Technique uses well-known dye to watch amyloid plaques in the brain
Researchers have demonstrated a way to use Thioflavin T, a dye used to study amyloid for nearly a century, as a sensor that can image...
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Stranded dolphins have amyloid plaques in their brains
Dolphins stranded on the beaches of Florida and Massachusetts show in their brains amyloid plaques, a hallmark in human beings of Alzheimer's disease, together with...
Satellite finds Tropical Cyclone Veronica’s stripped center along Australia coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Early on March 26, Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move along the coast of...
Pediatric health researchers offer insights for RSV vaccine
Credit: CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer In healthy adults, RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, feels like the common cold with a runny nose, chest congestion and...
UB chemist and materials scientist lands $675,000 NSF CAREER award
Timothy Cook will design self-assembling molecules and work with K-12 science teachers to create 3D-printed magnetic structures that self-assemble in the classroomCredit: Douglas Levere /...
Early valve replacement versus watchful waiting in patients with severe aortic stenosis
Research shows greater survival benefit for patients treated within a year of diagnosisCredit: Elsevier, Annals of Thoracic Surgery Chicago, March 26, 2019 -- Patients with...
Smartphone test spots poisoned water risk to millions of lives
Credit: Marie-Anne Robertson A smartphone device could help millions of people avoid drinking water contaminated by arsenic. Researchers have developed a biosensor that attaches to...
Smart wristband developed by Lithuanian researchers can alert about dangerous health conditions
Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania researchers are developing a smart wrist-worn device for monitoring of atrial fibrillation - a condition, which if left untreated...
Student loan forgiveness programs driving physicians to primary care
Debt assistance crucial to mitigating shortfall in physician workforce, according to research in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association CHICAGO--March 26, 2019--Graduating osteopathic physicians...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Joaninha affecting Mauritius
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone Joaninha as it moved through...
Helmholtz: New AI flagship unit in Munich to strengthen its Germany-wide research network
The central element will be the Helmholtz Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Unit (HAICU), which will receive 11.4 million euros in annual research funding and will be...
Tumor-associated immune cells hinder frontline chemotherapy drug in pancreatic cancer
Researchers have shown how tumor-associated macrophages release compounds that block gemcitabine in the most common type of pancreatic cancerCredit: Leisa Thompson for the U-M Rogel...
New gene potentially involved in metastasis identified
Gene named after Roman goddess Minerva as immune cells get stuck in the fruit fly's headCredit: Daria Siekhaus A new study by Daria Siekhaus and...
NYU Tandon professor inducted into biomedical engineering elite
AIMBE honors Jin Kim Montclare for contributions to biomaterials and biocatalyst designCredit: NYU Tandon School of Engineering BROOKLYN, New York, Tuesday, March 26, 2018 -...
Land conservation helps local economies grow
New England-wide analysis shows gains in employment follow gains in land protection Land conservation modestly increases employment rates, a traditional indicator of economic growth, according...
