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A Brief Report appearing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine looks at testing rates for Hepatitis C virus (HCV) two years after the United...

Research uncovers potential health risks of travel to Mars

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 8, 2017 - Sending a manned mission to Mars requires more than a powerful launch rocket. Prep work also includes learning...

Researchers identify how inflammation spreads through the brain after injury

Researchers have identified a new mechanism by which inflammation can spread throughout the brain after injury. This mechanism may explain the widespread and long-lasting inflammation...

Iota Orionis: Pulsating beacon of a constellation

MONTREAL, March 8, 2017 - Astronomers from the BRITE (BRight Target Explorer) Constellation project and Ritter Observatory have discovered a repeating one-per-cent spike in the...

Lung cancer may go undetected in kidney cancer patients

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - March 7, 2017 - Could lung cancer be hiding in kidney cancer patients? Researchers with the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive...

Principles of 3-D genome folding and gene expression studied across species

Credit: Razin lab It seems like a feat of magic. Human DNA, if stretched out into one, long spaghetti-like strand, would measure 2 meters (six...

Penn researchers push the limits of organic synthesis

A dendritic molecule is one that grows by branching in several directions from its center core. At each branching point, the molecule branches again into...

RIT professor becomes first US scientist to serve as visiting scholar for EACH program

Rochester Institute of Technology continues to broaden its reach across the globe, formalizing an agreement to become an associate partner with the Excellence in Analytical...

Detailed chemical structure of P22 virus resolved

Credit: C.Hryc and the Chiu Lab Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Purdue University have...

RIT helps advance space camera being tested on ISS

Imaging technology advanced by researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology and Florida Institute of Technology is being tested on the International Space Station and could...

UCLA scientists show how to amplify or stifle signals for immune responses

T cells, the managers of our immune systems, spend their days shaking hands with another type of cell that presents small pieces of protein from...

Researchers develop equation that helps to explain plant growth

Credit: Grace John/UCLA It is rare in biology that a single trait can answer questions spanning several fields of research. One such trait is plant...

Snake bit? UCI chemists figure out how to easily and cheaply halt venom’s spread

Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., March 7, 2017 - Chemists at the University of California, Irvine have developed a way to neutralize deadly...

NASA sees powerful Tropical Cyclone Enawo make landfall in Madagascar

Credit: Credits: NOAA/NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Tropical Cyclone Enawo was battering the northeastern region of Madagascar when NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed overhead on...

UCI team identifies key mutation that suppresses the immune system in melanoma