Obese dogs helped by ‘effective’ weight loss trials
On average overweight dogs lose an average of 11% of their bodyweight when enrolled on a weight loss trial according ...
Researchers set time limit for ultrafast perovskite solar cells
Researchers have quantified the astonishingly high speeds at which future solar cells would have to operate in order to stretch ...
Lightning-fast trappers
Credit: Flower images: Andreas Fleischmann, Trap images: Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg Bladderworts (Utricularia spp. Lentibulariaceae) are plants with many superlatives: ...
CWRU researcher wins $5.5 million federal grant to develop bio-inspired materials
Credit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--With a new $5.5 million, five-year federal grant, a Case Western Reserve University researcher is ...
UMN researchers find recipe for forest restoration
The good news: Recognizing the incredible value of forests in providing habitat, storing carbon dioxide, purifying water and more, people ...
Production of key diabetes cells can be improved
Beta cells release insulin in your blood, but when you suffer from Type 1 diabetes, you hardly have any of ...
Changing of the guard — research sheds light on how plants breathe
New research is set to change the textbook understanding of how plants breathe. Previous explanations of how plants take up ...
Researchers discover new cattle disease and prevent it from spreading
Within Danish cattle breeding the semen of one breeding bull is used to inseminate a lot of cows. Due to ...
Scientists and farmers work together to wipe out African lovegrass
Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication. A partnership between QUT, the NSW Government and farmers could lead to the eventual eradication ...
Tiny Brazilian frogs are deaf to their own calls
Credit: Sandra Goutte Pumpkin toadlets, found on the leaf litter of Brazil's Atlantic forest, are among the smallest frogs in ...
An extraordinary cave animal found in Eastern Turkmenistan
Credit: Aleksandr Degtyarev A remote cave in Eastern Turkmenistan was found to shelter a marvelous cave-adapted inhabitant that turned out ...
Higher manganese levels in children correlate with lower IQ scores, UC study finds
CINCINNATI--A study led by environmental health researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine finds that children in ...
Poliovirus therapy induces immune responses against cancer
Credit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - An investigational therapy using modified poliovirus to attack cancer tumors appears to unleash the ...
Scientists restore tumor-fighting structure to mutated breast cancer proteins
Credit: David Hungate/VTC Research Institute Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have successfully determined the full architecture of ...
Bio-inspired approach to RNA delivery
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- By delivering strands of genetic material known as messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells, researchers can induce the ...
Researchers identify millions of new genes in the human microbiome
A new study of the human microbiome -- the trillions of microbial organisms that live on and within our bodies ...
3-D printed brain allows surgeons to practice
The first time a young surgeon threads a wire through a stroke victim's chest up through their neck and fishes ...
The right way to repair DNA
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Sept. 20, 2017) Is it better to do a task quickly and make mistakes, ...
Researchers hit the brakes on lethal brain cancers in mice
Credit: Image courtesy of Michelle Monje, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University. New research conducted in mice provides evidence that highly lethal ...
New study offers novel treatment strategy for patients with colon cancer
(Boston) - Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In a new study, researchers demonstrate for ...
