Day February 27, 2021

IMAGE: Artist illustration of the formation of the solar system, capturing the moment where radioactive nuclei got incorporated into solids that would become meteorites. view more  Credit: Bill Saxton / NSF / AUI / NRAO A team of international researchers went…

IMAGE: A mild process discovered by Rice University chemists could replace difficult, silver-based catalysis to create valuable fluoroketones, a precursor in the design and manufacture of drugs. view more  Credit: Illustration by Renee Man/@chemkitty HOUSTON – (Feb. 26, 2021) – Save…

IMAGE: Jane Hamilton, PhD, investigates characteristics of high utilizers for mental health hospital services. view more  Credit: Cody Duty/UTHealth Dropping out of high school, having schizophrenia, or being diagnosed with a co-occurring personality disorder increases the likelihood of someone becoming a…

IMAGE: UM researcher Laura Jennings helped discover a strategy used by bacteria to defeat antibiotics and other drugs used to fight infections caused by cystic fibrosis. view more  Credit: UM photo MISSOULA – University of Montana researchers and their partners have…

IMAGE: The robotic arm monitoring electrical signals. view more  Credit: Simon Fraser University Robots that could take on basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses may be the way of the future. Who knows, maybe a medical…

The ability to read is foundational to education, but prolonged school closures and distance learning due to the pandemic have imposed unique challenges on the teaching of many fundamental skills. When in-person classes resume, many students will likely need a…

New research from Baylor College of Medicine scientists shows that a combination of deep brain stimulation (DBS) and exercise has potential benefits for treating ataxia, a rare genetic neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive irreversible problems with movement. Working with a…

BOSTON — Billions of peripheral white blood cells are produced every day by the regular divisions of hematopoietic stem cells and their descendants in the bone marrow. Under normal circumstances, thousands of stem cells contribute progeny to the blood at…

IMAGE: Lorraine Becerra is an assistant teaching professor in the University of Missouri College of Education. view more  Credit: University of Missouri College of Education COLUMBIA, Mo. – While physical activity is important for everyone, research has shown people with developmental…

IMAGE: A large parrotfish scrapes algae from a Hawaiian reef. view more  Credit: Noam Altman-Kurosaki Marine protected areas (MPAs) around O?ahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat algae on coral reefs. That is the primary conclusion…