How does the body respond to diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis?
Credit: Christensen, et al. (CC BY 4.0, 2019) In diffuse cutaneous leishmanisis (DCL), a rare form of leishmaniasis, parasites grow uncontrolled in skin lesions across...
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Pediatric onset multiple sclerosis study examines baffling, often-overlooked disease
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Seemingly overnight, healthy children develop mysterious, potentially disabling symptoms. When children finally receive a diagnosis, often...
Genetics Society of America grants 2019 Elizabeth W. Jones Award to Bruce Weir
Award recognizes outstanding history of delivering high-quality genetics education to students and professionalsCredit: University of Washington in Seattle Bruce Weir, PhD, of the University of...
Scientists find mystery killer whales off Cape Horn, Chile
Credit: Type D Killer Whale Research Team 2019, taken under Chilean Sub-Secretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Permit, Res. Ex. 1811 and Res. Ex 4402...
Purdue researchers develop innovative, more cost-effective method to make drugs
Continuous manufacturing process can make generic lomustine, other productsCredit: (Purdue Research Foundation image/Oren Darling) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Food and Drug Administration wants the...
Opioid misuse sending more older adults to emergency departments, study finds
Emergency department (ED) visits by people age 65 and older who were identified with opioid misuse and dependence more than tripled between 2006 and 2014,...
Breakthrough could enable cheaper infrared cameras
Quantum dots could make technology available for self-driving cars, consumer electronicsCredit: Xin Tang et al There's an entire world our eyes miss, hidden in the...
Tropical Cyclone Haleh weakening in NASA-NOAA satellite imagery
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Haleh continues to weaken while being battered by outside winds. NASA-NOAA's Suomi...
‘Meta-mirror’ reflects sound waves in any direction
New device perfectly controls the angle of reflection of sound wavesCredit: Steve Cummer, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University and Aalto University...
With NSF grant, SLU engineer brings STEM to the visually impaired
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS - As educational materials increasingly become digitized, the inability to read the graphs and simulations that...
New graphene-based device is first step toward ultrasensitive biosensors
Device could detect disease biomarkers at the molecular level and lead to new sensor technology Researchers in the University of Minnesota College of Science and...
SHANK3: the good, the bad and the hopeful
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Some neuropsychiatric conditions may boil down to how well brain cells communicate with each other. This can be affected by...
50 is the new 40 for safe childbirth, according to Ben-Gurion U. researchers
NEW YORK ...March 7, 2019 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center researchers have determined that it is as safe...
Gay and lesbian spaces in the city becoming more diverse, not going away
Credit: Amin Ghaziani Gay and lesbian spaces in cities are dispersing and diversifying rather than disappearing, new University of British Columbia research has found. A...
When coral reefs change, researchers and local communities may not see eye to eye
Credit: Sarah Lester TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Disturbances in coral reefs can trigger significant ecosystem shifts, but ecologists and local fishing populations may perceive those shifts...
