6.5 million pounds (25 billion-pesos) to kick-start Colombian bioeconomy
(Earlham Institute) A four-year investment from RCUK's Global Challenges Research Fund is set to stimulate the bioeconomy by increasing knowledge ...
High-fat diet in pregnancy can cause mental health problems in offspring
A high-fat diet not only creates health problems for expectant mothers, but new research in an animal model suggests it ...
Optimization for self-production may explain mysterious features of the ribosome
At a glance: New study explains previously mysterious characteristics of ribosomes, the protein production factories of the cell. Researchers mathematically ...
Good fighters are bad runners
For mice and men, a strength in one area of Darwinian fitness may mean a deficiency in another. A look ...
UMass Amherst molecular biologist wins grant to outwit plant fungal diseases
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Pathogenic fungi, the kind that cause wilt diseases in more than 100 plants species, ...
Rush hour pollution may be more dangerous than you think
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The first in-car measurements of exposure to pollutants that cause oxidative stress during rush ...
Rare discovery of 3 new toad species in Nevada’s Great Basin
Credit: Photo by Mike Wolterbeek, University of Nevada, Reno. RENO, Nev. - Three new species of toads have been discovered ...
In saliva, clues to a ‘ghost’ species of ancient human
Credit: Credit: Bob Wilder/University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In saliva, scientists have found hints that a "ghost" species of ...
A genetic variation may increase tuberculosis susceptibility
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 21, 2017-Researchers have shown that a single nucleotide change in ...
Study reveals most impactful neuroscience research
A study of the 100 most-cited neuroscience articles has revealed that 78 of these papers cover five topics, including neurological ...
$1.9 million NIH grant to Wayne State to research genetic disease that causes blindness
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University researchers recently received a $1.9 million ...
How enzymes produce hydrogen
Credit: © RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the Freie Universität Berlin have clarified the crucial catalytic step in ...
Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources
Analysis of natural sparkling mineral water has given scientists valuable clues on how to locate hot water springs - potential ...
The way of change is important!
As we all know, developing the field of Green Building (GB) is one of the most effective measures to save ...
On the path to vitamin A in rice
Credit: Photo: Peter Beyer The lack of vitamin A in food is a major cause of health problems worldwide and ...
SNMMI technologist section announces 2017 award winners
RESTON, Va. - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's Technologist Section (SNMMI-TS) -- an international scientific and medical ...
New mutations related to hereditary neuroendocrine tumors
Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours with a strong hereditary component. Half the genes whose alterations confer hereditary susceptibility ...
CIRM Approves $5.8 million grant for CAR-T therapy that targets cancer stem cells
Credit: Image courtesy of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute ...
Genetic predisposition to breast cancer due to non-brca mutations in ashkenazi Jewish women
Genetic mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women. A new ...
Concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy improves survival in patients with advanced lung cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the ...
