Rice University lab runs crowd-sourced competition to create…
Big data has a bright future in personalized medicine, as demonstrated by an international competition centered at Rice University that suggested ways forward for treatment...
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Tracking deer by NASA satellite
Credit: Credits: US National Park Service Mule deer mothers are in sync with their environment, with reproduction patterns that closely match the cycles of plant...
Tulane University awarded $12 million to create Lassa vaccine and…
Credit: (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test a promising drug treatment against...
Scientists prove how genetics change behavior by studying worms’…
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University/Nature "Organisms pay attention to what other members of their species are doing," says Cori...
Jens Nielsen receive gold medal for innovative research in the field…
Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark Chief Scientific Officer at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability...
Warmer water signals change for Scotland’s shags
Credit: Gary Howells An increasingly catholic diet among European Shags at one of Scotland's best-studied breeding colonies has been linked to long-term climate change and...
With most of the same genes, how do lizard siblings end up so different?
Credit: Photo by Dan Addison, UVA University Communications The brown anole, a prolific lizard native to Cuba and the Bahamas and now commonly found in...
WSU portable smartphone laboratory detects cancer
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone that can analyze several samples...
Pneumonia discovery may offer way to boost body’s defenses
Credit: Alexandra Bettina | UVA School of Medicine A molecule being targeted in cancer is also critical for the immune system's ability to battle pneumonia,...
Hidden Inca treasure: Remarkable new tree genus discovered in the…
Credit: Wake Forest University Hidden in plain sight – that's how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of large forest tree commonly found,...
Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial solar cells, according to researchers...
Genetics and brain regions linked to sex differences in anxiety-related behavior in chimpanzees
ATLANTA–Genetics and specific brain regions are linked to sex differences in chimpanzees' scratching behavior, a common indicator of anxiety in humans and others primates, according...
Queen’s University Belfast co-lead one of world’s biggest…
Credit: QUB A new technology — 'dialysis for the lungs' — which could save thousands of lives in Intensive Care Units is being taken forward...
‘Pop quiz’ could help predict sexually transmitted…
IMAGE: This is a picture of the STI risk quiz. Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers at Johns Hopkins say an online "pop quiz" they developed...
Scientists explore how a pain medicine also protects vision in blinding conditions
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2017) – Scientists have shown that a medicine prescribed for severe pain can help...
