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Credit: Akbari lab RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu)-- Researchers at UC Riverside's Akbari lab have brought a new strain of red-eyed mutant wasps into the world. The...

Twin research reveals which facial features are most controlled by genetics

Research published this week in Scientific Reports uses computer image and statistical shape analysis to shed light on which parts of the face are most...

ILC 2017: Four new EASL clinical practice guidelines on the management of liver diseases

April 19, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) today announced that four new Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs)...

New blood test offers potential for faster, targeted treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer

Credit: Biodesix, Inc. Philadelphia, PA, April 19, 2017 - Identification of a specific genetic mutation in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) helps clinicians select...

Penn researchers receive prestigious National Clinical Research Achievement Awards

PHILADELPHIA - Two research teams from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are among the recipients of the 2017 Clinical Research...

Ben-Gurion U. researchers develop membranes that remove viruses from drinking water

SEDE BOQER, Israel...April 19, 2017 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed novel...

Time-lapse cameras provide a unique peek at penguins’ winter behavior

Credit: T. Hart Not even the most intrepid researcher wants to spend winter in Antarctica, so how can you learn what penguins are doing during...

CRT Pioneer Fund, Cancer Research UK and NCI collaborate to boost research against RAS’

Cancer Research UK and the Cancer Research Technology Pioneer Fund (CPF)* have committed £2.5 million in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the...

Can barnacle geese predict the climate?

Credit: Thomas Lameris/NIOO-KNAW The breeding grounds of Arctic migratory birds such as the barnacle goose are changing rapidly due to accelerated warming in the polar...

USDA announces $6.3 million in available funding on resilient agroecosystems

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $6.3 million in available...

Cannabis-based medicine may cut seizures in half for those with tough-to-treat epilepsy

BOSTON - Taking cannabidiol may cut seizures in half for some children and adults with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), a severe form of epilepsy, according to...

Adjusting solar panel angles a few times a year makes them more efficient

BINGHAMTON, NY - With Earth Day approaching, new research from Binghamton University-State of New York could help U.S. residents save more energy, regardless of location,...

UNH helps lead the way for campuses to measure their nitrogen footprints

DURHAM, N.H. - Sustainability leadership efforts at the University of New Hampshire have contributed to a groundbreaking initiative to measure and reduce the nitrogen footprint...

Researchers unlock an immunity ‘black box’

A research team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists has revealed a previously unknown immune machinery that goes awry to trigger the inflammatory...

USDA announces $9.6 million in available funding to grow the bioeconomy