Challenges of breeding ‘VIPeas’
Credit: Thomas Stefaniak. The small but mighty chickpea packs a dietary and environmental punch. They are an important source of nutrition, especially protein, for billions...
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Research!America to honor Sen. Lamar Alexander for championing research and innovation
ARLINGTON, Va.--February 1, 2017--Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) has been selected to receive the Edwin C. Whitehead Award for Medical Research Advocacy for his longstanding commitment...
Statement from ASH, AACR, AACI, ASTRO, ASPHO & LUNGevity Foundation on immigration order
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2017 -- As the world's leading organizations representing laboratory researchers, physician-scientists, clinicians, the nation's cancer centers, and patient adv..
Eating the placenta after childbirth — researchers explore perceptions of health benefits and risks
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine () is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published online with open access options and in print. Led by John...
Sandia receives ENERGISE award to study how to help utilities better manage power systems
Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Sandia National Laboratories has been awarded a three-year, $2.5 million award to help utility companies better visualize,...
Shape of prostate and compartments within may serve as cancer indicators
Credit: Mirabela Rusu Preliminary computerized imaging reveals the shape of the prostate and a compartment within the gland--called the transitional zone--consistently differ in men with...
This Week from AGU: Coal mine dust lowers spectral reflectance of Arctic snow
GeoSpace Coal mine dust lowers spectral reflectance of Arctic snow by up to 84 percent, new study finds Dust released by an active coal mine...
Controlling electron spin makes water splitting more efficient
One of the main obstacles in the production of hydrogen through water splitting is that hydrogen peroxide is also formed, which affects the efficiency stability...
Potential new drug class hits multiple cancer cell targets, boosting efficacy and safety
MYC is a regulator gene. It controls the expression of other genes and codes transcription factors or proteins involved in many fundamental cellular processes. It's...
New type of PET imaging identifies primary and metastatic prostate cancer
Credit: Jingjing Zhang, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China Reston, Virginia -- In the featured article from the February 2017 issue of the Journal of...
Gull decline on Scottish island linked to decline in fishing discards
Credit: by Tom Bickerton/BTO The research, published in the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) journal Bird Study, looked at the breeding populations of three species...
Building up biomaterials: Michigan Tech researchers lead Forest Bioeconomy Conference
Biomaterials are any organic materials that can be cultivated or extracted from nature's ecosystems; any organic material extracted from the forest is considered a forest...
What to expect from big pharma in 2017
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved just 22 new therapeutic drugs, which is less than half the number approved in 2015. The cover...
New study finds extensive use of fluorinated chemicals in fast food wrappers
Credit: University of Notre Dame/iStock Americans may be consuming fast food wrapped in paper treated with perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) -- the same chemicals used in...
Cocktail of bacteria-killing viruses prevents cholera infection in animal models
BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2017)--Oral administration of a cocktail of three viruses, all of which specifically kill cholera bacteria, prevents infection and cholera-like symptoms in animal...
