‘Dementia gene’ may guard against decline associated with parasitic disease
New research published online in The FASEB Journal, suggests that carriers of the Apolipoprotein E4 allele, which is the single strongest genetic predictor of Alzheimer's...
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Protein build-up may trigger inflammation associated with Alzheimer’s and other conditions
A recent review article published online in The FASEB Journal points to the "trigger" for the inflammatory response, caused by the immune system, that precedes...
Study shows risk of skin cancer doesn’t deter most college students who tan indoors
INDIANAPOLIS -- White female college students in Indiana who tan indoors know they are placing themselves at risk of skin cancer and premature skin aging,...
Airborne thermometer to measure Arctic temperatures
Credit: MIPT Press Office Russian scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISiS, MIPT, and Prokhorov General Physics Institute (GPI) of the Russian...
Innovative imaging and surgery treats lymph condition in adults
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers who developed a safe and effective procedure to remove thick clogs in children's airways are now reporting similar success...
New active filaments mimic biology to transport nano-cargo
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10, 2017 -- Inspired by micro-scale motions of nature, a group of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the...
Hubble’s front row seat when galaxies collide
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA This delicate smudge in deep space is far more turbulent than it first appears. Known as IRAS 14348-1447 -- a name...
Zeroing in on the true nature of fluids within nanocapillaries
Credit: Morineau WASHINGTON, D.C., January 10, 2017 -- Shrinking the investigation of objects down to the nanometer scale often reveals new properties of matter that...
Springer partners with the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Credit: Springer Springer, one of the leading publishers in the fields of science, technology and medicine, will launch the new journal of the Institute of...
Cost-saving, longer-lasting biodegradable adhesive patented by Kansas State University
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kansas State University researchers have patented the first plant-based resin of its kind that would be ideal for...
Hubble captures ‘shadow play’ caused by possible planet
Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Debes (STScI) Searching for planets around other stars is a tricky business. They're so small and faint that it's hard...
NASA study finds a connection between wildfires and drought
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using VIIRS data from Suomi NPP For centuries drought has come and gone across northern sub-Saharan Africa....
New categorization of food scares will prevent food chain being compromised
Researchers develop a new categorisation of food scares which will aid more efficient development of strategies to tackle the problem. Existing categorisations were found to...
Rapid Arctic warming has in the past shifted Southern Ocean winds
Credit: Linda Morris/U.S. Ice Drilling Program The global climate is a complex machine in which some pieces are separate, yet others are connected. Scientists try...
Cultural differences may leave their mark on DNA
A UC San Francisco-led study has identified signatures of ethnicity in the genome that appear to reflect an ethnic group's shared culture and environment, rather...
