New organelle that helps prevent cancer discovered in our cells
Could lead to better treatments, spare patients ones that won't workCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have...
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Q-suite motor assessment tool promising for evaluating Huntington’s disease
Having a test to measure subtle changes in motor ability in young childrenCredit: National Institute of Neurological Disorders Amsterdam, NL, October 22, 2019 - In...
Regenstrief and IUPUI researchers use EHRs to identify cancer symptom clusters
Award-winning methodology applicable to symptom clusters in other chronic diseasesCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Patients with chronic diseases such as breast cancer or colorectal cancer...
Svetlana Jitomirskaya wins 2020 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
The award recognizes outstanding publications in the field of mathematical physicsCredit: Svetlana Jitomirskaya WASHINGTON, D.C., October 22, 2019 -- The American Institute of Physics and...
Wistar Institute researcher awarded American Cancer Society research professorship
Credit: The Wistar Institute PRINCETON, N.J. -- PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 22, 2019) -- The American Cancer Society (ACS), the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of...
Theorist takes aim at the makeup of matter
As the Nathan Isgur Postdoctoral Fellow in Nuclear Theory, Nobuo Sato will apply theory to experimental data to ask how quarks and gluons form all...
Scientists discover link between unique brain cells and OCD and anxiety
Mice with dysfunctional microglia exhibited OCD behaviors, and female sex hormones drove symptom severity and added anxietyCredit: Dimitri Traenkner According to the National Institute of...
Single mutation dramatically changes structure and function of bacteria’s transporter proteins
Study of E. coli bacteria may provide clues about drug resistanceCredit: Nathaniel Traaseth and Ampon Sae Her (CC BY 4.0) Swapping a single amino acid...
Biological material boosts solar cell performance
Credit: David Kubarek, Penn State Next-generation solar cells that mimic photosynthesis with biological material may give new meaning to the term "green technology." Adding the...
NASA’s mirror-making whiz, William Zhang, wins Goddard Technology Award
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA scientist William Zhang wasn't always a mirror-making whiz. In fact, this year's IRAD (Internal Research and Development) Innovator of the...
SwRI concept wins NREL energy storage prize
Approach aims to lower costs, construction time for building pumped storage reservoir damsCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 22, 2019 -- The FAST...
Research worth ‘bragging’ about
An MU psychology professor and students provide a possible way to improve dialogue in relationshipsCredit: University of Missouri On a first date, people focus on...
Identified a neural mechanism involved in the creation and consolidation of memories
Innovative methodology to study memoryCredit: University of Barcelona The memory of specific episodes is the base of autobiographical memory, but we do not know how...
Lead isotopes a new tool for tracking coal ash
Tracer will help scientists monitor exposure risks of people near coal ash ponds and landfills or sites where ash is being used as fillCredit: Duke...
Men with breast cancer face high mortality rates: Study
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Men with breast cancer are more likely to die than their female counterparts, across all stages of disease, with the...
