Scientists uncover dietary strategy to address obesity using component in red chili
Washington, DC - May 23, 2017 - Scientists have discovered a dietary strategy that may address obesity by reducing endotoxemia, a major contributor to chronic,...
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‘Pregnant’ housefly males demonstrate the evolution of sex determination
Credit: Peter Koomen Sex is one of the most essential characteristics of an individual - not only for humans, but also for animals and plants....
Crazy for ant eggs
Loading video... Credit: Chin-Cheng 'Scotty' Yang Kyoto, Japan -- As worker ants busily hurry about providing for colony and queen, we can imagine a range...
New cancer drug can prevent reactions to common airborne allergens
CHICAGO --- A cancer drug for patients with certain types of leukemia and lymphoma can also prevent reactions to some of the most common airborne...
Novel technology applied to replace aging bridge
Credit: Majid Talebi/ University of Delaware America's bridges received a grade of C+ on the 2017 Infrastructure Report Card, put out by the American Society...
The secret to combating pancreatic cancer may lie in suppression of a common protein
Credit: Amy Lee, PhD, Keck School of Medicine LOS ANGELES - New research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California...
Taking a closer look at genetic switches in cancer
Credit: Hoelz Lab/Caltech Many things go wrong in cells during the development of cancer. At the heart of the chaos are often genetic switches that...
UTA’s AbeXXa Biologics named one of 40Â Best University Startups 2017Â by NCET2
(University of Texas at Arlington) AbeXXa Biologics, a faculty startup at The University of Texas at Arlington, was named one of the 40 'Best University...
Just one alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, exercise lowers risk
WASHINGTON, DC -- Drinking just one glass of wine or other alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, finds a major new report by...
Labeling a bacterial cell ‘jacket’
Credit: Evan Krape/ University of Delaware You have three to five pounds of bacteria living in and on your body right now. That's some 38...
Research decoding the first deep-sea mussel genome published in Nature
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University A joint research led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)...
Fall calving season may yield higher returns for southeastern beef producers
Credit: Photo by T. Johnson, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The vast majority of cow-calf producers in Tennessee and the Southeast using a defined calving...
USDA invests $2.5 million in commodity board projects to support Ag industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. May 24, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced five grants totaling more...
AstraZeneca and the Francis Crick Institute sign research agreement
The Francis Crick Institute has signed a new research agreement with global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca. The five-year initiative will see researchers from AstraZeneca and the...
A new T-cell population for cancer immunotherapy
Scientists at the University of Basel in Switzerland have, for the first time, described a new T cell population that can recognize and kill tumor...
