Health care costs steadily increase with body mass DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers at Duke Medicine are giving people another reason to lose weight in the new year: obesity-related illnesses are expensive. According to a study published in the journal ...

Swift satellite catches 100,000 new cosmic X-ray sources Astronomers from University of Leicester provide new insights into cosmic phenomena An international team led from the University of Leicester has published a major list of celestial X-ray sources in ...

Regenstrief and IU investigators identify first biomarker linked to delirium duration INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University Center for Aging Research have identified the first biomarker that appears to be linked to the ...

Study finds piece-by-piece approach to emissions policies can be effective CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Discussions on curbing climate change tend to focus on comprehensive, emissions-focused measures: a global cap-and-trade scheme aimed at controlling carbon, ...

SOFS take to water Researchers at Berkeley Lab's Molecular Foundry create first soluble 2D supramolecular organic frameworks Supramolecular chemistry, aka chemistry beyond the molecule, in which molecules and molecular complexes are held together by ...

Penn-led team reduces toxicity associated with Lou Gehrig's disease in animal models Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a devastating illness that gradually robs sufferers of muscle strength and eventually causes ...

SMA reveals giant star cluster in the making W49A might be one of the best-kept secrets in our galaxy. This star-forming region shines 100 times brighter than the Orion nebula, but is so obscured by dust that very little visible or ...

Affordable Care Act offers opportunities to strengthen trauma systems Traumatic injuries are the leading cause of death and disability for people under the age of 45 and the fourth-leading cause of death for people of all ages. ...

Deep-sea corals record dramatic long-term shift in Pacific Ocean ecosystem Changes at the base of the food web in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, Earth's largest contiguous ecosystem, may be linked to warming and expansion of open ocean gyres Long-lived ...

Researchers split water into hydrogen, oxygen using light, nanoparticles Technology potentially could create a clean, renewable source of energy Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can quickly generate hydrogen from water using sunlight, ...

Virus grows tube to insert DNA during infection then sheds it WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers have discovered a tube-shaped structure that forms temporarily in a certain type of virus to deliver its DNA during the infection process and then dissolves after its ...

Nanoscale friction: High energy losses in the vicinity of charge density waves In collaboration with the University of Basel, an international team of researchers has observed a strong energy loss caused by frictional effects in the vicinity of charge density waves. ...

Climate change will endanger caribou habitat, study says Global reindeer and caribou population analysis co-authored by University of Calgary professor Reindeer, from Northern Europe or Asia, are often thought of as a domesticated animal, one that may pull Santa's ...

Silencing signals sent by parasite could aid sleeping sickness fight A new discovery by scientists could help combat the spread of sleeping sickness A new discovery by scientists could help combat the spread of sleeping sickness. Insights into how ...

Pitt study: Lung lesions of TB variable, independent whether infection is active or latent PITTSBURGH, Dec. 15, 2013 – The lung lesions in an individual infected with tuberculosis (TB) are surprisingly variable and independent ...

Pediatricians urge consumption of only pasteurized dairy products STANFORD, Calif. — Pregnant women, infants and young children should avoid raw or unpasteurized milk and milk products and only consume pasteurized products, according to a new policy ...

New report shows diagnosed diabetes, pre-diabetes, and gestational diabetes is on the rise among privately insured Americans Diabetes most common among older men and those living in the South Washington, DC—About 8.8 percent of the privately insured ...

Heavy marijuana users have abnormal brain structure and poor memory Drug abuse appears to foster brain changes that resemble schizophrenia CHICAGO --- Teens who were heavy marijuana users -- smoking it daily for about three years -- had abnormal changes in ...

Income inequality is rising, but maybe not as fast as you think Americans' perceptions of income inequality are largely over-inflated when compared with actual census data, according to new research published in Psychological Science, ...

Wake Forest Baptist researchers study alcohol addiction using optogenetics WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Dec. 15, 2013 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers are gaining a better understanding of the neurochemical basis of addiction with a new technology ...

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 15-Dec-2013 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Cathy Yarbrough cyarbrough@ascb.org 858-243-1814 John Fleischman jfleischman@ascb.org American Society for Cell Biology Spontaneous fusion with macrophages empowers cancer cells to spread Cancer cells fused with macrophages exhibit enhanced adhesive strength, formed tumors more rapidly than unfused cancer cells and flourished ...

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PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 15-Dec-2013 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Cathy Yarbrough cyarbrough@ascb.org 858-243-1814 John Fleischman jfleischman@ascb.org American Society for Cell Biology Glucose: Potential new target for combating annual seasonal influenza Reducing viruses' glucose supply weakens the microbes' ability to infect mammalian cells in lab cultures Reducing glucose metabolism dials ...