How can we predict whose MS will worsen?
MINNEAPOLIS - In older people with MS, having fatigue and limited leg function is more often seen in people with MS progression than in those...
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Understanding and predicting snow behavior
Engineers from the University of Luxembourg are working together with scientists from the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF in Switzerland to better...
UTA student senior design project yields patent on smart bandage
Credit: UT Arlington Sometimes good things come to those who wait. Two faculty advisers - Engineering Professors Panos Shiakolas and Pranesh Aswath - supervised a...
New tool, RODEO, promises to capture the breadth of microbial biosynthetic potential
Credit: Source: DOI:10.1038/nchembio.2319 In an age of booming biotechnology, it might be easy to forget how much we still rely on the bounty of the...
Shorter herceptin breast cancer treatment may produce better results
Breast cancer patients who receive the drug Herceptin for nine weeks as part of their post-surgery chemotherapy regime may enjoy better health outcomes, according to...
Absent tumor-suppressors allow melanoma to thwart immunotherapy
It's what's missing in the tumor genome, not what's mutated, that thwarts treatment of metastatic melanoma with immune checkpoint blockade drugs, researchers at The University...
Warming up to cryopreservation
Credit: Manuchehrabadi et al., Science Translational Medicine (2017) Overcoming a major hurdle in transplant medicine, a new study reveals that nanotechnology can be used to...
Groundbreaking technology successfully rewarms large-scale tissues preserved at low temperatures
Credit: Haynes research group, University of Minnesota A research team, led by the University of Minnesota, has discovered a groundbreaking process to successfully rewarm large-scale...
The shifting rationales for vaping
Credit: John W. Ayers A new study harnesses social media data to explore--in their own words--the reasons people use e-cigarettes and why they started vaping...
Cholesterol-processing enzyme protects from debilitating brain lesions
An enzyme that helps break down cholesterol may also be a therapeutic target to stave off neurologic diseases, including Alzheimer's and a rare genetic disorder,...
Ninety percent of predatory fish gone from Caribbean coral reefs due to overfishing
Credit: Neil Hammerschlag Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found that up to 90 percent of predatory fish are gone...
The ultimate power nap
Credit: Wits University Why we sleep is one of the enduring unanswered mysteries of modern science. Along with such activities as eating, protecting oneself and...
Magic cover crop carpet?
Credit: Clair Keene Organic farmers have to make hard choices between protecting soil from erosion and controlling weeds. For example, large-scale organic farming relies heavily...
MD Anderson study ties protein ‘reader’ ENL to common leukemia
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Anyone who uses an employee badge to enter a building may understand how a protein called ENL opens...
Synthetic tooth enamel may lead to more resilient structures
ANN ARBOR -- Unavoidable vibrations, such as those on airplanes, cause rigid structures to age and crack, but researchers at the University of Michigan may...