How one tough shrub could help fight hunger in Africa
Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The trick to boosting crops in drought-prone, food-insecure areas of West Africa could be a ubiquitous native...
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For older adults, does eating enough protein help delay disability?
To live successfully and independently, older adults need to be able to manage two different levels of life skills: basic daily care and basic housekeeping...
Tufts CTSI announces collaboration with Novartis to foster translational research
Leaders from Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Novartis announced today a new collaboration to work together to foster innovative transla..
Allen Institute announces 2018 Next Generation Leaders
The Allen Institute today debuted the 2018 Next Generation Leaders, a group of six early-career neuroscientists who will participate in a special advisory council for...
Roanoke-based Virginia Tech graduate student selected as a Society for Neuroscience fellow
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Ubadah Sabbagh, a doctoral student in Virginia Tech's Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH) Graduate Program, was one of...
Bohr scientists figure out how to measure electrical activity in a fetal heart
Electrodes are placed on the patient's chest area to record cardiac electrical activity - e.g. to determine whether the heart rhythm is so irregular that...
New studies on student alcohol use can inform interventions to reduce blackouts
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- College students who drink alcohol don't typically intend to drink to the point that they "black out," and they also don't fully...
Genetic factors tied to obesity may protect against diabetes
Experts believe that where on the body people store surplus fat, whether round their middle or round the liver, may be genetically determined. Exactly where...
NASA pushes exploration of oceans in our solar system
Credit: NASA handout/Britney Schmidt/Dead Pixel VFX/Univ. of Texas at Austin NASA has navigated our solar system with spacecraft and landers, but still, our celestial neighbors...
Cancer drug insight tactic could spell double trouble for tumors
Credit: Mar Carmena and Emma Peat A new way of identifying potential cancer drugs could streamline the development of therapies, following a discovery by scientists....
Reducing US coal emissions through biomass and carbon capture would boost employment
While the need for solutions for the impending consequences of rising global temperatures has become increasingly urgent, many people have expressed concerns about the loss...
Quantum on the edge: Light shines on new pathway for quantum technology
Credit: Sebastian Zentilomo/University of Sydney Scientists in Australia have for the first time demonstrated the protection of correlated states between paired photons - packets of...
Bee diversity and richness decline as anthropogenic activity increases, confirm scientists
Credit: Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Alvaro Edwin Razo Leon Changes in land use negatively affect bee species richness and diversity, and cause major shifts in species composition,...
Zebrafish larvae help in search for appetite suppressants
Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed a new strategy in the...
Study buckles down on child car seat use in ride-share vehicles
Credit: VTTI Traveling with young children can be a challenge. As ride-share apps continue to surge in popularity, transporting children safely via these services has...
