Strange ‘chimeras’ defy science’s understanding of human genetics
Credit: UVA Health System The human genome is far more complex than thought, with genes functioning in an unexpected fashion that scientists have wrongly assumed...
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Fitbit-style prosthetics? Navy developing ‘smart’ artificial limbs
Credit: Joseph Xu/Senior Multimedia Content Producer, University of Michigan – College of Engineering ARLINGTON, Va.–Traditional leg prosthetics enable amputees to maintain mobility and lead more...
Discovery of a facile process for H2 production using ammonia as a…
Credit: Oita University Hydrogen (H2) has attracted considerable attention as a clean energy source because the only by-product of its reaction with oxygen is water,...
A stinging report: FSU reserach shows climate change a major threat to…
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is helping to explain the link...
Large-scale approach reveals imperfect actor in plant biotechnology
Credit: Steven Lee/Whitehead Institute Cambridge, MA. (Nov. 27) – A research team led by Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research has harnessed metabolomic technologies to unravel...
UTMB researchers protect against lethal Ebola Sudan infection four days after infection
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, in collaboration with Arbutus Biopharma Corporation, have protected nonhuman primates against Ebola Sudan four days...
Otters learn by copying each other
Otters can learn how to solve puzzles by watching and copying each other, new research shows.Scientists created a series of puzzles baited with food, and...
The chem-hiss-try of snake venom (video)
WASHINGTON, April 19, 2016 — We know poisonous snakes are dangerous, but what exactly makes venom so powerful? Evolutionary biology tells us why venom is...
Why fish intake by pregnant women improves the growth of a child’s brain
IMAGE: Dietary lipid contains fatty acids such as omega-6 and omega-3, which are essential nutrients for many animals and humans. We found from an animal...
Mosquitoes more likely to lay eggs in water sources near flowers
IMAGE: This is an Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) feeding on the nectar of a flowering butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii). Credit: Entomological Society of America...
Research testing digital ways to reduce MS-related fatigue nets $4.9 million award
Credit: CWRU With geographic barriers limiting treatment options for many people with multiple sclerosis (MS) , a Case Western Reserve University researcher will use a...
Pre and post testing show reversal of memory loss from…
Results from quantitative MRI and neuropsychological testing show unprecedented improvements in ten patients with early Alzheimer's disease (AD) or its precursors following treatment with a...
New materials may provide better ways to capture and store solar energy
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. – A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), funded by two significant National Science Foundation (NSF) grants...
Bacterium named after UQ researcher
Credit: The University of Queensland University of Queensland microbiologist Emeritus Professor John Fuerst has a new bacterial genus (a group of related organisms) named in...
Pain reliever may help relieve the vision damage of glaucoma
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 1, 2017) – The tip of our optic nerve is typically the first place injured by glaucoma. Now researchers...
