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PHILADELPHIA - Two research teams from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania are among the recipients of the 2017 Clinical Research...

Ben-Gurion U. researchers develop membranes that remove viruses from drinking water

SEDE BOQER, Israel...April 19, 2017 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have developed novel...

Time-lapse cameras provide a unique peek at penguins’ winter behavior

Credit: T. Hart Not even the most intrepid researcher wants to spend winter in Antarctica, so how can you learn what penguins are doing during...

CRT Pioneer Fund, Cancer Research UK and NCI collaborate to boost research against RAS’

Cancer Research UK and the Cancer Research Technology Pioneer Fund (CPF)* have committed £2.5 million in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the...

Can barnacle geese predict the climate?

Credit: Thomas Lameris/NIOO-KNAW The breeding grounds of Arctic migratory birds such as the barnacle goose are changing rapidly due to accelerated warming in the polar...

USDA announces $6.3 million in available funding on resilient agroecosystems

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $6.3 million in available...

Cannabis-based medicine may cut seizures in half for those with tough-to-treat epilepsy

BOSTON - Taking cannabidiol may cut seizures in half for some children and adults with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), a severe form of epilepsy, according to...

Adjusting solar panel angles a few times a year makes them more efficient

BINGHAMTON, NY - With Earth Day approaching, new research from Binghamton University-State of New York could help U.S. residents save more energy, regardless of location,...

UNH helps lead the way for campuses to measure their nitrogen footprints

DURHAM, N.H. - Sustainability leadership efforts at the University of New Hampshire have contributed to a groundbreaking initiative to measure and reduce the nitrogen footprint...

Researchers unlock an immunity ‘black box’

A research team led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital immunologists has revealed a previously unknown immune machinery that goes awry to trigger the inflammatory...

USDA announces $9.6 million in available funding to grow the bioeconomy

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $9.6 million in available...

Dr. John Lahey, President of Quinnipiac University, awarded first-ever ACGT Edward Netter Award

Credit: Photo credit: Quinnipiac University Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), the nation's only nonprofit dedicated exclusively to cell and gene therapies for cancer, is...

Sat nav for bread wheat uncovers hidden genes

Scientists have created the most accurate navigation system for the bread wheat genome to date -- allowing academics and breeders to analyse its genes more...

Experimental drug targets nucleus of allergen-sensitized cells

Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Transcription factors, the tiny proteins that switch genes on or off in the nucleus of cells, are considered unreachable molecular...

Emergency departments administering more medications through the nose