3D printed tissues may keep athletes in action
Rice University bioengineers lead effort to print scaffolds to heal bone and cartilageCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 28, 2019) - Bioscientists are moving...
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MIT receives $30 million to help address energy challenges in Egypt
Award from USAID will support research collaborations through new Center of Excellence in Energy at Ain Shams University in Cairo. MIT is the recipient of...
RIT, zoo researchers capturing sights, sounds and insects of Madagascar
Professor Anthony Vodacek helps lay groundwork for new virtual reality experience Researchers from Rochester Institute of Technology and Seneca Park Zoo are developing a virtual...
Cancer prevention drug also disables H. pylori bacterium
Credit: Joe Howell A medicine currently being tested as a chemoprevention agent for multiple types of cancer has more than one trick in its bag...
Copycat fungus deceives immune system and deactivates body’s response to infection
Fungal infection is life-threatening to people with weakened immune systems, such as those with blood cancers, HIV infection or following an organ transplant Fungus can...
Harnessing T-cell ‘stemness’ could enhance cancer immunotherapy
A new study led by scientists in the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) sheds light on one way tumors...
Scientists discover potential sustainable energy technology for the household refrigerator
Advance could reduce both annual energy consumption and cost. WASHINGTON, D.C. March 28, 2019 -- While many advancements have been in improving its efficiency, the...
Fungus has decimated the populations of 501 amphibian species worldwide
Survey by researchers in 16 countries is published in Science. Authors say chytrid fungus is responsible for heaviest biodiversity loss ever caused by a single...
Columbia awarded grant for opioid education and naloxone training on college campuses
March 28, 2019 -- Rachel Shelton, ScD, MPH, Columbia Mailman School of Public Health assistant professor of Sociomedical Sciences, and Lisa Rosen-Metsch, PhD, dean of...
Illinois study identifies a key to soybean cyst nematode growth
Credit: Nathan Schroeder, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests, isn't like most of its...
Changes in onset of spring linked to more allergies across the US
UMD public health researchers say climate change is impacting disease burden in our backyards Human-induced climate change is disrupting nature's calendar, including when plants bloom...
Caffeine on the mind? Just seeing reminders of coffee can stimulate our brain
Even looking at things that remind of coffee can arouse our minds, reveals new University of Toronto studyCredit: Yana Kaz Just looking at something that...
Decision makers need contextual interactive guidance
As decision makers balance economic, environmental and social aspects of living, planners and others need decision-making tools that support the process, but do not dictate...
Scientists reveal largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
Credit: Amanda Kelley Paleontologists have discovered and characterized the largest Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, making it the biggest terrestrial carnivore currently known to science....
UAB aging and longevity researchers win international prize
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham aging expert -- and once-upon-a-time lion trainer -- Steven Austad, Ph.D., and UAB postdoctoral fellow...
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