Enlarged prostate later in life could stem from fetal development early on
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- New research from Michigan State University indicates that embryonic tissue, key to the development of a baby's gender, could contribute to...
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Mystery of memory cells answered through mouse study
Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (March 13, 2017) -- When an infection attacks the body for the first time, T cells of the immune system...
NASA, NOAA satellites see winter storm madness ‘March’ to the East
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project NASA and NOAA satellites are providing various views of the major winter storm marching toward the U.S. East...
Researchers develop new method to program nanoparticle organization in polymer thin films
Credit: The University of Akron Controlling the organization of nanoparticles into patterns in ultrathin polymer films can be accomplished with entropy instead of chemistry, according...
Profiting from the fight against corruption
It makes sense for non-governmental organizations to band together to fight government corruption; they get better results that way. But did you know it's also...
Solid metal has ‘structural memory’ of its liquid state
Credit: Image courtesy of Yu Shu and Guoyin Shen. Washington, DC-- New work from a team including Carnegie's Guoyin Shen and Yoshio Kono used high...
New method enables creation of better therapeutic antibodies
Credit: Tiezheng Li/Lai-Xi Wang/UMD Antibodies are the foot soldiers of our immune system. These specialized, Y-shaped proteins attach to bacteria and viruses, where they either...
Rapid decline of Arctic sea ice a combination of climate change and natural variability
Arctic sea ice in recent decades has declined even faster than predicted by most models of climate change. Many scientists have suspected that the trend...
Flowering times shift with loss of species from a grassland ecosystem
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Genetic key to salt-tolerance discovered in tilapia fish
Most fish live either in fresh water or salt water, but others, including tilapia, have the remarkable ability to physiologically adjust to varying salinity levels...
Thinking outside the power box: Matthias Preindl takes converters virtual
Credit: Timothy Lee Photographers/Columbia Engineering Today's electric vehicles and home renewable energy systems require several types of power converters, each taking up space and raising...
Researchers offer overview of composite metal foams and potential applications
Credit: Afsaneh Rabiei Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a range of composite metal foams (CMFs) that can be used in applications from...
Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable...
Looking for ‘fingerprints’ at the intersection of weather and climate
New Haven, Conn. - Scientists have found the seasonal "fingerprints" of Arctic sea ice, El Nino, and other climate phenomena in a new study that...
Genetic analysis better explains how uterine cancers resist treatment
Researchers have charted the complex molecular biology of uterine carcinosarcoma, a rare and aggressive gynecologic cancer, according to a study published on March 13 in...
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