Study expands the cancer genomics universe
A landmark study across many cancer types reveals that the universe of cancer mutations is much bigger than ...
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Omnibus appropriations bill signed into law
The Academy of Radiology Research thanks Congress and the President for their support of the omnibus appropriations bill. ...
Read the releasePsychologists document the age our earliest memories fade
Although infants use their memories to learn new information, few adults can remember events in their lives that happened prior to ...
Read the releaseIntegrating vegetation into sustainable transportation planning may benefit public health
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Strategic placement of trees and plants near busy roadways may enhance air quality and positively impact ...
Read the releaseThe rocky road to a better flu vaccine
Currently approved flu vaccines are less effective in the elderly, yet an estimated 90% of influenza-related deaths occur in people over 65. A paper published on January 23rd in PLOS Pathogens reports on the challenges scientists ...
Read the releaseSickle cell trait in African-American dialysis patients affects dosing of anemia drugs
Washington, DC (January 23, 2014) — The presence of sickle cell trait among African Americans may help explain why those ...
Read the releaseThe evolution of drug resistance within a HIV population
Drug resistance mutations in HIV reduce the genetic diversity in the rest of the virus genome when they spread within an infected patient, but they do so to a different extent in different patients. A new study ...
Read the releaseStanford scientists use 'virtual earthquakes' to forecast Los Angeles quake risk
Stanford scientists are using weak vibrations generated by the Earth's oceans to produce "virtual earthquakes" that can be used to predict the ground movement and shaking hazard to buildings ...
Read the releaseCan walkies tell who's the leader of the pack?
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Oxford University News & Information Office press.office@admin.ox.ac.uk 01-865-280-532 University of Oxford Can walkies tell who's the leader of the pack? Dogs' paths during group walks could be used to determine leadership roles, social ranks and personality traits ...
Read the releaseSmall size in early pregnancy linked to poor heart health later in life
Poor growth in the first three months of pregnancy ...
Read the releaseWould criminalizing guilty healthcare professionals improve patient care?
The UK government is considering whether to adopt a recommendation to introduce a ...
Read the releaseWatching molecules morph into memories
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Kim Newman sciencenews@einstein.yu.edu 7-181-430-3101 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Watching molecules morph into memories Breakthrough allows Einstein scientists to probe how memories form in nerve cells VIDEO: In two papers in ...
Read the releaseRisky ripples: Frog's love song may summon kiss of death
Male túngara frogs call from puddles to attract females. The production of the call incidentally creates ripples that spread across the water. Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research ...
Read the releaseWisconsin researchers identify key pathway for plant cell growth
MADISON, Wis. — For plants, the only way to grow is for cells to expand. Unlike animals, cell division in plants happens only within a tiny region of the root and stem apex, making cell expansion ...
Read the releaseIslands in the brain: New circuit shapes memory formation
Researchers at the RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have discovered a new brain circuit that shapes memory formation by endowing neurons with the ability to connect ...
Read the releaseUltrasound training should be implemented early into medical education programs
A paper in this month's edition of Global Heart (the journal of the World Heart Federation advocates including ultrasound in medical education programmes to realise the full benefits ...
Read the releaseBats use water ripples to hunt frogs
As the male túngara frog serenades female frogs from a pond, he creates watery ripples that make him easier to target by rivals and predators such as bats, according to researchers from The University of Texas ...
Read the releaseStudy reveals how the brain links memories of sequential events
CAMBRIDGE, Mass-- Suppose you heard the sound of skidding tires, followed by a car crash. The next time ...
Read the releaseDiabetes: We are in it together
This news release is available in French. Montreal, January 23 2014 – Living in a household implies sharing duties and responsibilities but it could also imply sharing your diabetes. A research team ...
Read the release11,000-year-old living dog cancer reveals its secrets
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Aileen Sheehy press.office@sanger.ac.uk 44-012-234-92368 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute 11,000-year-old living dog cancer reveals its secrets Genome of longest-living cancer reveals its origin and evolution VIDEO: Dr. Elizabeth Murchison ...
Read the releaseWhen nanotechnology meets quantum physics in 1 dimension
How would electrons behave if confined to a wire so slender they could pass through it only in single-file? The question has intrigued ...
Read the releaseAlmost 200 years later, are we living in the final days of the stethoscope?
An editorial in this month's edition of Global Heart (the journal of the World Heart Federation) suggests the world of medicine could be experiencing its final days of the stethoscope, ...
Read the releaseEvidence rapidly building on utility of ultrasound in areas other than cardiology
A paper in this month's edition of Global Heart (the journal of the World Heart Federation) says there is mounting evidence regarding the utility of ultrasound in areas outside its ...
Read the releaseNew genes spring and spread from non-coding DNA
"Where do new genes come from?" is a long-standing question in genetics and evolutionary biology. A new study from researchers at the University of California, Davis, published Jan. 23 in Science Express, shows ...
Read the releaseProbing hydrogen catalyst assembly
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Andy Fell ahfell@ucdavis.edu 530-752-4533 University of California - Davis Probing hydrogen catalyst assembly VIDEO: Inexpensive catalysts for forming hydrogen would boost alternative fuels. UC Davis chemist Dave Britt talks about work ...
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