A multi-disciplinary team from the University of Pennsylvania have published in Nature Methods a first-of-its-kind way to isolate RNA from live cells in their natural tissue microenvironment without damaging nearby cells. This allows the researchers to analyze how cell-to-cell chemical connections...

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have demonstrated that ultrasound directed to a specific region of the brain can boost performance in sensory discrimination. The study, published online Jan. 12 in Nature Neuroscience, provides the first demonstration that low-intensity,...

A new MRI method to map creatine at higher resolutions in the heart may help clinicians and scientists find abnormalities and disorders earlier than traditional diagnostic methods, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania suggest in a new study published...

Investigadores de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia han identificado el fósil de una nueva especie de tortuga descubierta en una playa de Portugal. El ejemplar, bautizado como Hylaeochelys kappa, es el único de su género que se remonta al Jurásico, y acaba de ser presentado en rueda...

In a study of the range of treatments being employed for young children with autism and other developmental delays, researchers have found that families often use complementary and alternative medicine treatments and that the most frequent users of both conventional and complementary approaches are...

Valdenor de Melo espera desde hace 27 años la tierra y la indemnización monetaria que le corresponden porque su antigua finca quedó bajo las aguas del embalse hidroeléctrico de Itaparica, en el río São Francisco, en la región del Nordeste de Brasil. “Las recibiré, tengo fe”, aseguró a IPS, aunque...

Las bajas temperaturas presentadas en fechas recientes han presentado estragos en el campo nacional, sobre todo en la región norte, donde la presencia de heladas devastan cosechas enteras de productos tanto de consumo humano como aquellos empleados para forraje destinado a la ganadería. Fuente :...

In a study of the range of treatments being employed for young children with autism and other developmental delays, UC Davis MIND Institute researchers have found that families often use complementary and alternative medicine treatments and that the most frequent users of both conventional and...

According to recent statistics, more than 175 million tweets are sent daily, and 11 accounts are created every second on Twitter. One celebrity who boasts the highest amount of global subscribers is singer Lady Gaga who enjoys more than 40 million Twitter followers. Now, communication researchers...

When a tumor is treated with an anti-cancer drug, some cells die and, unfortunately, some cells tend to live. A study now details a possible difference between the susceptible and resistant cells: the rate at which cells are able to cleanse themselves via the process known as autophagy. Fuente :...

A study evaluated the impact of text messaging reminders for influenza vaccine in a low-income obstetric population. The findings showed that sending text messages to this population of women resulted in an increase in influenza vaccination, especially for those who received the messages early in...

Researchers have for the first time demonstrated the feasibility of wireless power transfer using low-frequency magnetic fields over distances much larger than the size of the transmitter and receiver. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/A...

Research has resulted in commercial technology that public safety practitioners and researchers worldwide are using to fight crime. It is being offered free of charge to law enforcement agencies. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/0...

For much of his life Tom Hoppensteadt thought the best thing to do with a scale was to avoid it. When he was diagnosed with a low-grade lymphoma at age 50 and learned he weighed over 300 pounds, it sounded an alarm. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/t...

A newly invented robot gripper is now available commercially. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/l...

El gobierno de Estados Unidos estableció, finalmente, nuevas pautas para ereducir el exceso de medidas disciplinarias punitivas en el sistema educativo, que llevan a muchos estudiantes a la expulsión o a la cárcel por faltas de poca importancia. Quienes critican los rigurosos enfoques...

A new research project looks into the possibilities of adapting every aspect of cattle husbandry and selection processes to lower their greenhouse gas emissions. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/8...

Black and Latino "hip-hop" students are disproportionately punished in urban schools, finds a two-year study that sheds light on some of the unfair disciplinary practices newly targeted by the Obama administration. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/x...

Researchers have demonstrated that a comprehensive, nonsurgical treatment significantly improves symptoms in women with pelvic floor dysfunction, a range of symptoms which include bladder and bowel problems as well as pelvic pain. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/a...

Cilia -- tiny, hair-like fibers -- are widely present in nature. Single-celled paramecia use one set of cilia for locomotion and another set to sweep nutrients into their oral grooves. Researchers have discovered that those two cilia sets operate at different speeds when the viscosity of the...

A new study seeks to determine how one parasitic species can give rise to two drastically different outcomes in its host: The human body louse (Pediculus humanus) can transmit dangerous bacterial infections to humans, while the human head louse (also Pediculus humanus) does not. Fuente :...

Innovative work shows the structural and DNA breakdown of a bacteria-invading virus. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/E...

A new research project looks into the possibilities of adapting every aspect of cattle husbandry and selection processes to lower their greenhouse gas emissions Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

That we face unprecedented global crises is no longer in any doubt. What is in serious doubt is whether we have the capacity and genuine commitment to really change the way we think about, live, and plan for the places we live. In this issue of Planning Theory and Practice, our Interface section,...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most frequent cause of blindness. Scientists at the Department of Ophthalmology at the Bonn University Hospital and from the Neural Stem Cell Institute in New York (USA) have developed a method for using stem cells to replace cells in the eye destroyed...

La temperatura en Argentina alcanzó su máximo nivel histórico este verano austral y lo mismo el termómetro del descontento social, ante máximos de consumo que dejaron a miles de usuarios sin electricidad y desnudaron las fallas del modelo de privatización del sector en los años 90. Los cortes de...

Führende Vertreter aus Industrie, Wissenschaft und Politik haben heute am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) den Startschuss für die Einrichtung der Forschungsplattform Smart Data Innovation Lab (SDIL) gegeben. Durch die Bereitstellung einer Höchstleistungsinfrastruktur sowie Daten aus...

Today, leading representatives of industry, science, and politics kicked off the establishment of the Smart Data Innovation Lab (SDIL). This high-performance infrastructure facility and the supply of data from industrial processes are major prerequisites for excellent research relating to big data....

La muerte y la destrucción sembradas por intensas precipitaciones en tres países de la Comunidad del Caribe (Caricom) en los últimos días de 2013 es señal de que la región no tiene tiempo que perder en fortalecer su resiliencia al cambio climático, dijo a IPS el presidente de Guyana, Donald...