University of Montana student earns NASA Earth and Space science…
Credit: courtesy photo MISSOULA – University of Montana doctoral candidate Eric Palm recently was selected for the prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship. He...
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Researchers uncover ‘local heroes’ of immune system
Melbourne researchers have uncovered the genes responsible for the way the body fights infection at the point of 'invasion' – whether it's the skin, liver,...
Researchers get $1.4 million to study novel therapeutic approaches to…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA — Researchers in Georgia State University's Institute for Biomedical Sciences have received a four-year, $1.4 million federal grant to study...
Transcranial direct current stimulation reduces fatigue associated…
Credit: NYU Langone Health People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who underwent a non-invasive form of electrical brain stimulation experienced significant reductions in fatigue, a common...
Families of survivors of ECMO for heart conditions report favorable quality of life
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia One of the few large studies to report long-term outcomes in cardiac patients treated in childhood with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation...
Model helps identify drugs to treat cat eye infections
It's a problem veterinarians see all the time, but there are few treatments. Feline herpes virus 1 (FHV-1) is a frequent cause of eye infections...
‘Australia’s Jurassic Park’ the world’s most diverse
Credit: Damian Kelly An unprecedented 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been identified on a 25-kilometre stretch of the Dampier Peninsula coastline dubbed "Australia's...
Markey’s Blackburn earns NIH New Innovator Award for cancer research
Credit: Jim Morris | UK HealthCare LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2017) – University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researcher Jessica Blackburn has earned a prestigious...
Mounting challenge to brain sex differences
Credit: Rosalind Franklin University How different are men and women's brains? The latest evidence to address this controversy comes from a study at Rosalind Franklin...
Vitamin D pill a day may improve exercise performance and lower risk…
Taking vitamin D supplements can improve exercise performance and lower the risk of heart disease, according to the findings of a preliminary study presented today...
Southern Africa’s cheetah population much smaller than believed
Credit: Stephanie Periquet DURHAM, N.C. — Populations of cheetahs in southern Africa have declined as farming and other human activities push deeper into the free-roaming...
Enzyme from briny deep resurrected in the lab
Credit: © 2017 André Antunes, Edge Hill University, UK. Mysterious microbes that thrive in hot and super-salty brine lakes at the bottom of the Red...
Better catalysts will remove carcinogenic chlorine compounds from…
The Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw has just unveiled two new catalysts developed in close cooperation with the...
Study reveals ways to improve outcomes, reduce costs for common heart procedure
Credit: Thinkstock Hospitals can improve patient care and reduce costs associated with coronary angioplasty if cardiologists perform more of these procedures through an artery in...
New tools to manipulate biology
Chemistry has provided many key tools and techniques to the biological community in the last twenty years. We can now make proteins that Mother Nature...
