The grim, final days of a mother octopus
Credit: Yan Wang, UChicago Octopuses are the undisputed darlings of the science internet, and for good reason. They're incredibly intelligent problem-solvers and devious escape artists...
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$2.8 million federal grant awarded to TGen-UNM consortium to address diabetic blindness
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Sept. 25, 2018 -- Diabetes is an increasing global epidemic that is expected to grow by more than 50 percent in the...
NIH-funded genome centers to accelerate precision medicine discoveries
Credit: National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health. The All of Us Research Program awarded funds totaling $28.6 million to establish three genome...
Study finds that enzymes ‘partner up’ to accelerate cancer, aging diseases
Credit: Zach Donnell BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new study from molecular biologists at Indiana University has identified cellular processes that appear to supercharge both the...
How leaves talk to roots
Credit: Katharina Markmann New findings show that a micro RNA from the shoot keeps legume roots susceptible to symbiotic infection by downregulating a gene that...
Diversity in the brain — how millions of neurons become unique
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum How is it possible that so many different and highly specific neurons arise in the brain? A mathematic model...
The crazy dance of falling knots
Credit: Source: P. Szymczak, UW Physics Can the topology of microobjects influence the way they move in a fluid? Experiments and simulations of Polish and...
NSF grant awarded to UTSA to train diverse leaders in environmental science and ecology
Developing the next generation of dynamic science leaders from diverse student populations is the goal of a three-year, $500,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) award to...
Funded by new tax credits, US carbon-capture network could double global CO2 headed underground
Credit: Images by Ryan Edwards, Princeton University With the right public infrastructure investment, the United States could as much as double the amount of carbon...
Extracellular RNA in urine may provide useful biomarkers for muscular dystrophy
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that extracellular RNA (exRNA) in urine may be a source of biomarkers for the two most common forms...
NorthShore University HealthSystem, Ambry Genetics announce new prostate cancer risk test
Credit: Jon Hillenbrand (Evanston, IL) - September 25, 2018 - NorthShore University HealthSystem's (NorthShore) Center for Personalized Medicine and Ambry Genetics Corporation (Ambry), announce..
Retracing Antarctica’s glacial past
Credit: Phil Bart, LSU More than 26,000 years ago, sea level was much lower than it is today partly because the ice sheets that jut...
Sun exposure gets personal with wearable UV sensors
Credit: RMIT University Keeping an eye on your personal ultraviolet (UV) exposure throughout the day could soon be as simple as wearing a sticker thanks...
New American Cancer Society cookbook offers more than 130 recipes for cancer patients
Credit: American Cancer Society ATLANTA - September 25, 2018 - The American Cancer Society will release the second edition of What to Eat During Cancer...
Prostate cancer clinical trial seeking Rx approach answers for survival and quality of life
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans Scott Cancer Center has enrolled the first patients in the United States...
