NASA catches Tropical Cyclone Ernie being blown apart
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite provided a birds-eye view of Tropical Cyclone Ernie as it was being battered by strong vertical wind shear and...
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Iowa State researchers use graphene, electricity to change stem cells for nerve regrowth
Credit: Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa - Researchers looking for ways to regenerate nerves can have a hard time obtaining key tools...
Proton-nuclei smashups yield clues about ‘quark gluon plasma’
Credit: Zhenyu Chen Findings from Rice University physicists working at Europe's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are providing new insight about an exotic state of matter...
Putting a spin on logic gates
Credit: Fischer/Kewenig/Meyer WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10, 2017 -- Computer electronics are shrinking to small-enough sizes that the very electrical currents underlying their functions can no...
I-ACT for Children established to catalyze pediatric therapeutics clinical research & education
(Tucson, AZ) , 4/10/2017. Critical Path Institute (C-Path) has established a new 501(c)3 non-profit, the Institute for Advanced Clinical Trials for Children (I-ACT for Child..
Nutrition report calls for greater cooperation and coordination in promotion of pulse as consumer-friendly food stuff
NEW YORK, April 6, 2017 - A special issue of Annals published by the New York Academy of Sciences, stresses how increased pulse consumption could...
New breed of supermolecule ‘hunts down’ harmful drugs and removes them from water
A University of Surrey academic is leading research that has found an effective, environmentally friendly way to monitor and remove pharmaceuticals from water. The research...
Mild, wet summer in the midwest predicted by Mizzou weather expert
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Following a dry, mild winter in the Midwest, a University of Missouri meteorology expert is predicting a relatively wet and mild summer...
Avocados may help combat the metabolic syndrome
A new review investigates the effects of avocados on different components of metabolic syndrome, which is a clustering of risk factors including high blood sugar,...
MSU, MasterCard Foundation partner to increase youth employment in Africa
A five-year, $13 million collaboration between Michigan State University and The MasterCard Foundation will help 15,000 young people access employment and entrepreneurship opportunities in the...
Newfound signal helps pancreatic cancer cells hide from immune system
Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center Researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and its Perlmutter Cancer Center have uncovered a critical pathway by which pancreatic cancer...
Physician breast cancer screening recommendations amid changing guidelines
Disagreement persists between professional societies and organizations over the best time to start and to discontinue mammography for breast cancer screening, as well as the...
Threat of firearm use affects PTSD symptoms among female victims of partner violence
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 10, 2017-A new study shows that the threat of firearm use by a male partner...
New technology can detect tiny ovarian tumors
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most ovarian cancer is diagnosed at such late stages that patients' survival rates are poor. However, if the cancer is detected earlier,...
Moose tracking: There’s an app for that.
Credit: Vince Crichton EDMONTON (Monday, April 10, 2017)--Ecologists in the University of Alberta's Department of Biological Sciences have developed an app to improve population modeling...