Novel strategy appears to protect retina when disease reduces oxygen
Credit: Phil Jones, AU Campus Photographer An enzyme known to help our liver get rid of ammonia also appears to be good at protecting our...
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New integrated analytical approach reveals molecules involved in disease
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Technological advances have enabled scientists to obtain massive amounts of data on different information-carrying molecules in cells and tissues,...
One in 5 homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age is related to intimate partner violence
Ann Arbor, November 8, 2018 - Approximately 20 percent of homicides of children 2 to 14 years of age in the United States may be...
Dry conditions may have helped a new type of plant gain a foothold on Earth
Credit: Eric Sucar/University of Pennsylvania In the dramatically changing conditions of ancient Earth, organisms had to evolve new strategies to keep up. From the mid-Oligocene,...
Scientists shuffle the deck to create materials with new quantum behaviors
Layered transition metal dichalcogenides or TMDCs--materials composed of metal nanolayers sandwiched between two other layers of chalcogens-- have become extremely attractive to the research community...
Tumor immune cells could aid cancer therapies, study shows
A pioneering technique designed to spot differences between immune cells in tumours could speed the development of cancer treatments, research suggests. Scientists say the approach...
Announcing Glenn /AFAR 2018 Research Grants for Junior Faculty
NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA - The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are pleased to...
Announcing 2018 Glenn Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships in Aging Research
NEW YORK, NY and SANTA BARBARA, CA -- The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research are pleased to...
Dissecting digital cadavers
Credit: University of Houston With the click of a button, Vivien Coulson-Thomas removes the cadaver's skin. Another click and she removes muscle to reveal her...
Announcing 2018 Irene Diamond Fund/AFAR Postdoctoral Transition Awards in Aging
NEW YORK, NY--The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), with support from the Irene Diamond Fund, is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018...
Watching nanoparticles
Credit: Michal Vadai When Michal Vadai's experiment worked for the first time, she jumped out of her seat. Vadai, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University,...
Levitating particles could lift nuclear detective work
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory photo. LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov. 7, 2018--Laser-based 'optical tweezers' could levitate uranium and plutonium particles, thus allowing the measurement of...
US Advanced Battery Consortium funds extension of lithium-ion battery recycling process
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - With a $1.08 million contract award from the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC), a collaborative organization...
Batteryless smart devices closer to reality
Credit: University of Waterloo Researchers at the University of Waterloo have taken a huge step towards making smart devices that do not use batteries or...
Exhaustive analysis reveals cell division’s inner timing mechanisms
Credit: Mattosaurus via wikimeida, public domain Understanding how and when cells divide is important to figuring out everything from how cancers grow to why some...
