Detecting long-term concussion in athletes
Credit: Sebastien Tremblay Lawyers representing both sides in concussion lawsuits against sports leagues may eventually have a new tool at their disposal: a diagnostic signature...
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Early squirrel gets the real estate, U of G study finds
Credit: Bend Dantzer Those young squirrels now scampering around your neighbourhood were born in this year's earliest litters and are more likely to survive than...
Rice scientists simplify the incorporation of nitrogen into molecules
(Rice University) Rice University scientists generalize the synthesis of aminating agents to simplify the design and manufacture of drugs and other fine chemicals in which...
Additional funding to develop a drug for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Photo: Chris Goodfellow, Gladstone Institutes E-Scape Bio announced an extension of its Series A funding to a total of $63 million. Created as a...
Higher use of health care services throughout adult life linked with traumatic childhoods
Individuals who suffered multiple types of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences - physical, sexual or emotional abuse or other stresses such as living in a household...
Mulling over the aromas of wine
A fine wine has an ideal balance of ingredients. Too much or too little of a component could mean the difference between a wine with...
Synthesizing the human genome from scratch
For the past 15 years, synthetic biologists have been figuring out how to synthesize an organism's complete set of DNA, including all of its genes....
Graduate research fellow investigates how fungi and fire enable pine savanna ecosystem to thrive
Credit: Jacob Hopkins | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- For most humans, fire symbolizes destruction and death. Yet nature often adapts to fire and can...
NOAA disburses $16.7M in oil spill penalties to fund research
Credit: LSU LSU has received one of the competitive federal grants funded from penalties paid by parties responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. A...
Paleontologists solve pterosaur pelvis puzzle
Credit: Courtesy Greg Funston Following a discovery in 2015 in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, Greg Funston puzzled for two years over a mysterious bone trying...
Algae production research gets boost at Los Alamos
Credit: Sapphire Energy INC LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 12, 2017 -- Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of three projects to...
Study: After watching disturbing video, CPAP usage soars
Credit: Please Courtesy: National Jewish Health Like more than 20 million other Americans, John Brugger has been diagnosed with sleep apnea. He snored, tossed and...
Effective protection against hip fracture during cortisone treatment
Credit: Photo: Elin Lindstrom Claessen/University of Gothenburg There is effective protection against hip fracture for the many elderly people whose skeleton is declining in strength,...
Data analysis in the kitchen
What's on the menu tonight? How about some roast beef with strawberry-, beer- and garlic sauce? Or perhaps something lighter based on tomatoes, apricots and...
Nanomedicine opens door to precision medicine for brain tumors
Proof-of-concept study demonstrates potential therapy for incurable glioblastoma brain tumors Involves injecting nanoparticles into tumors to shut down the cells driving the cancer Nanoparticle plat..
