Day January 6, 2018

Medicine, Health Care Penn Study on Super-silenced DNA… Published: January 5, 2018.Released by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine   PHILADELPHIA – Newly described stretches of super-silenced DNA reveal a fresh approach to reprogram cell identity to use in regenerative medicine…

Medicine, Health Care Supercharged Antibiotics Could Turn Tide… Published: January 5, 2018.Released by University of Queensland   An old drug supercharged by University of Queensland researchers has emerged as a new antibiotic that could destroy some of the world’s most dangerous…

Medicine, Health Care Immune Response to Zika Virus… Published: January 5, 2018.Released by Yale University   New Haven, Conn.– The same proteins that mount a potent immune response to Zika viral infection can also harm the placenta and fetal development, according…

HOUSTON – (Jan. 5, 2018) – The geopolitical risks to the United States’ oil supply are the lowest since the early 1970s, due to fracking, climate action and a more diverse global supply, according to a new paper by experts…

IMAGE: McCoy and her team found that ocean acidification has begun to change California mussel shells on a basic structural level. view more  Credit: Sophie McCoy TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Accelerating ocean acidification could be transforming the fundamental structure of California mussel…

CAMDEN – Black adolescents express depressive symptoms differently than people from other age and racial groups, requiring that clinicians take this into account when developing treatment plans, according to a new study led by a Rutgers University-Camden researcher. “Adolescent depression…

IMAGE: A Chilean cicada, which hosts particularly unusual symbiotic bacteria. view more  Credit: Piotr Lukasik MISSOULA – University of Montana researchers have made another discovery at the cellular level to help understand the basic processes of all life on our planet…

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Ava as it made landfall along the coast of northeastern Madagascar. On Jan. 5 at 5:24 a.m. EST (1024 UTC) the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP…

In a study spanning two decades, a team of researchers led by Colorado State University found declining numbers of soil fauna, nematodes and other animal species in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, one of the world’s driest and coldest deserts. This…