Dr. Barbara Haley (left) and Dr. Roshni Rao DALLAS – September 20, 2016 – Genetic testing of mitochondrial DNA could reveal otherwise unknown ancestry that...
The peptide amyloid beta plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Now new research from Washington University in St. Louis shows it shape-shifts in order to...
Rice researchers James Tour, left, and William Sikkema. Credit: Jeff FitlowThe combination of graphene nanoribbons made with a process developed at Rice University and a...
Thomas Hawke, associate professor of pathology and molecular medicine at Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine and senior author of both studies.Loss of physical strength...
The researchers could watch in a top-down view the 36 participants passing through a bottleneck during a simple evacuation situation. Each pedestrian was controlled by...
Piero Carninci of CLST, who led the team Credit: RikenScientists have found a group of human sequences — unrelated to those in mice — which...
Naturally fluorescing polymer nanoparticles can be used to detect a key marker of cystic fibrosis. Credit: Yang Lab/Penn StateA new, inexpensive method for detecting salt...
Expanding DNA by adding a synthetic base pair holds the promise of producing unique proteins and peptides for new medicines and technologies. But now, research...
Credits: wikimediaResearchers at Uppsala University have used computer modelling to study how brain tumours arise. The study, which is published in the journal EBioMedicine, illustrated...
Ryan Randall (R) and Caelan Radford hold up cultures of lab bacteria with mutated proteins fluorescing in various colors. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob FeltRemnants...
Credits: WikimediaA late night at the library, copious amounts of energy drinks or coffee and class notes from the last month; surely you’ll be able...
Exposure to bright light increases testosterone levels and leads to greater sexual satisfaction in men with low sexual desire. These are the results of a...
What parents say should be covered in health education. Credit: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s HealthTeaching kids about drugs, alcohol and sex...
A new survey of internet users suggests that people who use the internet excessively may have more mental health problems. Using two scales to evaluate...
Mosquitoes are more likely to feed on cattle than on humans if they carry a specific chromosomal rearrangement in their genome. This reduces their odds...
