Day September 21, 2018

IMAGE: Microbial Drug Resistance (MDR) is an international, peer-reviewed journal covering the global spread and threat of multi-drug resistant clones of major pathogens that are widely documented in hospitals and the… view more  Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle,…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A new type of battery developed by researchers at MIT could be made partly from carbon dioxide captured from power plants. Rather than attempting to convert carbon dioxide to specialized chemicals using metal catalysts, which is currently…

IMAGE: This is Homa Tajsharghi, professor of biomedicine, University of Skövde. view more  Credit: University of Skövde New avenues are now being opened for future treatment of Laing distal myopathy, a rare disorder that causes muscles in the feet, hands and…

(PHOENIX – Sept. 21, 2018) Combating glioblastoma remains a major challenge due the complex nature of these tumors, the inability of drugs to penetrate the brain tissue, and lack of correlation between animal models and the human condition. In a…

IMAGE: At 8:45 a.m. EDT (1245 UTC) on Sept. 21, 2018, the MODIS instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite looked at Tropical Storm Trami (28W) in infrared light. MODIS found coldest cloud… view more  Credit: NASA/NRL NASA’s Terra satellite provided an infrared…

Each year, fishermen harvest more than $500 million worth of Atlantic sea scallops from the waters off the east coast of the United States. A new model created by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), however, predicts that…

IMAGE: Juergen Hahn, professor and head of biomedical engineering view more  Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute–led by Juergen Hahn, professor and head of biomedical engineering–are continuing to make remarkable progress with their research focused on autism spectrum…

IMAGE: X. Long Zheng view more  Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In proof-of-concept experiments, University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have highlighted a potential therapy for a rare but potentially deadly blood-clotting disorder, TTP. The researchers deliver this therapeutic enzyme via…

IMAGE: Drs. Arun Iyer and Samaresh Sau at Wayne State University are bringing new hope for improving treatment for drug-resistant renal cell carcinoma view more  Credit: Julie O’Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A research team led by Arun Iyer, Ph.D.,…

IMAGE: ASTN2 is naturally expressed by purkinje cells in the mouse cerebellum, pictured here. To better understand how the protein works, researchers increased levels of ASTN2 (green) in these cells. view more  Credit: Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology at The Rockefeller University…