ASHG launches Human Genetics Scholars Initiative
Program to increase, network, mentor, and retain diverse early-career researchers ROCKVILLE, Md. - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is pleased to announce the...
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Physical activity prepares neurons to regenerate in case of spinal cord injury
A study carried out in mice and rats has identified a molecular pathway related to physical activity that stimulates nerve regeneration after a spinal cord...
New species of early human found in the Philippines
Credit: Lannon Harley, ANU An international team of researchers have uncovered the remains of a new species of human in the Philippines, proving the region...
When do male and female differences appear in the development of beetle horns
Credit: NIBB The male Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus, living on Japan's main island has big horns, which are used as weapons when it fights...
Dartmouth researchers offer new insights into how maternal immunity impacts neonatal HSV
Findings from a study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, led by David Leib, PhD, professor and chair of microbiology and immunology at Dartmouth's...
New center founded to develop more efficient flexible solar cells
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- New organic materials for creating advanced, flexible, light-weight solar cells and electronics for military and civilian use in remote areas away...
EPIDEMICS: Exscalate is the world’s most powerful supercomputer
Currently, the platform's performance is being used to identify molecules that are effective in countering the Zika virus The most powerful (and economic) intelligent supercomputer...
New quantum material could warn of neurological disease
By speaking the brain's language, the material is a portal between electronics and the brainCredit: Purdue University image/Hai-Tian Zhang WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- What if...
Breast milk analyses show new opportunities for reducing risk of childhood obesity
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (April 10, 2019) -- New research suggests the composition of breast milk in normal weight mothers differs from that of...
Nurses use FDNY geospatial mapping of opioid overdoses to inform clinical practice in real time
Using data from emergency responders, study illustrates importance of interprofessional collaboration Nurse practitioners and nursing students can use local, real-time maps of opioid overdoses to...
Research underscores value of cognitive training for adults with mild cognitive impairment
Memory and higher-order cognitive functions improve; neuro-stimulation fails to enhance training benefits Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth®, part of The University of Texas at...
Wonder material: Individual 2D phosphorene nanoribbons made for the first time
Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus have been made by UCL researchers in a world first, and they could revolutionise electronics and fast-charging battery...
Birds’ surprising sound source
The best place for a bird's voice box is low in the airway, researchers findCredit: Photo by Natasha Verzhbitskiy. All air-breathing vertebrates have a larynx--a...
NASA-NOAA satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Wallace dissipating
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Wallace was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA-NOAA's Suomi...
‘Deep learning’ casts wide net for novel 2D materials
Rice U. engineers show faster techniques to model atom-flat materials for bottom-up designCredit: Prabhas Hundi/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 10, 2019) - Scientists are discovering...
