New book raises questions about citizen input in government contracting
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY – Taxpayer dollars fund a variety of important public programs, including many that are delivered...
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Critical Care Recovery Center concept could benefit adult ICU…
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — A growing number of individuals of all ages are surviving intensive care unit hospitalization, however their...
Afib? There’s an app for that
Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center Today, tablets are ubiquitous. While many of us reach for them to scan Facebook, watch the newest series on...
Dr. Gene Robinson Awarded 2018 Wolf Prize in Agriculture
Credit: Kathryn Faith Dr. Gene Robinson, Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at University of Illinois, has been awarded the 2018...
New tool mines whole-exome sequencing data to match cancer with best…
A University of Colorado Cancer study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) describes a new tool that interprets the...
Long-sought genetic model of common infant leukemia described
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine After nearly two decades of unsuccessful attempts, researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital...
Tiger moths use signals to warn bats: Toxic not tasty
Credit: Joseph Scheer Acoustic warning signals emitted by tiger moths to deter bats – a behavior previously proven only in the laboratory – actually occur...
Hispanic adults with diabetes could benefit from peer support interventions
Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Dec. 6, 2016) — Diabetes is a global health problem that disproportionally affects individuals of ethnic and racial minorities. Minorities...
UH researchers join national effort to study recent storms
Credit: University of Houston Two University of Houston researchers are part of an effort by the National Science Foundation to better understand how disasters such...
CCNY-led team develops cancer imaging aid from horse chestnuts
Credit: City College of New York Research at The City College of New York shows that cancer imaging can be simplified by a photonic process...
Malaria drug protects fetuses from Zika infection
Credit: Bin Cao Devastating consequences of Zika virus infection are suffered in the womb, where the virus can cause brain damage and sometimes death. Studying...
Sugar-binding protein galectin-9 found to be a new weapon to cure HIV
July 13, 2016, San Francisco, CA– The ultimate impediment to a cure for HIV infection is the presence of latent, HIV-infected cells, which can reawaken...
Medical imaging innovator Christine Hendon wins Presidential honor
Credit: Jeffrey Schifman/Columbia Engineering Christine Hendon, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won the Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), the highes..
With new grant, MIT neuroscientists will give ‘invisible’ cells a new look
Credit: Rodrigo Garcia/Picower Institute for Learning and Memory Neurons are the star of the show in brain science, but they don't work alone to process...
New understanding of why cancer cells move
Credit: University of Hawaii Cancer Center A University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researcher has identified how some cancer cells are made to move during metastasis....
