HIV Cell dysfunction discovery sheds light on how virus works
Credit: Carla Shaffer / AAAS A team of chemical and biomedical engineers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin,...
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OU graduate students earn NSF National Research Traineeship program fellowships
Credit: University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma graduate students from diverse disciplines earned one-year, $34,000 fellowships in support of aeroecology and environmental sustainability rese..
Index of tumor cells opens a new perspective to prevent cancer progression
Researchers from the School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto (FMRP), at the University of São Paulo (USP), in collaboration with international groups, have developed indices...
How pathogenic bacteria prepare a sticky adhesion protein
Credit: Yu Chen, Harvard Medical School Researchers at Harvard Medical School, the University of California, San Francisco, and the University of Georgia have described how...
Smartphone ‘scores’ can help doctors track severity of Parkinson’s disease symptoms
Credit: Noam Finkelstein/Johns Hopkins U Parkinson's disease, a progressive brain disorder, is often tough to treat effectively because symptoms, such as tremors and walking difficulties,...
Research offers clues for improved influenza vaccine design
Credit: NIH WHAT: Influenza vaccines that better target the influenza surface protein called neuraminidase (NA) could offer broad protection against various influenza virus strains and...
Genetics of the modern heirs of the Incas shed new lights about their origins and lineages
Credit: Jose Sandoval A multinational South American team from Peru, Brasil and Bolivia led by the Universidad de San Martin de Porres at Lima, Peru,...
Nova-like explosion of spinning live bacteria explained
Credit: Igor Aronson, Penn State Suspensions of live bacteria in a viscous liquid do not act as expected when spun at certain speeds and now...
1C rise in atmospheric temperature causes rapid changes to world’s largest High Arctic lake
An interdisciplinary team of scientists examining everything from glaciology to freshwater ecology discovered drastic changes over the past decade to the world's largest High Arctic...
OU engineering senior wins grand prize at 2018 Research Day at the Capitol
Credit: University of Oklahoma and OKEPSCoR A University of Oklahoma Mechanical Engineering Senior in the Accelerated Bachelor and Master of Science program, Devin W. Laurence,...
PET tracer could help predict treatment effectiveness for depression
Credit: MR Ananth et al., Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y. RESTON, Va - A positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agent could show, ahead of...
nTIDE March 2018 Jobs Report: Americans with disabilities reach 2-year milestone
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - April 6, 2018. Americans with disabilities reached a milestone this month, as the major economic indicators showed increases...
Telemedicine provides accurate diagnosis of rare cause of blindness in preemies
PORTLAND, Oregon - Accurately detecting a rare, but devastating cause of blindness in premature babies can be done as effectively with telemedicine as with traditional,...
Optimism remains in chickens in enriched environments despite exposure to stress
(Linköping University) Chickens that grow up in an environment that they perceive as more diverse and manageable, retain an optimistic view of life and cope...
How birds can detect the Earth’s magnetic field
The receptors that sense the Earth's magnetic field are probably located in the birds' eyes. Now, researchers at Lund University have studied different proteins in...
