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Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University A Rice University study has found that the aspirin-like drug diflunisal blocks the action of prestin, a key protein that is...

Newport Hospital’s rehab program wins third consecutive Press Ganey Guardian of…

Credit: Lifespan NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport Hospital has again been named a Guardian of Excellence Award recipient by Press Ganey Associates, Inc. for superior care...

UIC to continue study of risky behavior by sexual-minority women

Credit: UIC College of Nursing The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a $3.25 million federal grant to continue its research...

Extreme temperatures threaten desert songbirds with death by…

Credit: Tom Kennedy, UNM According to NASA, 2016 was the hottest year on historical record. Globally, the increase amounted to nearly 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. And...

York chemists lead breakthrough in carbon capture

Starbons, made from waste biomass including food peelings and seaweed, were discovered and first reported 10 years ago by the York Green Chemistry Centre of...

A trend reversal in childhood obesity — a decline in the BMI in 8-year-old boys

Credit: Sahlgrenska Academy/University of Gothenburg After decades of increasing childhood obesity, things are now going in the opposite direction. A study from Sahlgrenska Academy shows...

Nerve cells warn brain of damage to the inner ear

Some nerve cells in the inner ear can signal tissue damage in a way similar to pain-sensing nerve cells in the body, according to new...

UT Southwestern researchers identify new mechanism of tuberculosis infection

DALLAS – July 21 2016 – Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a new way that tuberculosis bacteria get into the body, revealing...

New golden frog species discovered in Colombia

Credit: Credit: Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher This news release is available in Spanish. A team of scientists including a Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) research associate announced...

New study illuminates key aspects of how we fall asleep and wake up

Falling asleep and waking up are key transitions in everyone's day. Millions of people have trouble with these transitions – they find it hard to...

Ammonia’s role in cardiovascular health tracked in mice, human cells

Credit: Justin Kelley, MU Health Coronary artery disease is caused by plaque buildup in the vessels that deliver blood to the heart. Narrowed or blocked...

New nanoscopic tools to study ligand-binding of receptors and…

This news release is available in German. Signalling processes in organisms are governed by specific extracellular and intracellular interactions and involve hundreds of different functionally...

X-raying of fossil beetles

This news release is available in German. The layman considers fossil beetles just stones. Even experts were able to describe the rough, outer shape of...

A new species of gecko with massive scales and tear-away skin

Credit: F. Glaw Many lizards can drop their tails when grabbed, but one group of geckos has gone to particularly extreme lengths to escape predation....

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