Average distance to a forest increased by almost 14 percent in the continental US in a decade
Credit: Yang S, Mountrakis G (2017) During the 1990s, in the continental US key connecting forest patches have been lost resulting in an increase of...
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In rare disorder, novel agent stops swelling before it starts
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System An early-stage clinical trial has found that, compared to a placebo, a novel medication significantly reduces potentially life-threatening episodes of...
Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart’s biomechanical properties
Loading video... Credit: Veniamin Sidorov VIIBRE Vanderbilt The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now scientists at Vanderbilt University...
The value of nutrition and exercise, according to a moth
Credit: National Science Foundation Quick! Name the top-performing athletes in the animal kingdom. Cheetah? Try again. Blue whale? Nope. Here's a clue: If you take...
New research horizons
Two UC Santa Barbara faculty members -- cryptographer Stefano Tessaro and condensed matter physicist Andrea Young -- have been selected to receive research fellowships from...
Average distance to a forest increased by almost 14% in the continental US in a decade
Credit: Yang S, Mountrakis G (2017) During the 1990s, in the continental US key connecting forest patches have been lost resulting in an increase of...
How do polar bears respond to climate change, subsistence hunting?
Credit: Kristin Laidre/University of Washington UW's Kristin Laidre awarded Pew marine fellowship to study effects of climate change, subsistence hunting on polar bears Polar bears...
Incarceration linked to excess burden of cancer, new study finds
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Feb. 22, 2017 -- People who spend time in jails and prisons are more likely to develop certain...
Serendipity uncovers borophene’s potential
Credit: Mark C. Hersam Almost one year ago, borophene didn't even exist. Now, just months after a Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory team discovered...
Cameras can steal data from computer hard drive LED lights — Ben-Gurion U. study
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...Feb. 22, 2017 - Researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) Cyber Security Research Center have demonstrated that data can be stolen...
Tiny fibers open new windows into the brain
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For the first time ever, a single flexible fiber no bigger than a human hair has successfully delivered a combination of optical,...
Nature study suggests new therapy for Gaucher disease
CINCINNATI - Scientists propose in Nature blocking a molecule that drives inflammation and organ damage in Gaucher and maybe other lysosomal storage diseases as a...
Measuring patients’ muscles to predict chemotherapy side effects
Chemotherapy has long been standard treatment for many cancers, but its clinical benefits can also come with well-documented side effects. Doctors say the challenge is...
Researchers aim to disrupt egg production in dengue- and Zika-spreading mosquito
Credit: USDA RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The mosquito Aedes aegypti, which can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, and yellow fever virus, requires a blood meal...
NASA spies Tropical Cyclone 08P’s formation
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite spotted Tropical Cyclone 08P as it was developing in the South Pacific Ocean. Tropical...
