Coral tricks for adapting to ocean acidification
Credit: © 2018 Eric Tambutté A process that changes the regulation of genes could help corals acclimatize to the impacts of global warming. Cells commonly...
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Temple researchers reverse cognitive impairments in mice with dementia
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Reversing memory deficits and impairments in spatial learning is a major goal in...
Thorny life of new-born neurons
Credit: Tassilo Jungenitz FRANKFURT. Even in adult brains, new neurons are generated throughout a lifetime. In a publication in the scientific journal PNAS, a research...
‘Monstrous’ new Russian saber-tooth fossils clarify early evolution of mammal lineage
Credit: Matt Celeskey Fossils representing two new species of saber-toothed prehistoric predators have been described by researchers from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences...
Close encounters of the fishy kind
Credit: Global Fishing Watch Washington, DC. June 8th - To mark World Ocean Day, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has increased ocean transparency by releasing the...
Unexpected new dynamics for large DNA molecules in liquid suspension
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Polymer physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are today reporting the unexpected and previously unknown behavior of a...
Gene editing just got easier
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of researchers has made CRISPR technology more accessible and standardized by simplifying its complex implementation. The simpler,...
Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 years on
Credit: Denis Sinyakov/Greenpeace Milk in parts of Ukraine has radioactivity levels up to five times over the country's official safe limit, new research shows. Scientists...
Ex-smokers might be better off with high rather than low nicotine e-cigs
Vapers using low rather than high nicotine e-cigarettes may be using their devices more intensely, potentially increasing the risk of exposure to toxins in the...
$8.1 million grant funds new center to research highly aggressive form of lung cancer
Vanderbilt University has been awarded a five-year, $8.1-million grant from the National Cancer Institute to serve as a research center in the institute's prestigious Cancer...
Consumers beware: High user ‘star ratings’ dont mean a mobile medical app works
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) By screening 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular -- but proven inaccurate -- mobile app claiming to change your...
Holes in the head
Credit: University of Miami Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of modern medicine, most of us...
Face transplantation — An established option to improve quality of life in patients with severe facial trauma
June 8, 2018 - Thirteen years after the first successful face transplant, US trauma surgeons should be aware of the current role of facial transplantation...
The cartography of the nucleus
Credit: Guttman laboratory / Cell Nestled deep in each of your cells is what seems like a magic trick: Six feet of DNA is packaged...
Racial/Ethnic disparities in diabetes diagnosis and control in reproductive aged women
New research demonstrates that diabetes is increasingly common in young adults and disproportionately affects women of color. In a new study published in the Journal...
