NSF-funded center at Purdue could help power US for next century
Credit: (Purdue University photo) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The National Science Foundation has chosen Purdue University to lead an engineering research center, which will develop...
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Forest regeneration experiment of 30 years yields results
Credit: Roseann Densmore A spruce forest regeneration experiment in Interior Alaska that spanned nearly 30 years demonstrates which forest management practices produce the best results....
Study: Social media helps students learn scientific argumentation better
LAWRENCE -- Adults often bemoan the amount of time young people spend staring at a screen and browsing social media. But social media can not...
‘Missing link’ explains how viruses trigger immunity
A discovery by Melbourne researchers has solved a longstanding mystery of how viruses trigger protective immunity within our body. The research team demonstrated a protein...
UltraSOL CurcuMIN line & CurcuWIN granted patent for sports performance benefits
Morristown, N.J., September 12, 2017 - OmniActive Health Technologies has been granted a US patent (Patent No: US 9724311) for the highly bioavailable, clinically-studied UltraSOL...
Magnetic cellular ‘Legos’ for the regenerative medicine of the future
By incorporating magnetic nanoparticles in cells and developing a system using miniaturized magnets, researchers at the Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (CNRS/Université Paris Diderot), in...
Historic legacies affect climate change survival in Caribbean
Caribbean societies are among the least responsible for causing climate change but are among the most exposed to its negative effects Global inequalities arising from...
Tomatoes’ crystal ball reveals evolutionary secrets
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University's Robert Last studies tomatoes. Specifically, he researches their hair, or trichomes. For this study, he focused on a...
Engineering Research Center will help expand use of therapies based on living cells
Credit: Credit: Georgia Tech The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded nearly $20 million to a consortium of universities to support a new engineering research...
‘Superbug’ bacteria gang up on us, fueled by antibiotic use, nursing home study suggests
ANN ARBOR, Mich. ¬- What's worse than getting exposed to a kind of bacteria that modern antibiotics can't kill? Getting exposed to more than one...
Queens control worker reproduction without castration in stingless bee species
Credit: Túlio Nunes / University of São Paulo Scientists have studied and been captivated by the organization and functioning of social insect colonies since Charles...
Medicine of the future: New microchip technology could be used to track ‘smart pills’
Credit: Ella Marushchenko for Caltech Researchers at Caltech have developed a prototype miniature medical device that could ultimately be used in "smart pills" to diagnose...
Carbon cycling in forest soils research presented
Just as individual humans have different microbial communities in their guts, the microbial communities living in soils vary from site to site as well. Recent...
Household environment — not genetics — shapes salivary microbes
Washington, DC--September 12, 2017--Researchers in the United Kingdom have discovered that the mix of microorganisms that inhabit a person's saliva are largely determined by the...
UMass Amherst study suggests father’s environmental exposure affects sperm epigenetics
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Early results from a larger, ongoing study led by environmental health scientist Richard Pilsner at the University of Massachusetts...
