2018 HFSP Career Development Awards
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today 11 Career Development Awards (CDA). The awards are for the most highly creative and accomplished...
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Rapid pair production – Detection of a new reaction path in the atmosphere
Credit: Photo: Tilo Arnhold, TROPOS Leipzig. Scientists have now observed a particularly rapid type of pair production in the laboratory: Hydrocarbons double when two peroxyl...
Plants, fungi and bacteria work together to clean polluted land
Credit: Ectomycorrhizal Fungi image by Dr. Hugues Massicotte, Forest Ecology and Management, University of Northern British Columbia Highly complex interactions among roots, fungi and bacteria...
Weather phenomena such as El Niño affect up to two-thirds of the world’s harvests
(Aalto University) According to researchers at Aalto University, Finland, large-scale weather cycles, such as the one related to the El Niño phenomenon, affect two-thirds of...
OU professor receives NASA Earth Science funding for first-of-its-kind research
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma professor, Cameron Homeyer, is a recipient of a NASA Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science grant...
Public willing to pay to improve water quality
COLUMBIA, Mo. - In the wake of the recent water crisis in Flint, Michigan, in which studies confirmed lead contamination in the city's drinking supply,...
Photosynthesis uses vibrations as ‘traffic signals’
Researchers have discovered a new role for protein vibrations in controlling the transformation of sunshine into useful energy. The study illuminates a mechanism that could...
C-Path and CHDI launch consortium to accelerate development of Huntington’s therapies
Tucson, AZ, and New York, NY - March 28, 2018 - The Critical Path Institute (C-Path), together with CHDI Foundation, Inc. (CHDI), today announced the...
Is there association between weight-loss surgery, change in relationships?
Bottom Line: Weight-loss surgery was associated with relationship changes for patients. Why The Research Is Interesting: Weight-loss (bariatric) surgery is a life-changing treatment for patients...
Liverpool researchers to help transform treatment for children with arthritis
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey children's NHS Foundation Trust will join a UK-wide effort, including colleagues from five other universities, to...
Test for antibiotic associated kidney damage in children with cystic fibrosis identified
New research, published in Nature Scientific Reports, conducted by the University and partners highlights effective methods for identifying a common side effect in children receiving...
Misestimating travel times may stop people from walking or biking to work
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Worries about the extra time needed to walk or bike to work is a big reason people hop into their cars...
Novel research involving cicadas explores way to restore silenced voices
Credit: Photo by Mary Donaldson, Vanderbilt A swarm of cicadas that left thousands of insect carcasses across the Vanderbilt University campus in 2011 is leading...
Towards greater MRI sensitivity by harnessing quantum hyperpolarization
Credit: David Broadway, University of Melbourne Researchers at the University of Melbourne have developed a technique which could increase the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging...
Study changes long-held concepts of cell decoding
Credit: Courtesy: NIDA IRP and Dr. Sergi Ferré Scientists at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Intramural Research Program (IRP) have uncovered evidence that...
