Do extremely reddened quasars extinguish star formation?
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Galaxies formed and grew billions of years ago by accumulating gas from their surroundings, or colliding and merging...
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Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating for sixth consecutive year
LA JOLLA--(November 15, 2016) For the sixth consecutive year, the Salk Institute's strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency has earned a coveted...
‘Origami’ rapid malaria test receives Grand Challenges Explorations grant
Credit: Lauren Gibson / Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at Vanderbilt University headed by Stevenson Professor of Chemistry David Wright has...
UCI prostate cancer project awarded $1.2 million by state precision medicine initiative
Credit: Matt Herp / ADA Irvine, Calif., Nov. 15, 2016 -- University of California, Irvine health policy researchers have been awarded $1.2 million by the...
Researchers question if banning of ‘killer robots’ actually will stop robots from killing
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A University at Buffalo research team has published a paper that implies that the rush to ban and demonize autonomous weapons or...
Can artery ‘banks’ transform vascular medicine?
Credit: Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- The prospect of creating artery "banks" available for cardiovascular surgery, bypassing the need to harvest vessels from the...
Hawai’i researchers link quality of coastal groundwater with reef degradation on Maui
Credit: University of Hawaii Land-use practices on tropical oceanic islands can have large impacts on reef ecosystems, even in the absence of rivers and streams....
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and partners to receive $1.2 million grant from CIAPM
Oakland, CA (November 15, 2016) - A team at the Oakland and San Francisco campuses of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, UCSF, and UC Berkeley have...
Malaria research at CU Anschutz receives Gates Foundation support
Credit: University of Colorado The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by...
Appendicitis patients can safely leave hospital the same day of their operations
CHICAGO (November 15, 2016): Patients with acute appendicitis who undergo laparoscopic appendectomy (surgical remove of the appendix) do not experience higher rates of postoperative complications...
New LEDs may offer better way to clean water in remote areas
Credit: Image by Brelon J. May, courtesy of The Ohio State University. COLUMBUS, Ohio--For the first time, researchers have created light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on lightweight...
Preventing adolescent substance use may need to start in early childhood
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Research from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions suggests the approach to preventing alcohol and drug use by some adolescents...
‘Princess Leia’ brainwaves help sleeping brain store memories
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 15, 2016) Every night while you sleep, electrical waves of brain activity circle around each side of your brain, tracing...
NIH scientists identify potent antibody that neutralizes nearly all HIV strains
WHAT: Scientists from the National Institutes of Health have identified an antibody from an HIV-infected person that potently neutralized 98 percent of HIV isolates tested,...
New bioinformatic analysis reveals role of proteins in diabetic kidney disease
Credit: UC San Diego Health A new bioinformatic framework developed by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine has identified key proteins...
