Ring-tailed lemurs: Going, going, gone?
Credit: Michelle Sauther The ring-tailed lemur, an iconic primate that is emblematic of the wild and wonderful creatures inhabiting the tropical island of Madagascar, is...
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New effort to promote careers in agriculture, natural resources
Credit: Photo by N. Bumgarner, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Careers in agriculture and natural resource management are booming, but today's urban and suburban kids...
Nutrition data review shows red meat has neutral effect on cardiovascular disease risk factors
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Consuming red meat in amounts above what is typically recommended does not affect short-term cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as blood...
The deepwater horizon aftermath
The oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) rig in 2010 contaminated more than 1,000...
UTMB researchers develop first chikungunya vaccine from virus that does not affect people
GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific...
RIT researchers estimate 10,000 metric tons of plastic enter Great Lakes every year
A new study by Rochester Institute of Technology that inventories and tracks high concentrations of plastic in the Great Lakes could help inform cleanup efforts...
Mimicking biological movements with soft robots
Credit: Harvard SEAS Designing a soft robot to move organically -- to bend like a finger or twist like a wrist -- has always been...
Exhausted T cells
Credit: La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA -- In a bid to better understand the gene expression patterns that control T...
First use of graphene to detect cancer cells
Credit: UIC/Vikas Berry What can't graphene do? You can scratch "detect cancer" off of that list. By interfacing brain cells onto graphene, researchers at the...
Hybrid wheat breeding gets almost $1 million USDA investment
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kay Ledbetter) COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M AgriLife Research wheat breeders will continue to build on their development of...
Ultra-thin solution to primary obstacle in solid-state battery development
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- A team of researchers at the University of Maryland Energy Research Center and A. James Clark School of Engineering have announced...
On the road to autonomy, remember the operator
Automakers and their tech partners may be looking toward a future when they can offer fully autonomous cars, but Mica Endsley, the author of the...
New prehistoric bird species discovered
Credit: Artist rendering by Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester A team of geologists at the University of Rochester has discovered a new species of bird in...
Public wheat breeder consortium to be developed by USDA grant
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kay Ledbetter) AMARILLO - Texas A&M AgriLife Research's wheat genetic and breeding programs will have genes in play when...
Nanoparticle-based method shows promise in DNA vaccine delivery
Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital have developed a novel method for delivering therapeutic molecules into cells. The method harnesses gold nanoparticles that are electrically...
