Using the force
Whether building organs or maintaining healthy adult tissues, cells use biochemical and mechanical cues from their environment to make important decisions, such as becoming a...
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Brains of people with autism spectrum disorder share similar molecular abnormalities
Autism spectrum disorder is caused by a variety of factors, both genetic and environmental. But a new study led by UCLA scientists provides further evidence...
Prehistoric plant remains highlight diverse origins of cereal domestication
Credit: Juan José Ibañez A study from the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) and the University of Copenhagen shows that the process of cultivation...
Plant ‘chemical factory’ could produce variety of commercial products
A 'chemical factory' on the surface of plant leaves could help produce more commercially useful products, researchers at the University of York have found. The...
Secrets of the paleo diet: Discovery reveals plant-based menu of prehistoric man
Credit: Yaakov Langsam A tiny grape pip (scale 1mm), left on the ground some 780,000 years ago, is one of more than 9,000 remains of...
Neolithic Syrians were first to domesticate cereals
Loading video... Credit: CSIC Communications 11,000 years ago, a Syrian community began a practice which would change man's relationship with his surroundings forever: the initiation...
Game changer for organic solar cells
With a new technique for manufacturing single-layer organic polymer solar cells, scientists at UC Santa Barbara and three other universities might very well move organic...
Trust issues: Users more gullible when they customize their technology
Technology may have helped turn users into their own information gatekeepers, but they may not necessarily make better, more informed decisions with that data, according...
Lack of appropriate clothing can hinder people with disabilities
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - There are many important events in a person's life, including weddings, graduations, school dances and job interviews. The...
New study to investigate role of sleep in chronic pain
SPOKANE, Wash. - Washington State University will lead a study to understand the relationship between sleep and chronic pain, part of a nationwide effort to...
UMMS scientist designs lamp light operative photodynamic molecules for tumor therapy
Credit: UMass Medical School WORCESTER: UMass Medical School scientist Gang Han, PhD, and his team have designed a new class of molecules used in photodynamic...
Nivolumab with chemotherapy improves response, survival in AML study patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center The immunotherapy drug nivolumab in combination with standard chemotherapy more than doubled response rates and improved overall survival in patients...
Simple steps lengthen lives of high-risk AML patients
PORTLAND, OR - New research shows that quickly identifying patients with high-risk acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and speeding the process to find them a stem...
Fast evolution affects everyone, everywhere
Credit: Kiyoto Gotanda Rapid evolution of other species happens all around us all the time - and many of the most extreme examples are associated...
New Alzheimer’s disease findings to be shared at international conference
WHAT: The conference will review the most important and promising developments in Alzheimer's disease research. It encourages the exchange of ideas and techniques used to...
