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March 15, 2018

Credit: The Protein Society CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, ...

‘Body on a chip’ could improve drug evaluation

Credit: Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs ...

Are palaeontologists naming too many species?

Credit: James McKa A comprehensive new study looking at variations in Ichthyosaurus, a common British Jurassic ichthyosaur (sea-going reptile) also ...

NIH scientists search for the clocks behind aging brain disorders

To understand the link between aging and neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, NIH scientists compared the genetic clocks that ...

Digging deep: Harnessing the power of soil microbes for more sustainable farming

Credit: Berkeley Lab There's a farm in Arkansas growing soybeans, corn, and rice that is aiming to be the most ...

Many patients show signs of chronic kidney disease before diabetes diagnosis

Credit: Warren Roseborough Many patients who will later be diagnosed with diabetes show signs of chronic kidney disease (CKD) even ...

EDC4: New gene involved in familial breast cancer

An international research consortium led by Dr Jordi Surrallés, director of the Genetics Service at the Hospital de Sant Pau ...

A study suggests structural difference in the brain of transgender people

Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to complete the ...

NSF grant awarded for research that supports anti-cancer therapeutics

Credit: University of Akron Dr. Adam W. Smith, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry, has won a CAREER award ...

Destroy Pancreatic Cancer dedicates $1 million for unique TGen-designed clinical trial

PHOENIX, Ariz. and Atlanta, Ga. -- March 12, 2018 -- Destroy Pancreatic Cancer, an Atlanta-based non-profit dedicated to finding better ...

Technique developed to improve appendicitis care for pediatric patients

MINNEAPOLIS - Mar. 13, 2018 - Researchers from Children's Minnesota (Children's) and HealthPartners Institute have developed a new pediatric appendicitis ...

Ultra-white coating modelled on beetle scales

Credit: Olimpia Onelli Researchers have developed a super-thin, non-toxic, lightweight, edible ultra-white coating that could be used to make brighter ...

Mending broken hearts with cardiomyocyte molds

Credit: Parisa Pour Shahid Saeed Abadi/Michigan Tech 2.5 billion. That's approximately the number of times the human heart beats in ...

Scientists create hybrid nanomaterials in fight against cancer and bacteria

Credit: ©NUST MISIS Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS), the State Research Center for ...

Flood, drought and disease tolerant — one gene to rule them all

An international collaboration between researchers at the University of Copenhagen, Nagoya University and the University of Western Australia has resulted ...

The early bird got to fly: Archaeopteryx was an active flyer

Credit: Credits:ESRF The question of whether the Late Jurassic dino-bird Archaeopteryx was an elaborately feathered ground dweller, a glider, or ...

Pioneering research on mechanistic basis of disease in new journal Systems Medicine

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 13, 2018--The new peer-reviewed journal, Systems Medicine, has launched with ...

Emotional suppression reduces memory of negative events

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By peering at the brains of study subjects prompted to suppress ...

Machines see the future for patients diagnosed with brain tumors

For patients diagnosed with glioma, a deadly form of brain tumor, the future can be very uncertain. While gliomas are ...

do spacecraft, newborns and endangered shellfish have in common?