Gene transfer improves diabetes-linked heart ailment
Credit: Kevin Walsh Researchers with the VA San Diego Healthcare System and the University of California San Diego have shown that a gene transfer technique...
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Sepsis study to focus on genes in quest for treatments
Scientists say the study could help identify those most vulnerable to sepsis, which kills more than 50,000 people in the UK each year and is...
Georgia State to establish prevention research center focused on migrant health
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Georgia State University a five-year, $3.75 million grant to establish a Prevention Research Center (PRC)...
New cryptic bird species discovered
Credit: Subir Shakya, LSU In the lush, lowland rainforests on the island of Borneo lives a rather common, drab brown bird called the Cream-vented Bulbul,...
Adhesive formed from bee spit and flower oil could form basis of new glues
Credit: Evan Atkinson Honey bees spend hours each day collecting pollen and packing it into tidy bundles attached to their hind legs. But all of...
Birds bug out over coffee
Research on coffee farm habitats can help both fowl and farmersCredit: University of Delaware/ Doug Tallamy and Desirée Narango Coffee grown under a tree canopy...
RIT faculty earns award to study how to help more students become scientists, engineers
Study will assess how experiential learning improves interest, retention and career preparation A Rochester Institute of Technology professor has earned a prestigious National Science Foundation...
Study shows arctic warming contributes to drought
When the Arctic warmed after the ice age 10,000 years ago, it created perfect conditions for drought. According to new research led by a University...
Offspring of older mothers are more responsive to aging interventions, study finds
Credit: Michael Shribak and Kristin Gribble WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Advanced maternal age at the time of giving birth is known to decrease how long...
Study confirms and ranks nursery value of coastal habitats
Findings will help resource managers with difficult conservation decisionsCredit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. A comprehensive analysis of more than 11,000 previous coastal-habitat measurements suggests that mangroves...
U of T Mississauga study identifies ‘master pacemaker’ for biological clocks
Credit: Photo credit: sibya via Pixabay What makes a biological clock tick? According to a new study from U of T Mississauga, the surprising answer...
Lurie Children’s offers kids virtual escape from intensive care unit
From scuba diving to snowboarding, patients in the pediatric intensive care unit leave the hospital behind with virtual reality For the first time in a...
Engineers craft the basic building block for electrospun nanofibers
Credit: Peter Zhu/Michigan Tech Electrospinning uses electric fields to manipulate nanoscale and microscale fibers. The technique is well-developed but time-intensive and costly. A team from...
Donor muscle training before transplantation expedites rehabilitation process in patients
Researchers at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience of the Higher School of Economics have proposed to train transplanted muscles in advance with new movements so...
Rural America needs more headache specialists, WVU researcher says
Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--West Virginia is short on neurologists. According to David Watson, who directs the West Virginia University Headache Center, the state has just...
