BU researchers create tool to measure, control protein aggregation
Credit: Ahmad S. Khalil A common thread ties seemingly unlinked disorders like Alzheimer's disease and type II diabetes together. This thread is known as protein...
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The end of pneumonia? New vaccine offers hope
Credit: Credit: 'Jones et al., Sci. Adv. 2017;3: e1701797.' BUFFALO, N.Y. -- In 2004, pneumonia killed more than 2 million children worldwide, according to the...
US ocean observation critical to understanding climate change, but lacks long-term nat. planning
WASHINGTON - The ocean plays a critical role in climate and weather, serving as a massive reservoir of heat and water that influences tropical storms,...
Nicotinic receptor could be target for treatment of lung inflammation
(Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Tests using mice employed an experimental drug that stimulates a specific type of nicotinic receptor...
Superstorm Sandy five years later: How NJIT assisted with recovery efforts
Credit: NJIT Five years ago, Superstorm Sandy devastated the U.S. east coast, taking the lives of 34 New Jersey residents, destroying hundreds of thousands of...
Research predicts increase in inflammatory bowel disease in developing world
For the last century, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been a challenge for patients and the medical community in the western world. New research published...
2017 AIP Science Writing Award Winners announced
WASHINGTON, D.C., OCT. 20, 2017 -- The American Institute of Physics announced today the winners of its 2017 Science Communication Awards for Books, Articles, Writing...
Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row
The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO2 emissions have stalled...
UMass Amherst research investigating pollutant effects on embryos in three model species
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Environmental health scientist Alicia Timme-Laragy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a $1.9 million grant from the...
Prozac in ocean water a possible threat to sea life, PSU study finds
(Portland, Ore.) October 17, 2017 - Oregon shore crabs exhibit risky behavior when they're exposed to the antidepressant Prozac, making it easier for predators to...
New function in gene-regulatory protein discovered
Credit: Photo: Eshagh Dorafshan Researchers at Umeå and Stockholm universities in Sweden and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US have published a...
How obesity promotes breast cancer
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Obesity leads to the release of cytokines into the bloodstream which impact the metabolism of...
RANKL expressed by osteocytes has an important role in orthodontic tooth movement
Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) research team demonstrated that osteocytes have a crucial role in orthodontic tooth movement as the major source of receptor activator...
Building new moss factories
For millions of years, plants have been producing highly complex molecules out of simple chemical building blocks, sustainably and cheaply. Many of these chemical substances...
How the smallest bacterial pathogens outwit host immune defences by stealth mechanisms
Credit: Institute of Microbiology/Vetmeduni Vienna Mycoplasmas are very simple bacteria. They have a minimalist genome and no protective cell wall. Nevertheless, they are common and...
