Multiple sclerosis: Newly discovered signal mechanism causes T cells to turn pathogenic
Credit: Thomas Korn / TUM Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the patient's own cells. In this case,...
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US public divided over food science
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 1, 2016) - The way Americans eat has become a source of potential social, economic and political friction as people follow personal...
The 4th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-4)
The Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University in Japan, will be holding "The 4th International Symposium on Transformative Bio-Molecules (ISTbM-4)" on December 12-13,...
Suggestions for you: A better, faster recommendation algorithm
Credit: Antonia Godoy-Lorite et al. PNAS doi:10.1073/pnas.1606316113 The internet is rife with recommendation systems, suggesting movies you should watch or people you should date. These...
Making graphene using laser-induced phase separation
Credit: IBS All our smart phones have shiny flat AMOLED displays. Behind each single pixel of these displays hide at least two silicon transistors which...
Parkinson’s disease and cognitive decline: A genetic connection revealed
Boston, MA-- Although the hallmark symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) - such as involuntary shaking, slowness of movement and muscle rigidity - are related to...
Baylor study aims to find out why some children’s autism symptoms improve with antibiotics
Dallas, TX (December 1, 2016) -- Over the Thanksgiving holiday in 2012, John Rodakis, a father of a child with autism, observed his son's condition...
2016-2017 Airline Food Study
NEW YORK, NY (December 10, 2016) There will more than 38 million passengers traveling during this holiday season. Knowing what are the 'best' and 'worst'...
IPM’s ring study results published in New England Journal of Medicine
Credit: Andrew Loxley p>SILVER SPRING, Md. (Dec. 1, 2016) - The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced today that The New England Journal of Medicine...
Sniffing like a dog can improve trace detection of explosives
Credit: © Robert Rathe By mimicking how dogs get their whiffs, a team of government and university researchers have demonstrated that "active sniffing" can improve...
Attempted suicide rates and risk groups essentially unchanged, new study shows
Johns Hopkins investigators report that their analysis of a national database representing more than 1 billion emergency department visits shows that over a recent eight-year...
Complications of type 2 diabetes affect quality of life, care can lead to diabetes burnout
Philadelphia, December 1, 2016 - T2D Lifestyle, a national survey by Health Union of more than 400 individuals experiencing type 2 diabetes (T2D), reveals that...
The coldest decade of the millennium? How the cold 1430s led to famine and disease
Credit: Benjamin Amann, University of Bern While searching through historical archives to find out more about the 15th-century climate of what is now Belgium, northern...
Predation on pollinating insects shaped the evolution of the orchid mantis
Credit: Jason Zhu Cleveland... A team of scientists at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Australia, and Germany discovered that the orchid mantis looks like...
New process produces hydrogen at much lower temperature
Credit: Waseda University Waseda University researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen, which is fast, irreversible, and takes place at much lower temperature...
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