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Flexibility and arrangement — the interaction of ribonucleic acid and water
Credit: MBI Ribonucleic acid (RNA) plays a key role in biochemical processes which occur at the cellular level in a water environment. Mechanisms and dynamics...
How far did you fall from the tree?
Credit: Kyoto University Japan — Mutations generate genetic variation, and are a major driving force of evolution. Therefore, examining mutation rates and modes are essential...
Distinguished role model for women in science receives global award
Credit: John Innes Centre A world-leading Norfolk plant scientist is today named as a 2018 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science laureate. Professor Dame Caroline Dean...
Collateral harm: The impact of Ebola and related fears on…
WASHINGTON — The first known household survey examining the collateral harm to pregnancy services in areas affected by the West African Ebola epidemic suggests a...
CRI scientists discover new bone-forming growth factor that reverses…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Dec. 13, 2016 – A team of scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) discovered...
Preventing cardiovascular disease in women — one physician’s approach to…
IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are...
UMass Amherst research creating tool for sustainable cities
AMHERST, Mass. – Green building expert Simi Hoque at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year, $508,714 National Science Foundation CAREER award to...
Electrical ‘switch’ in brain’s capillary network monitors activity and…
Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Longden All it takes is the flip of a protein "switch" within the tiny wire-like capillaries of the brain to increase...
Rare feline genetic disorders identified through whole genome sequencing at MU
Credit: Cleveland Zoo Whole genome sequencing (WGS), which is the process of determining an organism's complete DNA sequence, can be used to identify DNA anomalies...
Women’s health has worsened while men’s health has improved, trends since 1990…
Credit: Umeå University/PLOS One Researchers at Umeå University and Region Norrbotten in Sweden have studied health trends among women and men aged 25-34 from 1990-2014....
Human forebrain circuits under construction — in a dish
Credit: Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded neuroscientists have created a 3D window into the human brain's budding executive hub assembling...
Penn, Notre Dame researchers mapping genetic history of the Caribbean
In the island chain called the Lesser Antilles, stretching from the Virgin Islands south to Trinidad and Tobago, a team of researchers lead by Theodore...
Researchers ponder the shape of birds’ eggs
Credit: TR Birkhead The shape of birds' eggs varies considerably, for reasons that are unclear. The peculiarly elongated and pointed shape of the Common Guillemot's...
MDI Biological Laboratory to offer lecture series on the science of aging
BAR HARBOR, MAINE – The MDI Biological Laboratory will offer three lectures for the public on the science of aging as part of its new...
