The secret of scientists who impact policy
Credit: Natural Capital Project Why does some research lead to changes in public policy, while other studies of equal quality do not? That crucial question...
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Journal of Parkinson’s Disease celebrates key breakthroughs
Credit: IOS Press Amsterdam, The Netherlands, March 21, 2017 – Marking the 200th anniversary of James Parkinson's first published description of the disease that would...
Newly described cellular defense activity could guide solutions to UTIs
DURHAM, N.C. – The process cells use to secrete chemicals also appears to be the way to clear urinary tract infections, or UTIs, according to...
Asiagomphus reinhardti: A newly discovered insect is named after a TU…
The Russian insect researcher Oleg Kosterin and his Japanese colleague Naoto Yokoi have traced the dragonfly in a remote mountainous border region between Cambodia and...
Overcome strength-training plateau with accentuated eccentric loading
Hitting a plateau in strength training? The answer to overcoming it might lie in accentuated eccentric loading (AEL). Many experienced strength trainers try to overcome...
Cells in fish’s spinal discs repair themselves
Credit: Jennifer Bagwell, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Duke researchers have discovered a unique repair mechanism in the developing backbone of zebrafish that could give...
Half of hospitalized atrial fibrillation patients don’t receive…
Credit: Duke Clinical Research Institute DURHAM, N.C. — When patients suffer from atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, they are at considerably higher risk for blood...
UChicago studies ranked 1 & 2 in Clinical Research Forum’s…
Credit: Carole Ober, University of Chicago The Clinical Research Forum, a national organization of senior researchers and thought leaders from the nation's leading academic health...
Scientists win UN data prize for monitoring threats to South African…
Credit: Adam Wilson BUFFALO, N.Y. — South Africa's Cape Floristic Region is one of the richest repositories of plant life in the world. Here, about...
Young, gifted, first-generation minority science students motivated by prosocial values
BETHESDA, MD–There are as many motives as there are undergraduates taking introductory science courses, but if you look closely at groups of freshmen science students...
Scientists develop protein with potential to modify brain function, memory in mice and fish
Scientists at USC have developed a new tool to modify brain activity and memory in targeted ways, without the help of any drugs or chemicals....
Discrimination harms your health — and your partner’s
Credit: Unsplash EAST LANSING, Mich. – Discrimination not only harms the health and well-being of the victim, but the victim's romantic partner as well, indicates...
Stress of major life events impacts women more than men, shows poll of 2,000 people
Credit: The Physiological Society New research has highlighted the potential gender gap in stress, with women reporting higher stress from life events such as death...
Unpacking embryonic pluripotency
Cambridge, UK, 9 November 2015 – Researchers at EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust- Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute at...
Research reveals how PSD forms and why defects can cause autism
All neurons in our brain are wired via a micron-sized connection unit called synapse, and each synapse contains a layer of densely-packed, protein rich compartment...
