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...
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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...
There’s an allergy epidemic in Africa, and not enough specialists to deal with it
Allergies are on the rise in Africa, but with too few specialists to treat them, and a parallel increase in immune deficiency diseases, the situation...
NEOMED researcher receives $2.5 million NIH grant to study Atherosclerosis
ROOTSTOWN, OHIO - Northeast Ohio Medical University researcher and professor of integrative medical sciences, Yanqiao Zhang, M.D., has received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from...
The great acceleration reaches new heights
An international team of researchers, including a CNRS researcher at the department of Écologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés (CNRS / Université de Picardie Jules...
Researchers test stem cell-based retinal implant for common cause of vision loss
Credit: USC Roski Eye Institute LOS ANGELES - Physicians and researchers at the USC Roski Eye Institute have collaborated with other California institutions to show...
Freedom and flexibility: Thinking outside the cell for functional genomics
Over the past two decades, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility at Lawrence Berkeley...
Boosting natural defenses to fight antibiotic-resistant pneumonia
Credit: Adobe Stock/Wikimedia Commons Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat in bacterial pneumonia. While immune-stimulating treatments can help the body kill the bacteria, they can...
