UH receives USDA grant to fight obesity in nearby neighborhoods
The University of Houston Department of Health and Human Performance (HHP) has received a $281,475 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute...
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When old growth beats old school
Credit: courtesy Bill Keeton As the planet warms, carbon markets are getting hot too. Forest landowners have been looking for ways to enter these markets,...
To save honey bees, human behavior must change
Annapolis, MD; April 4, 2017--In the search for answers to the complex health problems and colony losses experienced by honey bees in recent years, it...
Private insurers in New York state see surge in claims related to opioid addiction
NEW YORK, NY--April 6, 2017--From 2007 to 2014, private insurance claim lines with opioid abuse and dependence diagnoses increased 1,459 percent in the New York...
UTA engineer earns grant to develop materials for 3-D printed blood vessels for children
Credit: UTA An engineer at The University of Texas at Arlington has been awarded a $211,000 R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health to...
PharmaMar to host research and development event on April 24, 2017
The event will be hosted by members of PharmaMar's senior management team and will feature presentations from expert speakers. Management and speakers will discuss scientific...
Solving medical ‘cold cases’ through genetics
Montreal, April 6, 2017 - Researchers have identified the genetic mutation responsible for one patient's serious health problems, finally solving a medical mystery that has...
Honey bees have sharper eyesight than we thought
Credit: Dr Elisa Rigosi, Lund University. Research conducted at the University of Adelaide has discovered that bees have much better vision than was previously known,...
Hearing and touch mediate sensations via osseointegrated prostheses
Credit: Anna-Lena Lundqvist A new study has found that people with a prosthesis attached directly to their skeleton can hear by means of vibrations in...
Synthetic biologists engineer inflammation-sensing gut bacteria
Credit: J. Tabor/Rice University Synthetic biologists at Rice University have engineered gut bacteria capable of sensing colitis, an inflammation of the colon, in mice. The...
Prestigious international award for leading QUT biomaterials scientist
Professor Hutmacher's work has been acknowledged with the Society's International Award which is bestowed on scientists who have been internationally recognized, have a high scientific...
UN-backed report: Record new renewable power capacity added worldwide at lower cost
Credit: UN Environment Frankfurt / Nairobi - As the cost of clean technology continues to fall, the world added record levels of renewable energy capacity...
EU Excellence Award for research on matter-antimatter plasma
Credit: Graphic: IPP The European Research Council (ERC) is awarding 2.4 million euros in support of the research on a matter-antimatter plasma composed of electrons...
Buckle up! Climate change to increase severe aircraft turbulence
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences; image credit: Paul Williams Turbulence strong enough to catapult unbuckled passengers and crew around the aircraft cabin could become twice...
Further reductions in radiotherapy to young children with brain tumors less successful
Credit: CHLA A team of investigators has determined that young children participating in a clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of reduced radiotherapy did worse...
