Francis Collins receives FASEB Award
Credit: Image courtesy of the National Institutes of Health. The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) presents its 2017 Public Service Award to...
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Low-carb diets safe in short term, more effective for weight loss than low-fat diets
CHICAGO--December 13, 2016--People deciding between low-carb and low-fat diets should know the research shows a slight advantage for low-carb diets when it comes to weight...
‘Western’ maternal diet appears to raise obesity risk in offspring
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - December 13, 2016 - Diet composition around the time of pregnancy may influence whether offspring become...
Kelp beats the heat
Credit: Ron McPeak In early 2014, when a large-scale marine heat wave in the Pacific Ocean produced temperature anomalies greater than anything seen since recordkeeping...
RIT professor awarded NSF grant to benefit the next generation of games scholars
As a doctoral candidate, Owen Gottlieb received advice from a consortium that eventually led him to a successful teaching and research career. Years later, Gottlieb,...
Battery research reaching out to higher voltages
Credit: Monika Weiner / TUM For years, small rechargeable lithium-ion batteries have reliably supplied billions of portable devices with energy. But manufacturers of high-energy applications...
Measuring radiation damage on the fly
Cambridge, Mass. -- Materials exposed to a high-radiation environment such as the inside of a nuclear reactor vessel can gradually degrade and weaken. But to...
UCSB professors elected to National Academy of Inventors
Credit: Melissa Van De Werfhorst UC Santa Barbara professors James Speck and Larry Coldren are among the newest fellows of the National Academy of Inventors...
Unexpected activity of 2 enzymes helps explain why liver cancer drugs fail
Credit: Gen-Sheng Feng, UC San Diego Health Some cancers are caused by loss of enzymes that should keep cell growth in check. On the flip...
Therapy response in brain tumor cells is linked to disease prognosis
The brain tumour form glioblastoma is difficult to treat and has very poor prognosis. In a new study, published today in the journal Cell Reports,...
Brain structure best explains our dwindling tolerance of risk
Our brain's changing structure, not simply getting older and wiser, most affects our attitudes to risk, according to new research. The University of Sydney's Dr...
Could co-infection with other viruses affect the survival of those with Ebola virus?
Ebola virus is one of a variety of viruses that causes a disease that comes under the general heading of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF). Since...
NIH awards aim to understand molecular changes during physical activity
The National Institutes of Health Common Fund announced today the first awards for the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity in Humans Program, which will allow...
Lunar sonic booms
The sonic boom created by an airplane comes from the craft's large, speeding body crashing into molecules in the air. But if you shrank the...
American death rate from drugs, alcohol, and mental disorders nearly triples since 1980
Credit: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation SEATTLE - More than 2,000 US counties witnessed increases of 200% or more in deaths related to substance...
