Department of Energy invests $1.1 million in sorghum disease resistance research
Credit: Amber Ruedi, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Sorghum, a more drought-tolerant cousin to corn, is grown throughout the dry western Corn Belt region...
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NSF funds projects to ‘connect dots’ (and data), address multi-scaled environmental issues
Credit: Meryl Mims, Virginia Tech The National Science Foundation (NSF) is investing $9 million in nine new projects to research biosphere processes and their complex...
A new take on fighting multi-drug resistant bacteria
Credit: University of Houston Two UH researchers have won a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop...
Not so fast: From shrews to elephants, animal reflexes surprisingly slow
Credit: SFU While speediness is a priority for any animal trying to escape a predator or avoid a fall, a new study by Simon Fraser...
Clearing a xenotransplantation hurdle: detecting infectious agents in pigs
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A shortage of organs for transplantation -- including kidneys and hearts -- means that many patients die while still on...
Success of colorectal cancer intervention program recognized by National Cancer Institute
Credit: Tommie Morelos / TTUHSC El Paso A Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso initiative that is increasing the number of screenings for...
Peat expansion in the Arctic tundra could play a role in cooling a warming planet
Credit: Zicheng Yu, Lehigh University. Could studying the peat moss that grows in the Arctic Tundra help mitigate the impacts of climate change? Several factors...
Air pollution can put a dent in solar power
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Ian Marius Peters, now an MIT research scientist, was working on solar energy research in Singapore in 2013 when he encountered an...
City regions as innovators of Europe
The symposium will cover policy, regional development and sectoral innovation in the Four Motors for Europe: Catalonia, Lombardy, Rhônes-Alpes and Baden-Württemberg. These regions have been...
Researcher links diplomats’ mystery illness to radiofrequency/microwave radiation
Credit: UC San Diego Health Writing in advance of the September 15 issue of Neural Computation, Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at University...
Student science policy groups receive microgrants to engage public and candidates for elections
ARLINGTON, Va.-August 29, 2018-Research!America, in partnership with the National Science Policy Network (NSPN), 15 scientific societies and the Rita Allen Foundation today announced microgrants of...
Ultralaser treatment for fibromyalgia yields 75 percent pain reduction when applied to the hands
A new device that combines low-intensity laser light and therapeutic ultrasound considerably reduces the pain experienced by patients with fibromyalgia. A scientific study has shown...
Breast cancer surgery in frail elderly women linked to poor results
An analysis of more than a decade of U.S. nursing home data has shown that breast cancer surgery is associated with high rates of mortality...
Study of rare cancer yields therapeutic clues to combat drug resistance
Stephen Elledge, PhD, and his team did not set out to find therapies that could render tumors less resistant to therapy or make existing drugs...
Beavers have an impact on the climate
Growing beaver populations have created a large number of new habitats along rivers and ponds. Beaver dams raise the water level, enabling the dissolution of...
