Asthma drugs could prevent prevent deadly form of pneumonia, research suggests
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System Two drugs used to treat asthma and allergies may offer a way to prevent a form of pneumonia...
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Researchers gain insight into a physical phenomenon that leads to earthquakes
Scientists have gotten better at predicting where earthquakes will occur, but they're still in the dark about when they will strike and how devastating they...
NASA spies Tropical Cyclone Bart’s end
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite spotted Tropical Cyclone Bart as it was transitioning into an extra-tropical cyclone in the...
High indoxyl sulfate levels caused by acute kidney injury damages lungs
Credit: Dr. Hideyuki Saito Acute kidney injury (AKI) is sudden kidney failure or damage lasting from a few hours to several days. During this time,...
Study: Changing the environment within bone marrow alters blood cell development
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers at the University of Illinois report they can alter blood cell development through the use...
A close look at sharp vision in eye structure seen only in humans and other primates
Credit: Xiaoyun Wu/UW Medicine Vision scientists have uncovered some of the reasons behind the unusual perceptual properties of the eye's fovea. Only humans and other...
How proteins find one another
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been studying two proteins that play a vital role in many bodily processes. The aim of the research...
First trace of differences between matter and ‘ordinary’ antimatter
Credit: Source: CERN, The LHCb Collaboration Cracow, 22 February 2017 The world around us is mainly constructed of baryons, particles composed of three quarks. Why...
Antimicrobial substances identified in Komodo dragon blood
Credit: Kent Vliet In a land where survival is precarious, Komodo dragons thrive despite being exposed to scads of bacteria that would kill less hardy...
Grimes awarded Sloan Research Fellowship for work on chronic inflammatory diseases
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware It's not every day that you're congratulated in a full-page ad in The New York Times. That's a special recognition...
See-through heating pad could help prevent burns from thermotherapy (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society To soothe aches and pains, many people turn to heating pads, patches or creams. Although a common practice, thermotherapy can cause...
Improved polymer and new assembly method for ultra-conformable ‘electronic tattoo’ devices
Credit: Waseda University Tokyo, Feb 21, 2017 -- A group of researchers at Waseda University has developed processes and materials for ultrathin stick-on electronic devices...
Device will rapidly, accurately and inexpensively detect the Zika virus at airports
Credit: Florida Atlantic University About the size of a tablet, a portable device that could be used in a host of environments like a busy...
Nanotechnology and nanopore sequencing
DNA is the hereditary material in our cells and contains the instructions for them to live, behave, grow, and develop. These instructions are based on...
Russian and Indian scientists collaborate on development of a new type accumulator
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University In mid-February 2017 researchers of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and the University of Madras...
