The Protein Society announces its 2019 award recipients
Credit: The Protein Society The Carl Brändén Award, sponsored by Rigaku Corporation, honors an outstanding protein scientist who has also made exceptional contributions in the...
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NASA finds heavy rainfall potential in new Tropical Cyclone Trevor
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Trevor formed in the Coral Sea of the Southwestern Pacific Ocean on March 18. NASA's Terra satellite analyzed cloud top...
NASA sees Savannah lose its tropical eye
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Savannah weakened and "lost" its eye as high clouds filtered over...
First African American neuroscience research initiative launched by Clergy Group and Brain Institute
Groups will address health and neuroscience research disparities Baltimore, MD - March 18, 2018 - The nation's first African-American Neuroscience Research Initiative, aimed at ensuring...
Ultrasound provides precise, minimally invasive way to measure heart function in children
Currently, a practical, precise, minimally invasive way to measure cardiac output or heart function in children undergoing surgery does not exist. New research published in...
Algal library lends insights into genes for photosynthesis
Credit: Produced by the Princeton University Office of the Dean for Research It isn't easy being green. It takes thousands of genes to build the...
Bromethalin is poisoning the parrots of Telegraph Hill
Athens, Ga. - Bromethalin, a common rat poison, is the agent responsible for a neurological disease that has sickened or killed birds from a popular...
When it comes to monarchs, fall migration matters
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientists studying monarch butterflies have traditionally focused on two sources for their decline - winter habitat loss in Mexico...
University of New Haven professor wins prestigious National Science Foundation award
WEST HAVEN, Conn., March 18, 2019 - University of New Haven chemistry professor Chong Qiu, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year, almost $700,000 National Science...
Case study: Bartonella and sudden-onset adolescent schizophrenia
In a new case study, researchers at North Carolina State University describe an adolescent human patient diagnosed with rapid onset schizophrenia who was found instead...
Study finds test of protein levels in the eye a potential predictor of (future) Alzheimer’s disease
BOSTON -- Low levels of amyloid-β and tau proteins, biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD), in eye fluid were significantly associated with low cognitive scores, according...
Low-risk patients may benefit from less invasive transcatheter valve replacement
New research suggests minimally invasive procedure reserved for frailest patients may be equally safe and effective for healthier population BOSTON - A new study by...
Researchers discover new material to help power electronics
Finding could change how electronic devices are built COLUMBUS, Ohio--Electronics rule our world, but electrons rule our electronics. A research team at The Ohio State...
New research identifies potential PTSD treatment improvement
AUSTIN, Texas -- Researchers may have found a way to improve a common treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by changing how the brain learns...
TGen and ABL pursue global rollout of advanced TB test
Licensing agreement puts DeepChek®-TB one step closer to clinical application FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., and LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg -- March 18, 2019 -- In an important step...
