Social media photos priceless for natural resources research
Credit: Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University Tapping into social media posts on Instagram, Flickr and Panoramio gave ...
Month: October 2016
Millions of loci from a thousand plant transcriptomes
Scientists face many constraints when embarking on new projects. Often the biggest constraint is a small budget. This is why ...
Archaeological evidence at major risk in wetlands
Important archaeological remains at wetland sites across the world could be at immediate risk, say scientists at the University of ...
White coat hypertension may indicate risk for heart disease in some people
WASHINGTON (Oct. 31, 2016) -- White coat hypertension, where patients have high blood pressure readings in a medical setting but ...
Raising ‘good cholesterol’ not as effective as lowering ‘bad cholesterol’
Low and very high levels of HDL, or "good cholesterol" are associated with a higher risk of dying from heart ...
Physicists induce superconductivity in non-superconducting materials
Credit: University of Houston Researchers at the University of Houston have reported a new method for inducing superconductivity in non-superconducting ...
RIT awarded $1.8 million NIH grant to develop ultrathin membranes for tissue engineering
Credit: Graphic by Noah Greene and Joe Olmsted Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are advancing tissue engineering through new ...
Satellites help scientists see forests for the trees amid climate change
Scientists have found a way to use satellites to track photosynthesis in evergreens -- a discovery that could improve our ...
Spooky new fungal disease on southern golf courses unmasked
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- A turfgrass disease that looked like an ink spill ...
Delayed gratification associated with fast food frequency
A new study suggests that an ability to delay immediate gratification is associated with less frequent consumption of fast food. ...
Coherence vs. control
Credit: Matt Perko If you're building a quantum computer with the intention of making calculations not even imaginable with today's ...
Zika infection damages mouse testes, NIAID-Supported study finds
WHAT: New research in male mice has revealed that Zika virus infection can break down and severely damage the animals' ...
TCT 2016 first reports examine potential for novel bioresorbable stent technologies
NEW YORK - October 31, 2016 - The 28th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the ...
Study links athletic performance to mortality
Credit: University of Arizona It's not the locker room pep talk you'd expect, but new research from the University of ...
Two genes linked to postpartum immunity revival in women with persistent hepatitis C
Credit: Nationwide Children's Hospital Alternative forms of two genes are associated with a boost in immunity to hepatitis C after ...
aerial surveys of elephants and other mammals may underestimate numbers
Credit: Elephants Without Borders AMHERST, Mass. - As lead researchers in Africa's recent Great Elephant Census, wildlife ecologists Curtice Griffin ...
In communicating wildlife conservation, focus on the right message
ITHACA, N.Y. - If you want people to care about endangered species, focus on how many animals are left, not ...
Watching RNA fold
By the time you reach the end of this sentence, RNA folding will have taken place in your body more ...
Results from REVELUTION reported at TCT & published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
WASHINGTON - October 31, 2016 - A first-in-human study of a new polymer-free drug-filled stent, which provides controlled drug elution ...
UC researchers affirm diet can impact migraines
CINCINNATI--Eliminating that morning 'Cup of Joe,' consuming processed foods high in nitrites or monosodium glutamate (MSG) and enjoying too much ...
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Healthy men who have vaginal sex have a distinct urethral microbiome
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The “Stonehenge calendar” shown to be a modern construct
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Researchers discover a way to fight the aging process and cancer development
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Promoting healthy longevity should start young: pregnancy complications lift women’s risk of mortality in the next 50 years
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Can artificial intelligence predict spatiotemporal distribution of dengue fever outbreaks with remote sensing data? New study finds answers
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Astrophysicists show how to “weigh” galaxy clusters with artificial intelligence