First experimental proof of a 70 year old physics theory
Credit: IBS PARK Je-Geun, Associate Director at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), working in collaboration with CHEONG...
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Technology for diagnosing vestibular function disorders created in Kaunas
(Kaunas University of Technology) Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) have joined forces developing technology for vestibular...
Leading cancer researcher to receive honor from the Queen
Professor Jack Cuzick from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) will be appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE), as published...
Targeting legumain as a novel therapeutic strategy in cancers
Credit: Dr. Chun Wai Mai et al, Bentham Science Publishers Legumain (LGMN), or asparaginyl endopeptidase, is a newly identified lysosomal cysteine protease. It was recently...
The emergence of a new dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia
Philadelphia, PA, January 2, 2017 - Biological Psychiatry presents a special issue, "The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia", dedicated to recent advances in understanding the role...
A new direction in ophthalmic development: Nanoparticle drug delivery systems
Most ophthalmic diseases are usually treated with topically administered drug formulations (e.g. eye drops). Their main disadvantage is the short time of contact with the...
Why odds are against a large Zika outbreak in the US
Annapolis, MD; Dec. 22, 2016---Is the United States at risk for a large-scale outbreak of Zika or other mosquito-borne disease? While climate conditions in the...
Improving health should be the focus of commercial diet programs, not just losing weight
If losing weight is on your list of New Year resolutions, be sure to include both diet and exercise. New research published today in Applied...
Sex hormone-sensitive gene complex linked to premenstrual mood disorder
Credit: Peter Schmidt, M.D., NIMH., David Goldman, M.D., NIAAA National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that may underlie a woman's susceptibility...
Genes affecting our communication skills relate to genes for psychiatric disorder
The researchers studied the genetic overlap between the risk of having these psychiatric disorders and measures of social communicative competence - the ability to socially...
Zinc eaten at levels found in biofortified crops reduces ‘wear and tear’ on DNA
Oakland, CA (January 3, 2017) - A new study by researchers from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Research Institute (CHORI) shows that a modest 4...
Research on dinosaur embryos reveals that eggs took 3 to 6 months to hatch
Credit: © AMNH/M. Ellison New research on the teeth of fossilized dinosaur embryos indicates that the eggs of non-avian dinosaurs took a long time to...
New study finds evolution of brain and tooth size were not linked in humans
Credit: George Washington University WASHINGTON (Jan. 2, 2017)--A new study from the George Washington University's Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP) found...
How long did it take to hatch a dinosaur egg? FSU research says 3-6 months
Credit: Courtesy of Darla Zelinitsky TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A human typically gives birth after nine months. An ostrich hatchling emerges from its egg after 42...
For the first time, researchers identify key proteins that may make Zika so deadly
Until it burst onto the scene earlier this year, Zika was an obscure, little-known virus. As a result, scientists know little about how it works....
