In-vitro reproduction of long-lasting effects of stress on memory
A group of researchers at Osaka University, succeeded in reproduction of the same phenomenon as memory consolidation by using organotypic slice cultures of the cerebral...
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Undersea life holds promise for killing tuberculosis
Credit: University of Central Florida A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida has discovered a potential new weapon in the fight against...
Leukaemia treatment can be made more effective by using a drug for iron overload
Credit: Delfim Duarte/Imperial College London Chemotherapy for one type of leukaemia could be improved by giving patients a drug currently used to treat an unrelated...
Study highlights diversity of arthropods found in US homes — From swabs of dust
Credit: Anne A. Madden, with the assistance from Robert Mcgugan at the University of Colorado, Boulder Nanomaterials Characterization Facility. False-coloring done by Robin Hacker-Cary. Researchers...
Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists
Credit: Imperial College London / Royal College of Music Men should avoid rock music when playing board games, say scientists Mozart may enhance a man's...
Fundamentals for the Anthropocene
Credit: De Gruyter Open This book seeks to bridge the gap between leading edge scholarship about the nature of the physical, tangible Universe and the...
Scientists name new species of dinosaur after Canadian icon
Credit: Illustrated by Oliver Demuth. © Oliver Demuth TORONTO, July 17, 2017 – Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Philip J Currie...
TSRI and St. Jude scientists study single ‘transformer’ proteins with role in cancer
LA JOLLA, CA – December 21, 2015 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and St. Jude Children's Research...
Nature’s masonry: The first steps in how thin protein sheets form polyhedral shells
IMAGE: This illustration shows how hexagonal bacterial proteins (shown as ribbon-like structures at right and upper right) self-assemble into a honeycomb-like tiled pattern (center and...
Next-generation drug testing on chips
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) in Japan have designed a small 'body-on-a-chip' device that can..
Video game improves balance in youth with autism
Credit: Andy Manis MADISON, Wis. — Playing a video game that rewards participants for holding various "ninja" poses could help children and youth with autism...
Elena Castro receives a Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation
Credit: CNIO The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced its 2017 Young Investigator (YI) Awards, which support early career scientists who are focused on accelerating...
Iberian Peninsula rodents migrated due to climate change 12 million years ago
Credit: Oscar Sanisidro (Vertebrate Paleontology. Biodiversitiy Institute, University of Kansas) The oldest studied rodent fauna in this work, which inhabited the Iberian Peninsula from twelve...
Study shows liver cells with whole genome duplications protect against cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) at UT Southwestern have discovered...
UTA student receives NSF grant for research into ecological drivers of…
Credit: UTA Shannon Beston, a third-year Ph.D. student in biology at the University of Texas at Arlington, was selected to receive funds from the National...
