Analyzing copies of genes offers new treatment possibilities for ovarian cancer
Loading video... Credit: UC San Diego Health A team of 18 University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center researchers has...
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Flat-footed fighters
Credit: David Carrier Walking on our heels, a feature that separates great apes, including humans, from other primates, confers advantages in fighting, according to a...
Ebolaviruses need very few mutations to cause disease in new host species
Credit: University of Kent Kent researchers have identified how few mutations it can take for Ebolaviruses to adapt to affect previously resistant species. Ebola is...
Monitoring birds by drone
Credit: A. Wilson Forget delivering packages or taking aerial photographs--drones can even count small birds! A new study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances tests this...
Unlocking the genetic secrets of legendary bulls
Credit: UQ The genes of 50 top bulls have been sequenced in an effort to understand how genes from temperate cattle have influenced important production...
Researchers pinpoint watery past on Mars
Credit: Dr Mary Bourke (Trinity College Dublin). Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a patch of land in an ancient valley on Mars that...
Smoking cessation counseling successful when paired with lung cancer screening
WASHINGTON -- In the first successful randomized trial of its kind, researchers have provided preliminary evidence that telephone-based smoking cessation counseling given to smokers shortly...
UTA researcher earns TxDOT contract to use geocells to improve pavement infrastructure
Credit: UT Arlington A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to determine the benefits of using recycled materials and geocells to...
Level up and learn: Team teaches science through video game
A University of Texas at Dallas team is exploring whether teaching real-world science through a popular computer game may offer a more engaging and effective...
Tumor-targeting system uses cancer’s own mechanisms to betray its location
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By hijacking a cancer cell's own metabolism, researchers have found a way to tag and target...
Research on dementia needs new approach say scientists at 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting
BOSTON--Nutrition researcher Neal D. Barnard, M.D., and other speakers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Annual Meeting call for a new approach...
A new contrast agent for MRI
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A new, specially coated iron oxide nanoparticle developed by a team at MIT and elsewhere could provide an alternative to conventional gadolinium-based...
Joseph Moskal elected to medical and biological engineering elite
Credit: Sally Ryan Northwestern University's Joseph R. Moskal has been elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering's (AIMBE) College of Fellows. Moskal...
Kalinin, Paranthaman elected Materials Research Society fellows
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 14, 2017 -- Two researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sergei Kalinin and Mariappan Parans Paranthaman, have...
Extending VCSEL wavelength coverage to the mid-infrared
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 14, 2017 -- Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are small, semiconductor-based lasers that emit optical beams from their top surface, and one of...
