Penn researchers find heart attack patients not always receiving lowest-risk care
PHILADELPHIA – More than 375,000 American each year experience a heart attack, during which blood flow to a part of the heart is impeded by...
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Scripps Florida scientists develop new drug delivery method for cancer…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – March 16, 2017 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed...
How voters would accept higher gas tax
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Americans would be more likely to accept a gas tax increase if they knew the extra revenue would improve energy efficiency,...
Fixating on faces
Credit: J. Minxha/Adolphs lab When we are walking down a crowded street, our brains are constantly active, processing a myriad of visual stimuli. Faces are...
Poison-ivy an unlikely hero in warding off exotic invaders?
Credit: Chris Martine Dozens of studies have looked at the effects of Japanese knotweed on natural communities in Europe and North America. Yet Bucknell University...
Long-snouted Amazonian catfishes including three new species to form a…
Being close relatives within the same genus, eight catfishes showed enough external differences, such as characteristic elongated mouths, hinting to their separate origin. Following a...
Dr. Sakamoto explains signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of…
Credit: Stanford University Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a condition that is characterized by a failure of the bone marrow to produce red blood cells,...
Surface-going cave crickets actually more isolated than cave-dwelling cousins
Credit: Photo by Jean Krejca. People sometimes rely on the stereotype of a kid living in their parents' basement to illustrate poor socialization and isolation....
Exercise DVDs could be psychologically harmful for users, new OSU…
IMAGE: Brad Cardinal is a professor of kinesiology at Oregon State University. Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Using fitness DVDs to work out...
Smoking cessation drug may increase risk of adverse cardiovascular event
Credit: ATS Varenicline, one of the most commonly prescribed drugs for helping people quit smoking, may put them at higher risk for a cardiovascular event,...
New study reveals hidden burden of Lupus among Hispanic and Asian women in Manhattan
Within Manhattan’s diverse population, the chronic and often debilitating autoimmune disease lupus affects Hispanic and Asian women more frequently than white women, according to a...
Mantis shrimp roll their eyes to improve their vision
Credit: Michael Bok, University of Lund Imagine rolling your eyes to help you see more clearly. Although it wouldn't work for humans, new research published...
Unconventional cell division in the Caribbean Sea
Credit: Copyright: Nikolaus Leisch, Nature Microbiology Most bacteria divide by placing a protein called FtsZ at the division site. Traditionally, it was thought that FtsZ...
Juvenile cowbirds sneak out at night, study finds
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study explores how a young cowbird, left as an egg in the nest of a different species, grows up to...
Wearable equipment supports human motion where and when needed
A new model of pneumatic muscle and an active type of assistive equipment incorporating this pneumatic muscle has been developed at Hiroshima University and Daiya...
