Sizzling snails prioritize protein stability
No matter how warm it gets outside, most endotherms maintain a reasonably stable internal temperature; if they don't, there's usually ...
Month: May 2017
Health care process a roadblock for adolescents with autism and their caregivers
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - For most people, trips to the doctor can be quite scary. For adolescents ...
Physicists create ‘molecular black hole’ using ultra-intense X-ray pulses
Credit: DESY/Science Communication Lab MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Heavy atoms absorbing X-rays are sucking the electrons from their molecular neighbors like ...
Clinical trial investigates Alzheimer’s disease drug in people with Down syndrome
A phase 2 clinical trial in young adults with Down syndrome of a drug being investigated for the treatment of ...
Clinical trial shows experimental drug’s ability to knock down pancreatic cancer’s defense
Credit: Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE -- May 31, 2017 -- By adding an experimental drug to ...
Scientists ID 100 memory genes, open new avenues of brain study
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 31, 2017 - Scientists have identified more than 100 genes linked to memory, opening ...
Newly identified microbial process could reduce toxic methylmercury levels
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn. May 31, 2017 - A team led by the Department ...
Storytime a ‘turbocharger’ for a child’s brain
Credit: Cincinnati Children's While reading to children has many benefits, simply speaking the words aloud may not be enough to ...
Mayo Clinic, Baxter launch research and development collaboration
(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic and Baxter International Inc. today announced a new research and development collaboration to advance innovation across ...
Decoded genome may help tortoise win race to survive
Credit: Samantha Lloyd/ASU VisLab Slow and steady wins the race. While that may have been true in one of Aesop's ...
All heart patients have some liver disease after fontan surgery
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Patients who undergo the Fontan operation as children for a complex congenital heart defect are ...
Possible correlation shown between TMI nuclear accident and thyroid cancers
Penn State College of Medicine researchers have shown, for the first time, a possible correlation between the partial meltdown of ...
Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A three-year survey of the California Current System along the West Coast of ...
How does water get to homes? Hint: It isn’t magic
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New Indiana University research shows many Americans don't know how clean water gets to ...
‘Harder, better, faster, stronger’-tethered soft exosuit reduces metabolic cost of running
Credit: The Wyss Institute at Harvard University What if running the 26.2 miles of a marathon only felt like running ...
Mining for answers on abandoned mines
Credit: Andrew Harley Soil scientist Jim Ippolito believes in local solutions to local problems. The problem he's working on is ...
Mycobacteria use protein to create diverse populations, avoid drugs
Credit: Eric J. Rubin and E. Hesper Rego WHAT: Subgroups of tuberculosis (TB)-causing bacteria can persist even when antibiotics wipe ...
Horses masticate similarly to ruminants
Credit: UZH Herbivores digest their food much better if it has been strongly fragmented by intensive mastication. For ruminants such ...
Visual recognition memory impaired after multiple exposures to anesthesia during infancy
Repeated exposure to a common anesthesia drug early in life results in visual recognition memory impairment, which emerges after the ...
Case Western Reserve University receives $6 million to study Barrett’s Esophagus
The National Cancer Institute recently awarded a $6 million grant to the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve ...
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Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
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Scientists discover cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
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Researchers uncover life’s power generators in the Earth’s oldest groundwaters
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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Study shows convalescent plasma doesn’t benefit severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19
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Do early therapies help very young children with or at high likelihood for autism?