Detection, deterrent system will help eagles, wind turbines coexist better
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have taken a key step toward helping wildlife coexist more safely with wind power generation by demonstrating the success of an...
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Wolovick: Geoengineering polar glaciers to slow sea-level rise
Credit: Michael Wolovick Targeted geoengineering to preserve continental ice sheets deserves serious research and investment, argues an international team of researchers in a Comment published...
Designing diamonds for medical imaging technologies
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 19, 2018 -- Japanese researchers have optimized the design of laboratory-grown, synthetic diamonds. This brings the new technology one step closer to...
What happens to a dying cell’s corpse? New findings illuminate an old problem
Credit: Laboratory of Developmental Genetics at The Rockefeller University Death is certain for all living things, including the body's cells. The act of dying is...
Modified biomaterials self-assemble on temperature cues
Credit: Davoud Mozhdehi and Kelli Luginbuhl, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated a new approach to making self-assembled biomaterials...
Certain antidepressants more effective in treating youth anxiety disorder, analysis shows
CINCINNATI--For children and adolescents who require medication to treat anxiety, there are two primary classes of antidepressants that are prescribed: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)...
New antibody and unique binding site offer possible paths to malaria prevention
SEATTLE -- Mar. 19, 2018 -- Scientists have discovered a human antibody that, when tested in mice, prevented malaria infection by binding a specific portion...
Scientists synthesized a new substance with considerable antitumoral properties
Credit: FEFU press-office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University developed a new synthetic derivative of fascaplysin - a biologically active substance with antitumoral properties obtained...
Rheumatoid arthritis meets precision medicine
CHICAGO --- Scientists are bringing precision medicine to rheumatoid arthritis for the first time by using genetic profiling of joint tissue to see which drugs...
First IASLC Africa Lung Cancer Conference, April 29-May 1, 2018
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), the only global organization dedicated solely to advancing the education and understanding of lung cancer...
Primary care physicians report feeling unprepared for role in prenatal oral health
A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill suggests that primary care physicians may feel underequipped to provide adequate oral health...
Stem cells treat macular degeneration
In July 2015, 86-year-old Douglas Waters developed severe age-related macular degeneration (AMD). He struggled to see things clearly, even when up close. A few months...
Programming DNA to deliver cancer drugs
Credit: University of Delaware DNA has an important job--it tells your cells which proteins to make. Now, a research team at the University of Delaware...
Thawing permafrost produces more methane than expected
Credit: UHH/CEN/I.Preuss Methane (CH4) is a potent greenhouse gas, which is roughly 30 times more harmful to the climate than carbon dioxide (CO2). Both gases...
Scientists invented method of catching bacteria with ‘photonic hook’
Credit: ITMO University An international research team discovered a new type of curved light beams, dubbed a "photonic hook". Photonic hooks are unique, as their...
