered whether the heart and adjacent vessels might have evolved ...
Low serum calcium may increase risk of sudden cardiac arrest
Credit: Mayo Clinic Proceedings Rochester, MN, October 5, 2017 - Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal for over 90% of ...
First cell-type census of mouse brains: Surprises about structure, male-female differences
Credit: Osten Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have mobilized advanced imaging ...
New findings on mechanisms for body temperature regulation by fat tissue
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--New discoveries about the mechanism responsible for heat generation in the body related to fat tissue ...
Liverwort genes and land plant evolution
Though it's found around the world, it's easy to overlook the common liverwort - the plant can fit in the ...
A new CRISPR-engineered cancer model to test therapeutics
One major challenge in cancer research is developing robust pre-clinical models for new therapies, ones that will accurately reflect a ...
