New genomic tool searches wheat’s wild past to improve crops of the future
Credit: Ali A. Mehrabi A new genetic directory launched today will enable researchers and breeders to scan the genomes of wild relatives of modern wheat...
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Practicing Tai Chi helps improve respiratory function in patients with COPD
Credit: CHEST Glenview, IL, April 4, 2018 - Finding ways to help patients with COPD improve their functional status is an area of interest for...
Lizards, mice, bats and other vertebrates are important pollinators too
Credit: Petra Wester Bees are not the only animals that carry pollen from flower to flower. Species with backbones, among them bats, birds, mice, and...
Are high-risk anticholinergic medicines prescribed too often for older adults?
Anticholinergics are a class of medications that are often prescribed for allergies, lung disease, and urinary incontinence. They also often can increase health risks for...
Study: Get moving to get happier
ANN ARBOR---Physical activity has long been known to reduce depression and anxiety, and is commonly prescribed to prevent or cure negative mental health conditions. However,...
An international study is the first large survey on epilepsy
An international research consortium used neuroimaging techniques to analyze the brains of more than 3,800 volunteers in different countries. The largest study of its kind...
Diverse metals mix it up in novel nanoparticles
Credit: Will Kirk/JHU Researchers have learned to combine up to eight different metals in a single tiny, uniformly mixed nanoparticle. In the March 30 cover...
New study shows hope for hearing loss
Credit: USC Researchers at USC and Harvard have developed a new approach to repair cells deep inside the ear -- a potential remedy that could...
Facilitating coral restoration
Global declines of coral reefs -- particularly in the Caribbean -- have spurred efforts to grow corals in underwater nurseries and transplant them to enable...
New ‘NanoZymes’ use light to kill bacteria
Credit: Dr. Chaitali Dekiwadia/ RMIT Microscopy and Microanalysis Facility Researchers from RMIT University have developed a new artificial enzyme that uses light to kill bacteria....
Cocoa bean roasting can preserve both chocolate health benefits, taste
Credit: Pablo Merchán Montes/Unsplash Manipulating the temperature and the length of time under which cocoa beans are roasted can simultaneously preserve and even boost the...
Expanding support for Ethiopia’s malaria control efforts
April 4, 2018 -- After nearly a decade of providing critical support to Ethiopia in its ongoing efforts to combat malaria, ICAP at Columbia University's...
Scoliosis surgery in children with cerebral palsy — quality of life benefits outweigh risks
April 4, 2018 - For children with severe cerebral palsy (CP), surgery for scoliosis (sideways curvature of the spine) significantly improves the quality of life...
UTHealth finds unprecedented psychological distress months after Harvey
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth HOUSTON - (April 4, 2018) - Four months after Hurricane Harvey soaked the Houston area and displaced more than a third...
Treating vision loss
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects more than 1.75 million individuals in the United States. Because the population is aging, that number will increase to almost...
