Megakaryocytes act as ‘bouncers’ restraining cell migration in the bone marrow
Credit: Rudolf Virchow Center / University of Wuerzburg Hematopoiesis is the process of forming blood cells, which occurs predominantly in the bone marrow. The bone...
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A study demonstrates that p38 protein regulates the formation of new blood vessels
Credit: Raquel Batlle, IRB Barcelona A study performed at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and published in the journal Nature Communications demonstrates...
Diamond shines its light on Moon Rocks from Apollo Missions, Martian meteorites and Vesta
Nearly 50 years after our first steps on the Moon, samples from the Apollo missions, Mars and Vesta still have a lot to tell us...
The loss of biodiversity comes at a price
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba Almost 300,000€ is what the Doñana fire cost in terms of biodiversity, according to an estimate done by a University of...
How kissing as a risk factor may explain the high global incidence of gonorrhoea
In 2016, there were 87 million people diagnosed with gonorrhoea, the most antibiotic resistant of all the STIs. There is a global rise in gonorrhoea...
High magnetic field of 10T during activated carbon production improves micropore capacity by 35%
Credit: Copyright 2019, Springer Nature, Licensed under CC BY 4.0 Carbon materials such as nanotubes, graphene, activated carbon and graphite are in high demand. Demands...
Apathy: The forgotten symptom of dementia
Apathy is the most common neuropsychiatric symptom of dementia, with a bigger impact on function than memory loss - yet it is under-researched and often...
DistME: A fast and elastic distributed matrix computation engine using GPUs
DistME: A fast and elastic distributed matrix computation engine using GPUs developed by DGISTCredit: ?DGIST DGIST announced on July 4 that Professor Min-Soo Kim's team...
Warren Alpert Award goes to four scientists for seminal discoveries in optogenetics
The 2019 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to four scientists for pioneering work in the field of optogenetics, a revolutionary technique that uses...
Ultrasound-assisted optical imaging to replace endoscopy in breakthrough discovery
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering PITTSBURGH--Carnegie Mellon University's Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Maysam Chamanzar and ECE Ph.D. student Matteo...
$2.8 million grant to fund nurse practitioner students at Binghamton University
BINGHAMTON, NY -- Binghamton University's Decker School of Nursing received a $2.8 million grant in July from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...
CUNY SPH professor awarded NIH grant to study the role of the microbiome in cancer
CUNY SPH Associate Professor Levi Waldron was awarded a U01 collaborative agreement by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health to identify...
Marijuana use may not make parents more ‘chill’
Pot linked to more use of all kinds of discipline COLUMBUS, Ohio - Sorry, marijuana moms and dads: Using pot may not make you a...
Predators’ fear of humans ripples through wildlife communities, emboldening rodents
Large and medium-sized carnivores lie low, and mice 'come out to play' while the cat's awayCredit: Paul Houghtaling Giving credence to the saying, "While the...
Plant probe could help estimate bee exposure to neonicotinoid insecticides
Bee populations are declining, and neonicotinoid pesticides continue to be investigated -- and in some cases banned -- because of their suspected role as a...
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