New study identifies biomarkers to predict the risk of atrial fibrillation
Scientists at the University of Navarra link the alteration of three molecules with the prevalence, incidence, and recurrence of this cardiac ailment present in 33.5...
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A universal description of non-equilibrium colloid phase separation
Tokyo, Japan - Liquids, with their flowing dynamics, are often far from equilibrium. This makes it particularly hard to model processes in soft matter or...
Machine learning for measuring roots
Credit: CRAG Researchers from the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) and La Salle-Ramon Llull University, both in Barcelona, Spain, have developed a software...
Bath scientists develop a mouse model for rare brain disease Joubert syndrome
A new mouse model for Joubert syndrome has been developed by University of Bath scientists, who hope it will accelerate research to understand how the...
Subaru Telescope helps find dark matter is not made up of tiny black holes
Credit: Kavli IPMU An international team of researchers has put a theory speculated by the late Stephen Hawking to its most rigorous test to date,...
Loss of habitat causes double damage to species richness
Credit: Imre Potyó Loss and fragmentation of habitat are among the main reasons why biodiversity is decreasing in many places worldwide. Now, a research team...
Enhancing power supply resilience to first responders
University of Utah engineer receives $4.4 million grant to develop management system for power distribution systemsCredit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering April 2,...
Claudia Bank awarded with the 2019 SMBE Allan Wilson Junior Award for Independent Research
Credit: Sandra Ribeiro The Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) announced today that the 2019 SMBE Allan Wilson Junior Award for Independent Research winner...
Researchers tap rare pristine air to reveal pollution’s impact
Credit: Video courtesy of PNNL Five years ago, researchers spent three hours packed aboard a steamy Gulfstream-1 research aircraft as it zig-zagged between pristine air...
HKUST scientists discover how RNA PoII maintains accurate transcription with super computer
Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The message of life is encoded in our genomic DNA through transcription of messenger RNAs and...
Restore natural forests to meet global climate goals
Credit: Credit, S. Lewis. International plans to restore forests to combat global warming are flawed and will fall far short of meeting 1.5C climate targets,...
New Bombali ebolavirus found in Kenyan bat
Evidence for a widespread virus reservoir in AfricaCredit: Paul Webala Until recently, five ebolavirus species were known, with three of these - Bundibugyo, Sudan and...
NFCR Fellow Susan Band Horwitz receives Canada Gairdner Award
Canada's most prominent scientific prize honors world's biomedical research eliteCredit: Canada Gairdner Foundation, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Della Rollins ROCKVILLE, MD - Susan...
New ebolavirus, found in bats, more widespread than thought
Researchers discovered the virus, which does not infect humans, in Kenya, 3,400 miles west of where it first appearedCredit: Paul Webala, Maasai Mara University FAYETTEVILLE,...
AACR: Genetic study identifies a risk factor for stroke among cancer survivors
Whole genome sequencing sheds light on the risk of stroke in childhood cancer survivors treated with radiation therapyCredit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Research at...
