UTA bioengineering professor Kytai Nguyen named AIMBE Fellow
Credit: UTA Kytai Nguyen, a professor in the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named a Fellow of the American...
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Female promiscuity in butterflies controls paternity
Credit: Thorin Jonsson The eggs of some butterfly and moth species vary to give females control over the paternity of their offspring, according to new...
Tattoos mark the spot — for surgery — then disappear
Credit: Jin-sil Choi/ Hsian-Rong Tseng Tattoos aren't just for body art. They can have medical applications, too. Doctors are using them on patients to mark...
Study finds ‘striking’ use of double mastectomy
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Nearly half of early stage breast cancer patients considered having double mastectomy and one in...
New Special Issue on digestive tumors in Latin America
ecancermedicalscience has published a new Special Issue on digestive cancers in Latin America, bringing together five articles from experts in the region. The incidence and...
Impact of climate change on microbial biodiversity
Credit: Dr Jianjun Wang The scientists discovered that climate change affects biodiversity most strongly in the most natural environments, as well as the most nutrient...
Newly discovered mechanism in cells can regulate the immune system
Credit: Credit: M. Høgh Jensen og M. Heltberg, NBI) Special proteins are important for the function of cells and play an important role in processes...
Watching water freeze (video)
Every winter, snow and ice dusts mountains and makes roads slick in cold climates. This phenomenon is ages old, but a detailed explanation for how...
Vitamin D improves gut flora and metabolic syndrome
It is well known that a diet high in fat can trigger a metabolic syndrome, a group of symptoms that pose as risk factors for...
A library for food security
Credit: Jeffrey Ehlers, UC Riverside. Tim Close has found himself, happily, stuck in a library. But it's not your typical library with shelves and books....
The biggest chemistry-related stories from 2016
From green pools at the Olympics to regulatory reforms, chemistry-related news made big waves in 2016. Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine of...
Inside the world of cell signaling: A G-protein breakthrough
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine have developed a new tool for studying a key process in cells called G-protein...
Huntington’s disease linked to dysfunction of brain structure
CHICAGO --- Northwestern Medicine scientists identified a link between Huntington's disease and dysfunction of the subthalamic nucleus, a component of the basal ganglia, a group...
Light powers new chemistry for old enzymes
Credit: Hyster lab Enzymes are nature's tools for catalyzing life's essential reactions. Though unrivaled in their efficiency and selectivity, enzymes only carry out a narrow...
Scripps Florida scientists uncover cellular process behind premature aging
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - December 21, 2016 - In a new study, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research...
