Faster way of detecting bacteria could save your life
Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - A Michigan State University researcher has developed a faster way to detect the bacteria causing...
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Salicylic acid promotes nasal mucosa colonization
Credit: Tom Grunert/Vetmeduni Vienna Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus ) can colonize the upper respiratory tract of around one quarter of the human population. As an...
Surprise finding leads to new insights into splenic B cell differentiation
Belgian scientists have discovered the key role of protein Taok3 in the development of type B immune cells known as MZB cells, which are responsible...
Germanium outperforms silicon in energy efficient transistors with n- und p- conduction
Credit: NaMLab gGmbH A team of scientists from the Nanoelectronic Materials Laboratory (NaMLab gGmbH) and the Cluster of Excellence Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed)...
Vilcek Prizes honor immigrants for outstanding contributions to biomedical science
New York, NY, February 3, 2017 -- The Vilcek Foundation is proud to announce that the 2017 Vilcek Prize for Biomedical Science will be will...
Salicylic acid promotes nasal mucosa colonizati
Credit: Tom Grunert/Vetmeduni Vienna Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus ) can colonize the upper respiratory tract of around one quarter of the human population. As an...
New research paints a merciless picture of life as a deaf-blind person
Credit: Photo: Eikholt/NKDB It is like being in a dirty glass jar, unable to reach out and with acquaintances passing by without saying hello. New...
USDA-NIFA awards $3 million for plant & animal phenomics research
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced 11 grants totaling $3 million...
Great Barrier Reef building coral under threat from poisonous seaweed
Credit: Griffith University The Griffith University study, conducted in collaboration with national and international experts in reef and chemical ecology, showed that if the world...
Scientists look to shine light on our dark genome
After the 2003 completion of the Human Genome Project - which sequenced all 3 billion "letters," or base pairs, in the human genome - many...
Leading US and Korean researchers to apply artificial intelligence to aging research
Credit: Insilico Medicine Summary: Many recent advances in artificial intelligence and aging biomarkers that transpired since 2013 are converging Gachon University and Gil Medical Center...
‘Brute force’ can overcome antibiotic resistance
Antibiotics can still kill drug-resistant bacteria if they 'push' hard enough into bacterial cells, finds new UCL-led research funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
Cancer survivors find online and phone communication with medical professionals beneficial
Advances in cancer care have led to a rise in the number of people surviving the illness. Cancer survival rates are now at an all-time...
Research review shows that safety is valued too low
New research has shown that the benchmark used by the Office for Nuclear Regulation for judging how much should be spent on nuclear safety has...
Wetlands play vital role in carbon storage, study finds
GAMBIER, Ohio -- Human activity and development are correlated with reduced carbon storage in wetland soils, a new study published in Nature Communications shows. The...
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