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DARIEN, IL - May 3, 2017 - The American Sleep Medicine Foundation (ASMF) has selected three recipients who will receive a Strategic Research Award to...

Does my algorithm work? There’s no shortcut for community detection

Loading video... Credit: Dan Larremore, Leto Peel, and Aaron Clauset Community detection is an important tool for scientists studying networks. It provides descriptions of the...

First EPA-approved outdoor field trial for genetically engineered algae

Scientists at the University of California San Diego and Sapphire Energy have successfully completed the first outdoor field trial sanctioned by the U.S. Environmental Protection...

Researchers develop new capabilities for genome-wide engineering of yeast

Credit: Kathryn Faith One of humankind's oldest industrial partners is yeast, a familiar microbe that enabled early societies to brew beer and leaven bread and...

Scientists engineer baker’s yeast to produce penicillin molecules

The synthetic biologists from Imperial College London have re-engineered yeast cells to manufacture the nonribosomal peptide antibiotic penicillin. In laboratory experiments, they were able to...

Heart failure is as ‘malignant’ as some common cancers

A new analysis finds that, despite advances in care, men and women with a diagnosis of heart failure continue to have worse survival rates than...

Computer model developed to assess risk of a Zika epidemic in real-time

A new model for assessing real-time risk of a Zika virus epidemic in the United States is described in research published in the open access...

New blood test predicts who will benefit from targeted prostate cancer treatments

A new blood test could predict which men with advanced prostate cancer will respond to new targeted treatments for the disease. Researchers were able to...

NSCLC patients respond best to salvage chemo if pre-treated with checkpoint inhibitors

Geneva, Switzerland, 04 May 2017 - Patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who require salvage chemotherapy are 30% more likely to achieve a partial...

Resilience offers escape from trapped thinking on poverty alleviation

Credit: Stockholm Resilience Centre. Design: Azote, E. Wikander and E. Wisniewska Development aid reached a new peak of 142.6 billion USD, according to recent data...

Deep-diving technology finds little filter feeder has giant carbon cycling impact

New study defines the environment as an influencer of immune system responses in dolphins

Loading video... Credit: Activity conducted pursuant to NMFS Permit No. 14352 ATLANTA - Two populations of wild dolphins living off the coast of Florida and...

Marine conservation must consider human rights

Credit: Nathan Bennett, University of Washington/University of British Columbia Ocean conservation is essential for protecting the marine environment and safeguarding the resources that people rely...

Fish step up to lead when predators are near

Credit: Andrew Szopa-Comley Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that some fish within a shoal take on the responsibilities of leader when they...

Gene mutation may speed up memory loss in Alzheimer’s disease