Mars 2020 mission to use smart methods to seek signs of past life
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA's Mars 2020 mission, which will look for signs of past life on Mars, will use smart methods originally developed to find the...
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Scientists give star treatment to lesser-known cells crucial for brain development
Credit: Image courtesy of Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University. After decades of relative neglect, star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are finally getting their due. To...
Now and Zen: Lower prenatal stress reduces risk of behavioral issues in kids
Credit: University of Ottawa Parenting is a complicated journey full of questions, and when a beloved child begins to show signs of a behavioural disorder,...
Study: Playing smartphone app aids concussion recovery in teens
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Generally, after suffering a concussion, patients are encouraged to avoid reading, watching TV and using mobile devices...
Understanding how fish grow their hearts could help humans, professor finds
It's already known some fish have big hearts - at least during the winter. Now a U of G professor has identified a protein that...
Could olfactory loss point to Alzheimer’s disease?
Odor identification tests may help scientists track the evolution of the disease in persons at risk By the time you start losing your memory, it`s...
Multicolor MRIs could aid disease detection
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a method that could make magnetic resonance imaging--MRI--multicolor. Current MRI techniques rely on a...
New federal grant to fund JAX studies of microbiome’s role in multiple sclerosis
A five-year federal research grant totaling $1,887,049 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Research Scientist Yanjiao Zhou, M.D., Ph.D., will fund studies exploring the therapeutic potential of...
Saint Louis University chemist asks ‘could life begin in oil?’
Credit: Ellen Hutti, Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Paul Bracher, Ph.D., assistant professor in the department of chemistry at Saint Louis University, and his...
A new critically endangered tree species depends on unique habitat found only on Kaua’i
Credit: Kenneth R. Wood A new tree species, Melicope stonei (Rutaceae or citrus family), endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kaua'i, is already assessed as...
Harvard researchers develop tough, self-healing rubber
Imagine a tire that could heal after being punctured or a rubber band that never snapped. Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of...
The nerve-guiding ‘labels’ that may one day help re-establish broken nervous connections
Credit: Professor Juan Pablo Labrador, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have identified a large group of biological 'labels' that guide nerves to ensure they make the...
Mosses used to evaluate atmospheric conditions in urban areas
Credit: Oishi Y. and Hiura T Researchers have developed a method to evaluate atmospheric conditions using mosses (bryophytes) in urban areas, a development that could...
129I waste used to track ocean currents for 15,000 km after discharge from nuclear plants
Paris, 16th August: Radioactive 129I has travelled the equivalent of a third of the way round the globe, since being released from nuclear fuel reprocessing...
Predators preserve existing animal species
Credit: Photographer is Christian Skov. A new study from Lund University in Sweden increases knowledge of how boundaries and barriers are maintained between different species...
