TSRI scientists devise new approaches to personalized medicines
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Dec. 12, 2016 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps ...
Research unlocks clues to language-based learning in children
Credit: MU College of Education COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), one in five ...
Faster (cheaper) method for making big bioactive ring molecules
Credit: Johnston lab, Vanderbilt University Ring molecules called cyclic depsipeptides play an important role in living organisms. Microbes make them ...
Chemists uncover a means to control catalytic reactions
TORONTO, ON - Scientists at the University of Toronto have found a way to make catalysis - the use of ...
Nutrition program improves food stamp family’s food security
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Food stamp participants who participated in a supplemental nutrition education program were able to improve their ...
What satellites can tell us about how animals will fare in a changing climate
Credit: US Fish and Wildlife Service/Eric Regehr From the Arctic to the Mojave Desert, terrestrial and marine habitats are rapidly ...
Blood test could provide cheaper, better way for doctors to manage lung cancer
Profiling the genes of lung-tumor cells from patient blood samples may be a cheap, noninvasive way to help doctors choose ...
Even with maximized yields, sub-Saharan Africa won’t grow enough grain in 2050
Lincoln, Nebraska, Dec. 12, 2016 - Maximizing cereal crops yields in sub-Saharan Africa would still fail to meet the region's ...
Reseracher finds ‘identity loan’ common in undocumented workers
A new study from the University of Colorado Denver challenges portrayals of identity theft in workplaces dominated by undocumented immigrants. ...
Mitigating the risk of geoengineering
Credit: NASA The planet is warming at an unprecedented rate and reducing emissions of greenhouse gasses alone is not enough ...
Researchers explain why feather shafts change shape when under stress
Credit: UC San Diego Researchers at the University of California San Diego for the first time have revealed why the ...
New study uncovers vivid patterns of neural activity in the resting mouse brain
Credit: Ying Ma and Elizabeth Hillman/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Columbia scientists have traced the origins of mysterious signals ...
Penn researchers expand research on simplifying recycling of rare-earth metals
In a previous study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania pioneered a process that could enable the efficient recycling of ...
Bacterial ‘sabotage’ handicaps ability to resolve devastating lung inflammation
Credit: Credit: Becca Flitter PITTSBURGH, Dec. 12, 2016 - The chronic lung inflammation that is a hallmark of cystic fibrosis, ...
How does water melt? Layer by layer!
Credit: © MPIP Mainz, Dec. 12, 2016 - we all know that water melts at 0°C. However, already 150 years ...
Mystery molecule is a key to inhibiting colon cancer
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peter Barta Immunologists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered that a ...
UVA, Virginia Tech Carilion partner to fund cross-university neuroscience research
Credit: Virginia Tech The University of Virginia-Virginia Tech Carilion Neuroscience Research Collaboration today announced more than a half-million dollars in ...
Fighting world hunger: Researchers use nuclear methods to study pest-resistance in corn
Credit: Joseph Spencer, Illinois Natural History Survey. COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to estimates, the current global population is more than ...
New study doubles the estimate of bird species in the world
New research led by the American Museum of Natural History suggests that there are about 18,000 bird species in the ...
It’s basic: Alternative fuel cell technology reduces cost
Credit: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE/Jeffrey Chase The pathway to zero-emission vehicles has taken two forks, one toward battery electric cars like ...
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