Study links shoulder ultrasound brightness with type 2 diabetes
Credit: Henry Ford Hospital DETROIT - Henry Ford Hospital researchers may have unknowingly happened on a new predictor of type 2 diabetes as part of...
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Using Skype to beat the blues
Imagine your family has moved across the state or across country. You're retired, and your spouse has passed away. Lacking the social connections previous generations...
Establishment of the immortalized cell line derived from Okinawa rail (endangered species)
Credit: NIES The number of critically endangered animals has been increasing in recent years. According to data from the International Union for the Conservation of...
Patients with rare, incurable digestive tract cancers respond to new drug combination
Dublin, Ireland: Patients with rare, but incurable cancers of the digestive tract have responded well to a combination of two drugs that block the MEK...
Standard chemotherapy treatment for HPV-positive throat cancer remains the most effective, study finds
A new study funded by Cancer Research UK and led by the University of Birmingham has found that the standard chemotherapy used to treat a...
Two teams honored for using supercomputers to combat opioid addiction, understand climate change
Credit: SC18 Dallas, TX, November 15, 2018 - ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, has announced that two teams will share the 2018 ACM Gordon...
UTA researcher to use grant to employ better ways to bolster embankments, soil
Credit: UT Arlington A UTA civil engineering soil researcher is using multiple-year, $600,000 grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation regional center and the...
The unique biodiversity: 6,900 hydrobionts species were found in Russian Far Eastern basin
Credit: Captured by A. Mayorova, Ph.D., FEFU. Being supported by mega-grant from Russian Science Foundation (RSF), researchers of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and Far...
DNA-encoded PCSK9 inhibitors may provide alternative for treating high cholesterol
PHILADELPHIA -- (Nov. 15, 2018) -- Researchers at The Wistar Institute have developed novel synthetic DNA-encoded monoclonal antibodies (DMAbs) directed against PCSK9, a protein key...
Nanofiber carpet could lead to new sticky or insulating surfaces
ANN ARBOR--Inspired by the extraordinary characteristics of polar bear fur, lotus leaves and gecko feet, engineering researchers have developed a new way to make arrays...
Arming drug hunters, chemists design new reaction for drug discovery
Credit: Juan Alegre-Requena/Colorado State University If pharmaceutical chemists are the drug hunters who discover new medicines, scientists like Andrew McNally and Robert Paton are the...
Solar panels for yeast cell biofactories
Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University Genetically engineered microbes such as bacteria and yeasts have long been used as living factories to produce drugs and...
Metallic nanoparticles light up another path towards eco-friendly catalysts
Credit: Angewandte Chemie Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology produced subnano-sized metallic particles that are very effective as catalysts for the oxidation of hydrocarbons. These...
‘Smart skin’ simplifies spotting strain in structures
Credit: Satish Nagarajaiah Group/Weisman Research Group/Rice University Thanks to one peculiar characteristic of carbon nanotubes, engineers will soon be able to measure the accumulated strain...
New research finds omega-3 fatty acids reduce the risk of premature birth
A new Cochrane Review published today has found that increasing the intake of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) during pregnancy reduces the risk of...
