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When injured muscles mistakenly grow bones

For hundreds of thousands of people, injuring a muscle through an accident like falling off a bike or having surgery can result in a strange and serious…

Life & Chemistry

Caltech Researchers Build First DNA-Based Artificial Neural Network

Artificial intelligence has been the inspiration for countless books and movies, as well as the aspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Researchers…

Life & Chemistry

Mouse Model Unlocks Insights Into Rare Genetic Disorder

A team of researchers from the University of Utah and Brigham Young University has developed a mouse model of focal dermal hypoplasia, a rare human birth…

Studies and Analyses

Genetic map of African-Americans to aid study of diseases, human evolution

About 5,000 Jackson-area volunteers were included in a group of nearly 30,000 African-Americans whose genetic information the scientists used to create the map.

Life & Chemistry

TGen and Virginia G. Piper Center Explore New Breast Cancer Drug

A new drug targeting the PI3K gene in patients with advanced breast cancer shows promising results in an early phase I investigational study conducted at…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Melanoma Progression Insights: URMC Research Findings

This month in the journal Cancer Research, Lei Xu, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biomedical Genetics at the University of Rochester Medical Center, proposed…

Medical Engineering

Fast Prediction Method for Axon Behavior Enhances Nerve Response

The method, which enables efficient evaluation of a nerve's response to millions of electrode designs, is an integral step toward building more accurate and…

Life & Chemistry

U of M Researchers Uncover Gene for Lifelong Male Sex Maintenance

University of Minnesota Medical School and College of Biological Sciences researchers have made a key discovery showing that male sex must be maintained…

Physics & Astronomy

New UB Research Transforms Junk Energy Into Usable Power

The concept all begins with a granular system comprising a chain of equal-sized particles — spheres, for instance — that touch one another.In a paper in…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding the S-Curve: Patterns in Innovation and Growth

From economic trends, population growth, the spread of cancer, or the adoption of new technology, certain patterns inevitably seem to emerge. A new technology,…

Life & Chemistry

Evolution provides clue to blood clotting

The long tube-shaped protein with a vital role in blood clotting is called von Willebrand Factor (VWF). Made in cells that form the inner lining of blood…

Earth Sciences

Landsat Satellites Monitor Ongoing Missouri River Flooding

A Landsat 5 image of the area from May 5, 2011 shows normal flow. In contrast, a Landsat 7 image from July 17 depicts flood conditions in the same location. A…

Life & Chemistry

Scavenger Cells: How Viruses Bypass Our Defenses

However, individual viruses, such as the HI virus, still manage to enter the body via the mucous membrane somehow. Cell biologists from the University of…

Studies and Analyses

Highly Productive Chickens Boost Uganda’s Fight Against Poverty

Jagdev Sharma, a researcher at the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute has been investigating the…

Physics & Astronomy

Fermilab Unveils Heavy Neutron Relative with New Particle Discovery

This particle contains three quarks: a strange quark, an up quark and a bottom quark (s-u-b). While its existence was predicted by the Standard Model, the…

Earth Sciences

GOES Satellite Captures Triple Header of Tropical Cyclones

The GOES-13 satellite captured a triple-header in the tropics today when it captured three tropical cyclones in one image in the Northern Hemisphere.A visible…

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