USDA announces $540,000 to support people with disabilities in agriculture
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $540,000 in available funding for...
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Ohio State joins national call for HPV vaccination as a means of preventing cancer
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Study explains how western diet leads to overeating and obesity
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - More than two in three adults in the United States are considered overweight or obese, with substantial biomedical and clinical evidence suggesting...
Important bio-chemical produced on a large scale by E. coli
Credit: Colourbox If you had a company that manufactured valuable ingredients for chemicals like detergens or paint, you would probably like to produce the ingredients...
How to inflate a hardened concrete shell with a weight of 80 tons
Concrete shells are efficient structures, but not very resource efficient. The formwork for the construction of concrete domes alone requires a high amount of labor...
NASA sees Pineapple Express deliver heavy rains, flooding to California
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce California which has long been suffering through a strong, multi-year drought, is finally beginning to see some much needed relief...
Robust funding for research and pro-innovation policies on advocates’ 2017 wish list
ARLINGTON, Va.-January 11, 2017- Research!America urges the 115th Congress and Trump Administration to move swiftly on several research and innovation priorities this year to combat...
Deciphering the beetle exoskeleton with nanomechanics
What can a beetle tell us about good design principles? Quite a lot, actually. Many insects and crustaceans possess hard, armor-like exoskeletons that, in theory,...
Moffitt researchers develop novel treatment to prevent graft-versus-host-disease
TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 11, 2017) - Graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) is the leading cause of non-relapse associated death in patients who receive stem cell transplants. In a...
Bacterial protein structure could aid development of new antibiotics
Credit: Alvin Kuk, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Bacterial cells have an added layer of protection, called the cell wall, that animal cells don't. Assembling...
A new cellular frontier
What if you could find another way to fight cancer by approaching it from an engineering perspective, acting on the cellular process by which tissues...
Manipulating signals in bacteria could reduce illnesses
Credit: UIC The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy has received a five-year, $1.25 million federal grant to continue its research into how...
Researchers use stem cells to regenerate the external layer of a human heart
Credit: Lance Lian, Penn State A process using human stem cells can generate the cells that cover the external surface of a human heart --...
Recreating conditions inside stars with compact lasers
Credit: R. Hollinger and A. Beardall FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - The energy density contained in the center of a star is higher than we can...
New genes identified that regulate the spread of cancers
Research led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has discovered a new biological target for drugs to reduce the spread of tumours in cancer patients....
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