Upstream trenches, downstream nitrogen
Water quality scientist Laura Christianson is working on a solution to the "dead zone"–an area with dangerously low levels of oxygen– in the Gulf of...
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Western researchers reverse the negative effects of adolescent…
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University Researchers at Western University have found a way to use pharmaceuticals to reverse the negative psychiatric effects of...
NASA study shows that space travel affects spine of astronauts
Oct. 25, 2016 – How does space travel affect the spine? Astronauts on long missions in space have atrophy of the muscles supporting the spine–which...
UNIST makes mark on global list of most cited
Dr. Jaephil Cho, a professor of Energy and Chemical Engineering and Dean of Research Affairs at UNIST, was named one of the world's most influential...
Untreated sleep apnea in children can harm brain cells tied to cognition and mood
Credit: Mona Philby, Paul Macey, Richard Ma, Rajesh Kumar, David Gozal and Leila Kheirandish-Gozal A study comparing children between 7 and 11 years of age...
Most biodiverse countries spending the least on conservation, study finds
NEW YORK (June 20, 2016)–Countries that contain most of the world’s species biodiversity are also spending the least on a per-person basis to protect these...
Scientists discover blood sample detection method for multiple sclerosis
Credit: University of Huddersfield A METHOD for quickly detecting signs of multiple sclerosis has been developed by a University of Huddersfield research team. The discovery,...
New data for old bones: How the famous Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur bone…
Credit: Wikipedia The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it is dominated by the famous...
Reservoir divers: Select antiviral cells can access HIV’s…
Credit: Rama Rao Amara, Emory Vaccine Center When someone is HIV-positive and takes antiretroviral drugs, the virus persists in a reservoir of infected cells. Those...
Mount Sinai heart initiates study of worksite lifestyle intervention to reduce cardiac…
World-renowned cardiologist Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital, is undertaking a three-year study, known as...
New study finds potential breakthrough in determining who’s at…
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Researchers are revisiting their views on the relative dangers soft and hard atherosclerotic plaque deposits pose to heart health. Findings of...
OU professor elected as Fellow to American Geophysical Union for…
University of Oklahoma Professor Yiqi Luo has been elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union for distinguished contributions to the field of global...
Complex skeletons evolved earlier than realized, fossils suggest
The first animals to have complex skeletons existed about 550 million years ago, fossils of a tiny marine creature unearthed in Namibia suggest. The find...
Researchers explore epigenetic influences of chronic pain
Chronic pain is one of the most prevalent, disabling and expensive public health crises in the United States. It affects more than 100 million Americans,...
‘Innovator’ award for new leukemia immunotherapies
Credit: Bo Jungmayer / Fred Hutch News Service Dr. Marie Bleakley, a pediatric oncology physician-scientist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has received a 2017...
