Politically driven: How today’s advances in science & technology come about
Credit: World Scientific The 1980s witnessed technologies focus on reducing costs and improving performance. However, at the turn of 21st century, there appeared to have...
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In US, spread of Zika linked to time outdoors
When Zika first buzzed into the continental United States during the 2016 outbreak, Florida was hit first--and hardest--with 1,174 documented cases to date. So, when...
Understanding the dance to save the dance
Think of the relationship between plants and pollinators as a dance -- one that has been taking place, and evolving, for millennia. The importance of...
NSF awards Indiana University $4 million to advance medical nanotechnology
Credit: Image courtesy of the Vikram Jadhao Lab Only a year after establishing the intelligent systems engineering program in the Indiana University School of Informatics,...
Unique gene therapy prevents, reverses multiple sclerosis in animal model
Multiple sclerosis can be inhibited or reversed using a novel gene therapy technique that stops the disease's immune response in mouse models, University of Florida...
Into more thin air
Many research groups have recently explored human adaptation and successfully identified candidate genes to high altitude living among three major far-flung global populations: Tibetans, Ethiopians...
CSIC reconstructs how Neanderthals grew, based on an El Sidrón child
(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) How did Neanderthals grow? Does modern man develop in the same way as Homo neanderthalensis did? How does the size...
Early trilobites had stomachs, new fossil study finds
Credit: © F. Chen Exceptionally preserved trilobite fossils from China, dating back to more than 500 million years ago, have revealed new insights into the...
Baltimore Ecosystem Study partners with Baltimore City Public Schools
Credit: BES Photo Archive (Millbrook, NY) Through a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES) is partnering with Baltimore...
Exosomes are the missing link to insulin resistance in diabetes
Credit: UC San Diego Health Chronic tissue inflammation resulting from obesity is an underlying cause of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. But the mechanism...
Goal of new tissue-chip research is to assess efficacy of novel epilepsy drugs
Credit: VIIBRE, Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University researchers has received a two-year, $2-million federal grant to develop an "organ-on-chip" model for two...
Ozark grasslands experience major increase in trees and shrubs
Credit: Jesse Miller/UC Davis Woody vegetation, such as trees and shrubs, has increased dramatically in Ozark grasslands over the past 75 years, according to a...
‘Labyrinth’ chip could help monitor aggressive cancer stem cells
ANN ARBOR--Inspired by the Labyrinth of Greek mythology, a new chip etched with fluid channels sends blood samples through a hydrodynamic maze to separate out...
Ancient human DNA in sub-Saharan Africa lifts veil on prehistory
Credit: Jessica C. Thompson/Emory University The first large-scale study of ancient human DNA from sub-Saharan Africa opens a long-awaited window into the identity of prehistoric...
Neuron types in brain are defined by gene activity shaping their communication patterns
Credit: Huang Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - In a major step forward in research, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today publish...
