New 3-D model predicts best planting practices for farmers
Credit: Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign As farmers survey their fields this summer, several questions come to mind:...
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Biophysical Journal selects poster award winners at Single-Cell Biophysics Thematic Meeting
The Biophysical Society is pleased to announce winners of the Biophysical Journal Outstanding Poster Awards given at the "Single-Cell Biophysics: Measurement, Modulation, and Modeling," meeting...
Fungal toxins easily become airborne, creating potential indoor health risk
Washington, DC - June 23, 2017 - Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized, and easily inhaled....
More breast cancers were diagnosed at early stage after Affordable Care Act took effect
MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola University Chicago study published this month has found an increase in the percentage of breast cancer patients who were diagnosed...
Patient race & gender are important in predicting heart attack in the emergency department
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) found that certain symptoms are more and less predictive of patients' risk for...
Anti-epilepsy drug restores normal brain activity in mild Alzheimer’s disease
BOSTON - In the last decade, mounting evidence has linked seizure-like activity in the brain to some of the cognitive decline seen in patients with...
Sweet bribes for ants are key to crops bearing fruit, study shows
Credit: Nora Villamil-Buenrostro Flowering crops such as beans and cotton offer their sweetest nectar to recruit colonising ants in a strategy that balances their need...
Dune ecosystem modelling
Credit: Photo: Christine Hellmann Acacia longifolia, which is native to Australia, is a species which was cultivated in Portugal primarily to stabilize dunes and as...
NIST/CU team launches ‘comb and copter’ system to map atmospheric gases
Credit: Jennifer Lauren Lee/NIST Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder have demonstrated a new mobile,...
Bioengineers create more durable, versatile wearable for diabetes monitoring
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are getting more out of the sweat they've put into their...
Treating Lyme disease: When do symptoms resolve in children?
Credit: Children's National Health System For many Americans, the warmer weather of summer means more time spent outside: More gardening and yard work, more hikes...
Safety-net providers can adopt medical home models and improve primary care
Most of the federally qualified health centers that participated in a program to help them adopt a "medical home" model of advanced primary care were...
Chatter in the deep brain spurs empathy in rats
DURHAM, NC -- It's a classic conundrum: while rushing to get to an important meeting or appointment on time, you spot a stranger in distress....
Is it okay for children to count on their fingers?
Is it OK for children to count on their fingers? Generations of pupils have been discouraged by their teachers from using their hands when learning...
A unique amino acid for brain cancer therapy
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) Photodynamic therapy is often used to treat brain tumors because of its specificity -- it...
