Study offers new insight into powerful inflammatory regulator
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study in mice reveals how a protein called Brd4 boosts the inflammatory response --...
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Cities provide paths from poverty to sustainability
Credit: Shack/Slum Dweller International (SDI), South Africa New international agreements commit all UN member nations to solving humanity's greatest challenges over the next few decades,...
Zapping bacteria with sanitizers made of paper
Credit: Jingjin Xie Imagine wearing clothes with layers of paper that protect you from dangerous bacteria. A Rutgers-led team has invented an inexpensive, effective way...
New porous solids may lead to better drugs
Credit: Caltech An international team of researchers, led by Mark E. Davis at Caltech, has succeeded in making the first chiral molecular sieves. This discovery...
Stenciling with atoms in 2-dimensional materials possible
Credit: Eichfeld, Penn State The possibilities for the new field of two-dimensional, one-atomic-layer-thick materials, including but not limited to graphene, appear almost limitless. In new...
Alcohol is associated with higher risk of breast cancer in African-American women
Bottom Line: Alcohol consumption was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in a large study of African-American women, indicating that they, like white...
Connecting the dots between insulin resistance, unhealthy blood vessels and cancer
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (May 1, 2017) - Over the decades, scientists have repeatedly shown that patients with increased levels of the hormone insulin...
An illuminating honor
Credit: Melissa Van De Werfhorst UC Santa Barbara engineering professor Larry Coldren has received the 2017 Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award from the Optical Society of...
Developing climate-resilient wheat varieties
Credit: Mark Sorrells May 1, 2017 - Increases in climate variability have placed new emphasis on the need for resilient wheat varieties. Alongside demands for...
Galápagos study identifies keystone predator in a complex food web
Loading video... Credit: Witman/PLOS ONE PROVIDENCE, R.I. --Despite popular metaphors and cartoons depicting straightforward "food chains," ecologists such as Brown University Pr..
When single-family homes killed L.A.’s urban forest
Credit: USC News and Spatial Sciences Institute Plant a tree, save the world? Maybe, but preventing the chopping down of trees for single-family home add-ons...
Kansas State University continues to lead effort to battle citrus greening
MANHATTAN, KANSAS - Kansas State University researchers will continue to lead efforts to combat a deadly bacterial disease that's affected up to 80 percent of...
Researchers to make corrections in climate change models
Global warming is a concept very well-known to people today, even those who are not particularly invested in such matters. However, this knowledge becomes obsolete...
LSUHealthNO awarded $2.5m grant to develop better dental filling materials
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry New Orleans, LA - The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research of the National Institutes of...
Earthquakes can make thrust faults open violently and snap shut
Credit: Harsha Bhat/ENS It is a common trope in disaster movies: an earthquake strikes, causing the ground to rip open and swallow people and cars...
