CHAPEL HILL - Capturing real-time reports of cancer patients' symptoms between doctor's visits has proven health benefits, but technology and cost barriers are getting in...
Credit: Xiaojun Wang DURHAM, N.C. -- Extreme droughts, intensified by a warming climate, are increasingly causing ecosystem collapse in many regions worldwide. But models used...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $540,000 in available funding for...
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - More than two in three adults in the United States are considered overweight or obese, with substantial biomedical and clinical evidence suggesting...
Credit: Colourbox If you had a company that manufactured valuable ingredients for chemicals like detergens or paint, you would probably like to produce the ingredients...
Concrete shells are efficient structures, but not very resource efficient. The formwork for the construction of concrete domes alone requires a high amount of labor...
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce California which has long been suffering through a strong, multi-year drought, is finally beginning to see some much needed relief...
ARLINGTON, Va.-January 11, 2017- Research!America urges the 115th Congress and Trump Administration to move swiftly on several research and innovation priorities this year to combat...
What can a beetle tell us about good design principles? Quite a lot, actually. Many insects and crustaceans possess hard, armor-like exoskeletons that, in theory,...
TAMPA, Fla. (Jan. 11, 2017) - Graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) is the leading cause of non-relapse associated death in patients who receive stem cell transplants. In a...
Credit: Alvin Kuk, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Bacterial cells have an added layer of protection, called the cell wall, that animal cells don't. Assembling...
What if you could find another way to fight cancer by approaching it from an engineering perspective, acting on the cellular process by which tissues...
Credit: UIC The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy has received a five-year, $1.25 million federal grant to continue its research into how...
Credit: Lance Lian, Penn State A process using human stem cells can generate the cells that cover the external surface of a human heart --...
