Survival artists in the Antarctic
In order to improve our understanding of the impact climate change has on plant life in the Antarctic, the Rector of the University of Freiburg/Germany,...
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Fighting viruses to improve agriculture
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A University of California, Riverside researcher is leading a team that will receive $300,000 over two years to study...
Now entering ‘the valley of death’
Credit: Joe Angeles/WUSTL Photos From reading and hearing news accounts, the general public has a vague impression that some things are amiss with the pharmaceutical...
Crybaby: The vitamins in your tears
Credit: Sarah Bird, Michigan Tech Babies cry easily, but those tears may help shed light on the role and potential uses of vitamins in tears....
Vader Systems creates liquid metal 3-D printer for manufacturing
Loading video... Credit: Douglas Levere. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A father and son team in the START-UP NY program have invented a liquid metal printing machine...
What makes erionite carcinogenic?
Credit: Photo: Kilian Pollok/FSU Jena (Jena/Germany) The mineral erionite is considered to be highly carcinogenic and is on the World Health Organisation's list of substances...
Sensory stimuli control dopamine in the brain
Credit: Photo: Research group Driever Regardless of whether we are sitting in a loud aeroplane or walking through a quiet forest clearing, how humans perceive...
Adaptive management of soil conservation is essential to improving water quality
Credit: Helen Jarvie The quality of our rivers and lakes could be placed under pressure from harmful levels of soluble phosphorus, despite well-intended measures to...
ACR applauds FDA guidance requiring distinct names and suffixes for biosimilars
WASHINGTON, DC (Jan. 13, 2017) - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today applauded final guidance from the Food and Drug Administration recommending distinct suffixes...
Composite material for water purification
Fresh, clean water coming directly from the tap is a true luxury. In developing countries, people often have no choice but to use a contaminated...
BLAST: Greater speed, accuracy in recognizing brain injury
Credit: (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos) ARLINGTON, Va.--Modern body armor better protects warfighters against shrapnel from explosive blasts. However, they still face...
New technology enables 5-D imaging in live animals, humans
Credit: USC Translational Imaging Center A new image analysis technique makes it easier for scientists to quickly find and track important biological molecules including tell-tale...
Swimming for science
BROOKLYN, New York - Every year, approximately 20 million animals are used in scientific research. Increasingly these animals are zebrafish, which are quickly eclipsing rodents...
High-resolution pH imaging elucidates energy mechanisms in creating bacterial flagella
Credit: Osaka University Osaka University researchers develop methods to detect pH in vivo, and elucidate phenomena driving protein export in biological activities Osaka, Japan -...
Nigeria: Clean-burning stoves improve health for new mothers
Credit: Christopher S. Olopade, MD, MPH, University of Chicago Medicine In a small clinical trial that replaced widely used biomass and kerosene cookstoves with clean-burning...
