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Researchers discover greenhouse bypass for nitrogen
Credit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. Those concerned with water quality are familiar with nitrogen as a major pollutant whose excess runoff into coastal waters can lead...
Mapping the mind of worms
Dr. Kevin Collins carefully places a petri dish with what looks like a blotch of yellowish slime under a microscope. Magnified, the slime comes alive...
Special issue highlights research at UM Schools of Medicine and Dentistry
Baltimore, Md., January 18, 2017 - New research by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM) and the University of Maryland...
Actress Kathy Bates to be honored at Research!America’s Advocacy Awards Dinner
> ARLINGTON, Va.--January 18, 2017--Kathy Bates, award-winning actress and Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) spokesperson, will receive Research!America's Isadore Rosenfeld Award fo..
Intense industrial fishing
China, the world's largest seafood producer, has done something extraordinary. For the past 20 years, despite minimal management and some of the most intense industrial...
One year of sex-inclusive research celebrated at Jan. 25 symposium
CHICAGO --- Northwestern Medicine will host a symposium Jan. 25 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the National Institutes of Health's landmark...
Blood-repellent materials: A new approach to medical implants
Credit: Kota lab/Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - Medical implants like stents, catheters and tubing introduce risk for blood clotting and infection - a...
Small intestine GIST associated with better prognosis in younger patients
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) are tumors that arise is the wall of the digestive tract, and most often occur in the stomach or small intestine....
UCSF, Intel join forces to develop deep learning analytics for health care
UC San Francisco's Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI) today announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation to deploy and validate a deep learning analytics platform...
PPMD awards $600,000 to NJIT and Talem for Duchenne muscular dystrophy exoskeleton
Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD), a nonprofit organization leading the fight to end Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne), today announced a $600,000 grant to be awarded...
Roberto Morandotti and Federico Rosei receive the Sichuan Province 1000 talents award
The government of Sichuan province has recognized the outstanding research of two INRS professors, Roberto Morandotti and Federico Rosei, respectively for their work in photonics...
Rice’s Baker Institute releases policy recommendations for the Trump administration
Credit: Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy has released policy recommendations for President-elect Donald Trump's ..
RIT engineer researches the impact of shear stress on cell circulation
How do cells and protein molecules respond to stress as they travel through blood vessels? Could resulting changes to these biological components impact how diseases...
Soft robot helps the heart beat
Credit: Ellen Roche/Harvard University Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it...
