World’s largest autism grant will transform research landscape
The largest research grant ever given for neurodevelopmental conditions has been awarded by the Innovative Medicines Initiative to an international consortium academically led by the...
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Primates in peril
Primates are fascinating. They are intelligent, live in complex societies and are a vital part of the ecosystem. Lemurs, lorises, galagos, tarsiers, monkeys and apes...
Penn Biochemist receives award for mass spectronomy
PHILADELPHIA - Benjamin A.Garcia, PhD, an expert in quantitative proteomics and Presidential Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
WGS helps diagnosis and reduces healthcare costs for neonates in intensive care
Milan, Italy: Children who are born severely ill or who develop serious illness in the first few weeks of life are often difficult to diagnose,...
Individual access to genomic disease risk factors has a beneficial impact on lifestyles
Milan, Italy: Giving personal genomic information to individuals can have a major, long-term effect on their lifestyle, researchers have found. The Finnish GeneRISK study, providing...
Genetic engineering researcher: Politicians are deaf to people’s ethical concerns
While a many Danes question whether genetically modified foods are unnatural, this concern is much less apparent among politicians, according to Professor Jesper Lassen at...
Queen Mary spinout secures £2 million pounds to export toothpaste technology to China
(Queen Mary University of London) A Queen Mary University of London spinout has secured a license agreement with a leading Chinese toothpaste manufacturer, which should...
New method makes weather forecasts right as rain
Credit: © University of Missouri Meteorologists have known for some time that rainfall forecasts have flaws, as failure to take into account factors such as...
Orange, tea tree & eucalyptus oils sweeten diesel fumes
QUT PhD researcher Ashrafur Rahman tested each of the waste oils for performance and emissions as a 10 per cent oil/90per cent diesel blend in...
PIM-2 protein kinase regulates T-cell activity differently than PIM-1 or PIM-3 isoform
Credit: Photograph by Sarah Pack. Medical University of South Carolina. The PIM-2 protein kinase negatively regulates T cell responses in transplantation and tumor immunity, while...
Electronic skin stretched to new limits
Credit: 2018 KAUST An electrically conductive hydrogel that takes stretchability, self-healing and strain sensitivity to new limits has been developed at KAUST. "Our material outperforms...
New compound as effective as FDA-approved drugs against life-threatening infections
Credit: (Image provided) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have identified a new compound that in preliminary testing has shown itself to be as...
Loving the sweet enemy
French fries, cream cake, chips and candy bars make you fat and unhealthy. Still, we cannot keep our hands off it. Scientists at the Max...
UTA researchers complete milestone in international physics experiment in Switzerland
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have built prototypes for an aluminum electric field cage inside a particle detector for an...
Quality of diet still poor for SNAP participants
Credit: Pixabay The terms of use from that page are as follows: CC0 Creative Commons Free for commercial use No attribution required... BOSTON (June 15,...
