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Credit: Prof. John Bracht, American University When scientists discovered a worm deep in an aquifer nearly one mile underground, they hailed it as the discovery...

Ivy Brain Tumor Center and SonALAsense to test drug-device combination for glioblastoma

First-in-human clinical trial will determine effectiveness of promising, non-invasive therapy for brain cancerCredit: Ivy Brain Tumor Center The Ivy Brain Tumor Center at the Barrow...

Scientists first to develop rapid cell division in marine sponges

Groundbreaking discovery by FAU Harbor Branch, collaborators impacts marine biotechnology, early animal evolution and climate changeCredit: Shirley A. Pomponi, Ph.D. Vertebrate, insect, and plant cell...

CUHK Faculty of Engineering develops novel imaging approach

Bringing faster 3D imaging for biomedical researchesCredit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong The research result has been published in the journal Optics Letters recently....

$2 million DOE grant supports Lehigh researchers building thermal battery

Interdisciplinary team to develop innovative approach to thermal energy storage for more flexible, efficient power plantsCredit: Lehigh University The addition of renewable energy into the...

Technology shown to reduce cancer-causing contaminants receives millions in funding

Innovation shown to reduce cancer-causing contaminants in drinking water, airports, military sitesCredit: Oren Darling/Purdue Research Foundation WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The same chemical concerns found...

Dissecting connections between chronic stress, inflammation and depression

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 21, 2019) - Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy the connections between our neurons...

NASA’s Fermi, swift missions enable a new era in gamma-ray science

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center A pair of distant explosions discovered by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have produced...

Melanin-producing Streptomyces are more likely to colonize plants

Credit: Phytobiomes Journal Plant growth-promoting Streptomyces assemble into the internal, root endophytic compartments of a wide variety of plants around the world. These bacteria are...

UTA multidisciplinary project aims to improve transportation for older adults

Improving transportation for older adultsCredit: UT Arlington A multidisciplinary team of engineers and social workers from The University of Texas at Arlington is using a...

How do gliomas evolve?

The Glioma Longitudinal Analysis (GLASS) Consortium finds longitudinal molecular trajectories of diffuse glioma in adultsCredit: JAX photo byTiffany Laufer. Until relatively recently, cancer was viewed...

Severe pregnancy-related depression may be rooted in inflammation

Credit: Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 20, 2019) -- A runaway, inflammatory immune response may be responsible for triggering severe depression during and...

Only eat oysters in months with an ‘r’? Rule of thumb is at least 4,000 years old

Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Foodie tradition dictates only eating wild oysters in months with the letter "r" - from September to April...

Could sphingolipids help solve a racial paradox in heart disease?

When it comes to predicting heart disease in African Americans, measuring HDL and LDL cholesterol is not enough. A Medical University of South Carolina study...

Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease