Researchers get $1 million grant to improve medical data security
UMass Lowell project will develop tech to protect patient privacy LOWELL, Mass. - In the age of "big data" in the health-care industry, massive amounts...
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Climate-driven evolution in trees alters their ecosystems
Credit: Ian Ware/University of Tennessee, Knoxville. A new study published in Global Change Biology and coauthored by researchers from UT, explores how climate, evolution, plants,...
Alzheimer’s-like symptoms reversed in mice, USC researchers say
Special diet with compounds contained in green tea and carrots restored working memory A diet containing compounds found in green tea and carrots reversed Alzheimer's-like...
Translocation of bighorn sheep in Arizona has positive genetic outcomes
Credit: George Andrejko/Arizona Game and Fish Department Translocation is an important management tool that has been used for more than 50 years to increase bighorn...
A ‘Post-Antibiotic World?’
Antibiotic resistance is spreading from wastewater treatment plants The products of wastewater treatment have been found to contain trace amounts of antibiotic resistant DNA. These...
Ecological vineyards help protecting bird population in the environment
Benefits of ecological cropsCredit: Conservation Biology Group - University of Barcelona Ecological farmlands help protecting bird populations and reducing the effects of global change on...
International Forum on Virtual Reality and Health Care, March 7-8 at UA
TUCSON, Ariz. - World experts on the topic of Virtual Reality and Healthcare will assemble at the University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center, March...
Insilico to present at the Asia Pharma R&D Leaders Summit 2019
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, March 6, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence,...
Scientists tackle major challenges to sending astronauts to search for life on Mars
Credit: Mike Miller An international team of researchers, which includes scientists from McMaster's School of Geography & Earth Sciences, NASA, and others, is tackling one...
Wake Forest Baptist receives NIH grant to study deep brain stimulation for Alzheimer’s
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 6, 2019 - Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Health have been awarded $3.9 million from the National Institutes of Health to...
Binding with consequences
Credit: Source: Ella Levit-Zerdoun A research team led by Prof. Dr. Winfried Römer and Dr. Elias Hobeika from the University of Freiburg and the University...
Fake warnings on e-cigarette ads distract kids from truth
Study finds advertising strategy stuck with boys COLUMBUS, Ohio - When it comes to marketing electronic cigarettes to young people, fake news appears to stick....
How viruses outsmart their host cells
Scientists decipher protein structure after more than fifty years of researchCredit: © Krupp/Charité Viruses depend on host cells for replication, but how does a virus...
AACR funds Colorado search for lung conditions that allow growth of cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) announced today that in partnership with the Lung Cancer Initiative at Johnson...
Scientists identify genetic factors that may cause some people to become obese
Obesity is a major public-health problem in the United States and around the world, with an estimated 650 million people suffering from the condition. One...
