NSF grant awarded for research that supports anti-cancer therapeutics
Credit: University of Akron Dr. Adam W. Smith, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has won a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation....
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Proposal outlining premium hikes, short term insurance falls short, AGS experts
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Experts at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) expressed concern over recent proposals by the Trump Administration to increase health...
A study suggests structural difference in the brain of transgender people
Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to complete the first study conducted in Latin...
CHOP researchers highlight advances in pediatric heart disease at ACC Scientific Session 2018
Physician-researchers from the Cardiac Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) presented new findings on pediatric cardiovascular disease at the American College of Cardiology's..
Research team develops clinically-validated 3-D printed stethoscope
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry A team of researchers have developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3D printed stethoscope for use in areas...
Researchers create 3-D structure of the nuclear pore complex
(Boston)--For the first time, researchers have produced a nearly complete three-dimensional structure for the yeast Nuclear Pore Complex (NPC). This discovery represents a major step...
Study: Hispanic Americans across ethnicities want HIV testing in Spanish
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Clinicians are advised to never group Hispanic Americans under one collective identity. But when it comes to HIV testing, the desire to...
Researchers link defects in a nuclear receptor in the brain to autism spectrum disorders
Credit: University of Houston HOUSTON, March 14, 2018 - Two University of Houston scientists are reporting that defects in a portion of the brain's hippocampus,...
Key biological mechanism is disrupted by ocean acidification
Credit: Jeff McQuaid A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the J. Craig Venter...
Cash payments prompt tropical forest users to harvest less
Credit: Krister Par Andersson/CU Boulder Paying rural villagers to cut down fewer trees boosts conservation not only while the payments are being made but even...
Molecular motor mystery solved: Novel protein rounds out plant cells’ machinery
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A research team led by an Oregon State University biophysicist and a plant biologist from University of California, Davis has discovered a...
Unraveling how mesenchymal stem cells from gum tissue accelerate wound healing
Ever notice how a cut inside the mouth heals much faster than a cut to the skin? Gum tissue repairs itself roughly twice as fast...
New material will allow scanning probe microscopes to do the impossible
Credit: ©NUST MISIS If scientists want to achieve stable and more qualitative results, they have to change the core of the scanning probe microscope --...
Using implementation science to improve cervical cancer prevention in sub-Saharan Africa
Credit: Lauren Johnson PHILADELPHIA (March 14, 2018) - While cervical cancer - one of the most common cancers in women - has significantly decreased in...
Educational success curbs effects of child abuse, neglect
ANN ARBOR -- The emotional and sexual abuse that some children endure can lead them to commit crimes later in life. But when children achieve...
