Drugs in the water? Don’t blame the students
With nearly sixty percent of American adults now taking prescription medications--from antidepressants to cholesterol treatments--there is growing concern about how...
$12M federal contract to MU to found education program for National Intelligence Agency
Sailors, pilots, military service men and women deployed around the world, and government officials who make national security decisions all...
Young children’s antibiotic exposure associated with higher food allergy risk
COLUMBIA, SC - Antibiotic treatment within the first year of life may wipe out more than an unwanted infection: exposure...
Politics affect views on healthcare quality — but not on personal experience with care
September 1, 2016 - What do you think about the quality of healthcare in the United States? Your opinion may...
Of dogs, foxes, cows, camels, and men — the fight against rabies in Northern China
China has the second highest number of reported rabies cases in the world, but numbers of human deaths have been...
Dengue vaccine may increase risk of severe disease if used in areas with low rates of infection
These infections are also more likely to need hospitalisation, suggests the study, by scientists from Imperial College London, John Hopkins...
Iowa State engineers treat printed graphene with lasers to enable paper electronics
Credit: Photos by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University. AMES, Iowa - The researchers in Jonathan Claussen's lab at Iowa State University...
Location, location, location: Cellular hotspots for tumors and regeneration
Two studies publishing on 1st September in Open Access journal PLOS Biology identify overlapping groups of cells in the Drosophila...
Blood cancer treatment may age immune cells as much as 30 years
CHAPEL HILL -- Certain cancer treatments are known to take a toll on patients, causing side effects like fatigue, nausea...
Dawn spacecraft at Ceres: Craters, cracks, and cryovolcanos
Loading video... Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA Six studies highlight new and unexpected insights into Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest object...
Images from Sun’s edge reveal origins of solar wind
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Lisa Poje Ever since the 1950s discovery of the solar wind - the constant flow...
Ceres: The tiny world where volcanoes erupt ice
Credit: Dawn Science Team and NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC Ahuna Mons is a volcano that rises 13,000 feet high and spreads 11 miles...
Sleeping brain’s complex activity mimicked by simple model
Researchers have built and tested a new mathematical model that successfully reproduces complex brain activity during deep sleep, according to...
Stanford engineers develop a plastic clothing material that cools the skin
Stanford engineers have developed a low-cost, plastic-based textile that, if woven into clothing, could cool your body far more efficiently...
Rutgers engineers use microwaves to produce high-quality graphene
Credit: Jieun Yang, Damien Voiry and Jacob Kupferberg Rutgers University engineers have found a simple method for producing high-quality graphene...
Keeping cool without losing your shirt
Credit: Carla Schaffer / AAAS Researchers have developed a cloth that reflects sunlight and also allows heat radiating from a...
New TSRI method makes building ‘one-handed’ drugs easier than ever
LA JOLLA, CA--September 1, 2016 --Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have invented a new technique for constructing one-handed...
Chemistry method expedites path to useful molecules for medicine
MADISON, Wis. -- Opening a broad vista in the search for effective pharmaceuticals, a collaboration of Chinese and U.S. chemists...
Fulfilling an unmet need for children with autism spectrum disorders
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- If you can't understand them, the words on this page have no meaning. They can't share...
New study uses cutting-edge miniature photography to unravel how vitamin A enters cells
Using a new, lightning-fast camera paired with an electron microscope, University of Maryland School of Medicine scientists have captured images...