Mass extinctions led to low species diversity, dinosaur rule
Credit: Image courtesy of Victor O. Leshyk. Two of the earth's five mass extinction events - times when more than half of the world's species...
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NREL evaluates charging infrastructure needs for growing fleet of electric vehicles
A new study from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) quantifies how much charging infrastructure would be needed in the United...
Study shows antibody-biogel partnership can be stronger defense than previously thought
(CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Oct. 10, 2017) -- Strong molecular bonds between antibodies and biological gels like mucus aren't necessary to catch pathogens as was...
Breeding salt-tolerant plants
Credit: Picture: Jennifer Böhm Soil erosion is considered as a problem that puts the nutrition of the human population at jeopardy. One of its aspects...
Research to personalize pre- and probiotic Rx to reduce diseases linked to HIV and alcohol use
New Orleans, LA - The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded LSU Health New Orleans a $401,500 grant over two years to...
IIVS and Colgate-Palmolive team up to provide training on non-animal methods in Brazil
IIVS, supported by a grant from Colgate-Palmolive, held a training course this month in Goiania, Brazil focused on two in vitro methods with international regulatory...
Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) symposium highlights growing field
(Washington) - A Washington, D.C. symposium highlighting research in an expanding field of science - the Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) - is bringing...
UTA wins funding to help first-generation, low-income, minority undergraduates
Credit: UT Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington received a $1.4 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education to further the efforts...
Effort to create mouse that more closely mirrors human Alzheimer’s wins federal grant
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 10, 2017 - A proposal to humanize several mouse genes for research into Alzheimer's disease has spurred the National Institute on Aging...
Call to action on food justice and overcoming disparities in infant nutrition
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 10, 2017--The "first food system" in the U.S., which calls for exclusive feeding of breast...
How to ‘cook’ an egg without heat — and other weird egg science (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2017 -- You can learn a lot from eggs. The versatile, delicious, humble chicken egg. You can...
Flexible sensors can detect movement in GI tract
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA - Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have built a flexible sensor that can be rolled...
New Zika serotypes may emerge, researcher warns
Zika virus is mutating so fast in Brazilian patients that different serotypes of the pathogen could appear in the near future, as is already the...
Growing human brain cells in the lab
San Francisco, CA--Li Gan, PhD, wants to find treatments to help patients with Alzheimer's disease. Like most researchers, she's hit a few major roadblocks. When...
Study identifies whale blow microbiome
Credit: Photo by John Durban (NOAA), Holly Fearnbach (SR3) and Lance Barrett- Lennard (Coastal Ocean Research Institute). Drone collected samples provide new tool for health...
