Tip sheet: Recent research on how DNA is read and copied
Credit: James Berger Two scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have unraveled aspects of how DNA organizes and preserves genetic information. Newly...
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UTSA political scientist analyzes the UN’s Twitter feed to improve diplomatic relations
UTSA political scientist is analyzing the UN's Twitter feed to improve diplomatic relations Through research by a political scientist at The University of Texas at...
Why are those born in the rural South less healthy and prone to die sooner?
New study underway to explore factors that identify disease risk (Boston)--People born in rural communities in the South, especially in southern Appalachia and the Mississippi...
Monkey-infecting virus may provide part of future HIV vaccine
Simian immunodeficiency virus envelope protein elicits desired anti-HIV antibody response in mice A protein from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), which can infect monkeys and apes,...
New approach for determining conservation threat for species with little data
University of British Columbia researchers have found a new way to identify which marine species are threatened and what is threatening them, even if these...
Funding awarded for three new DFG research training groups
A great success for FAU: the German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved three new research training groups (RTG) at the University. In these groups, young...
Long-lived roundworms helped identify new anti-aging compounds among FDA approved drugs
Researchers from Gero, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)...
Exposing vaccine hesitant to real-life pain of diseases makes them more pro-vaccine
Study subjects interviewed people with vaccine-preventable diseasesCredit: BYU Photo The re-introduction of measles, mumps and other previously eradicated diseases to the United States is nothing...
Newly discovered hybrid molecules could serve as a novel category of anti-cancer agent
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers share new findings in the journal Chemical ScienceCredit: Jumaanah Alhashemi Researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's (NYUAD) chemistry program and colleagues from...
Aspirin green light for brain bleed stroke patients, study finds
People who suffer a stroke caused by bleeding in the brain - known as brain haemorrhage - can take common medicines without raising their risk...
Veterans with depression and/or PTSD more likely to seek cardiac rehab
Journal of the American Heart Association Report DALLAS, May 22, 2019 -- Veterans who have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or depression were more likely to...
Exercise may help teens sleep longer, more efficiently
Getting more exercise than normal - or being more sedentary than usual - for one day may be enough to affect sleep later that night,...
Civil War plant medicines blast drug-resistant bacteria in lab tests
Confederate field hospitals turned to traditional remedies under Union blockadeCredit: Photo by Stephen Nowland, Emory University During the height of the Civil War, the Confederate...
A new genetic tool to modify and understand gene function
Credit: CNIC Scientists of the National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) led by Rui Benedito have developed a new genetic tool (iSuRe-Cre) that provides certainty...
A simple, yet versatile, new design for chaotic oscillating circuitry inspired by prime numbers
-Credit: Ludovico Minati Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology have found a simple, yet highly versatile, way to generate "chaotic signals" with various features. The...