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Land plants cover the surface of our planet and often tower over us. They form complex bodies with multiple organs that consist of a broad...

Aligned peptide ‘noodles’ could enable lab-grown biological tissues

HOUSTON – (May 3, 2024) – A team of chemists and bioengineers at Rice University and the University of Houston have achieved a significant milestone...

Affordable Care Act expansions improved access to cancer care, study suggests

Insurance expansions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were linked with an increase in patients receiving care at accredited cancer hospitals in Pennsylvania, according to...

Exploring oncogenic driver molecular alterations in Hispanic/Latin American cancer patients

“ this editorial underscores the complex molecular diagnosis landscape of cancer in the population.”Credit: 2024 Parra-Medina. “ this editorial underscores the complex molecular diagnosis landscape...

Quantifying U.S. health impacts from gas stoves

Households with gas or propane stoves regularly breathe unhealthy levels of nitrogen dioxide, a study of air pollution in U.S. homes found.Credit: Rob Jackson, Stanford...

ADA Forsyth ranks number 1 on the East Coast in oral health research

Cambridge, Mass., – ADA Forsyth Institute (AFI) researchers received just under $10 million funding from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) during...

Multispecies biofilm including Candida albicans.

Exeter announces new £3.4 million global funding for solutions to antifungal drug resistance

Researchers working on solutions for antifungal resistance are being encouraged to apply to a new £3.4 million fund led by the University of Exeter with...

Leadership in MS Rehabilitation recognized: John DeLuca, PhD, awarded 2024 Giants of MS® Honor

East Hanover, NJ – May 3, 2024 – John DeLuca, PhD, of Kessler Foundation was named recipient of the 2024 Giants of Multiple Sclerosis® award...

Nipam Patel, Director of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole

MBL Director Nipam Patel elected to National Academy of Sciences

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nipam Patel, director of the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and a professor at the University of Chicago, was elected to the...

Rice’s Harvey, Ramesh named to National Academy of Sciences

HOUSTON – (May 2, 2024) – Rice University’s Ramamoorthy Ramesh and Frank Reese Harvey are among 120 new U.S. members elected to the National Academy of Sciences...

Between Soil and Society: New book traces history and development of U.S. conservation policy

URBANA, Ill. -- A new book by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign expert in law and policy explores the history and development of the U.S. conservation policy, offering...

For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as ‘expressway’ to deeper depths, study finds

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Some of the ocean’s tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny...

When oil palm plantations degrade water quality, Indigenous Papuans bear the brunt of the effects.

Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed

AMHERST, Mass. – The global demand for palm oil—the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick—is driving...

New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding environment.Credit: Carlos...

Study helps understand how energy metabolism is regulated at cellular level