Goodbye HERA, hello sleep
Credit: Credit: NASA After 45 days in NASA's Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), the four-man crew can hardly hold their eyes open. This mission was...
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Aging power plants provide Trump administration with risks and opportunities
When it comes to the current plans to retire U.S. power plants, Carnegie Mellon University researchers believe we are "running towards a cliff with no...
Supramolecular materials with a time switch
Credit: Boekhoven Lab / TUM Materials that assemble themselves and then simply disappear at the end of their lifetime are quite common in nature. Researchers...
Shark scavenging helps reveal clues about human remains
Credit: Florida Museum/George Burgess GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Shark feeding habits are helping scientists identify marks on human bones found in the ocean. By analyzing shark...
Individual insight into brain networks
Harvard scientists have gained new insights into how the brain networks important for thought and remembering are organized in individual people, bringing the notion of...
Kent State researcher examines vaccine rejection and hesitancy, calls to promote vaccination
Credit: Kent State University The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Tara Smith, Ph.D., professor of epidemiology...
Certification program to expand response capability for vector-borne disease outbreaks
Annapolis, MD; July 19, 2017--Soon, the public health community will be better equipped to respond to outbreaks of diseases spread by mosquitoes and other arthropod...
Indestructible virus yields secret to creating incredibly durable materials
Credit: MANDATORY CREDIT: Courtesy the study authors/eLife It's like the Superman of viruses, astonishingly tough and able to survive in an environment that would dissolve...
Stem cell clinics registering for-profit, pay-to-participate studies on clinicaltrials.gov
The Future Science Group (FSG) journal Regenerative Medicine, today announces the publication of a new Perspective article, in which Leigh Turner (University of Minnesota, MN,...
PETA journal article lays out steps to end flea/tick infestation tests on dogs and cats
An article just published in the peer-reviewed journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, authored by scientists from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), calls...
New study provides BRCA mutation carriers guidance for when surgery has greatest impact
CATONSVILLE, MD, July 19, 2017 - Of the women who carry the mutated BRCA1/2 genes, 45-65 percent will develop breast cancer, and 15-39 percent will...
Human in vitro fertilization could evolve thanks to piglet study
Credit: Nicholas Benner It is estimated that parents seeking to have children through in vitro fertilization (IVF) spend between $12,000 and $15,000 each session plus...
Grant awarded to Hunter College to study factors that influence HIV seroconversion
Hunter College's Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST; @CHESTNYC) has been awarded a two-year milestone-based award (UG3-AI133674) for more than $2.9 million from...
New robotic lab tracking toxicity of Lake Erie algal bloom
ANN ARBOR--A new research tool to safeguard drinking water is now keeping a watchful eye on Lake Erie. This week, a robotic lake-bottom laboratory began...
Brains are more plastic than we thought
Credit: Pack Lab Practice might not always make perfect, but it's essential for learning a sport or a musical instrument. It's also the basis of...
