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Category: Life sciences

Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences03.09.2010
Labor Day weekend at the State Fair shines spotlight on U of M science projects
 
Chemistry - Life sciences03.09.2010
Missing Piece Inspires New Look at Mars Puzzle
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy02.09.2010
$3.3M in grants to improve soil, plant breeding in Africa
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences02.09.2010
Caltech Chemists Develop Simple Technique to Visualize Atomic-Scale Structures
 
Chemistry - Life sciences02.09.2010
Sculpture in chemistry lab bonds science and art
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences01.09.2010
New study investigates use of soy-rich diet for preventing chronic pain after breast cancer surgery
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences31.08.2010
High-speed filter uses electrified nanostructures to purify water at low cost
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences30.08.2010
Technology Review Names Engineering Professor a Young Innovator
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences30.08.2010
Research demonstrates benefits of medical cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences30.08.2010
Campus sustainability efforts expand over summer
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences26.08.2010
How much smoking is safe The answer appears to be none
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences25.08.2010
NSF funds interdisciplinary team's grey water disinfection plan
 
Life sciences25.08.2010
Professor’s idea generates site for Latin American science
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences25.08.2010
U of M at the Minnesota State Fair: Schedule for Thursday, Aug. 26
 
Life sciences - Chemistry25.08.2010
First picture of genetic processes inside cell developed at Penn State
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences25.08.2010
10 years after new plan, Dish now attracts 500,000 visitors annually
 
Life sciences - Mathematics24.08.2010
Scientists Say Natural Selection Alone Can Explain Eusociality, Cooperative Social Structure in Many of Earth’s Dominant Species
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy24.08.2010
Bacteria make thrift a habit, U-M researchers find
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences24.08.2010
Probing Question: What is a lucid dream?
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy23.08.2010
Plants give up some deep secrets of drought resistance
 
Life sciences22.08.2010
Fruit Flies Use Horizontal Landmarks for Altitude Control, Says Caltech Research Team
 
Life sciences - Chemistry22.08.2010
Researchers develop a better way to grow stem cells
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences20.08.2010
NASA Images Show Anatomy of Pakistan Flood Disaster
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy20.08.2010
Researchers advance understanding of enzyme that regulates DNA
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy18.08.2010
Two Caltech Scientists Receive 2010 NIH Director’s Pioneer Awards
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy18.08.2010
Paper wasps punish peers for misrepresenting their might
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy18.08.2010
How ancient relationship with friendly bacteria shaped aphids’ unique immune system
 
Earth sciences - Life sciences17.08.2010
Possible discovery of earliest animal life pushes back fossil record
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences16.08.2010
Brain connections break down as we age
 
Business/Economics - Life sciences16.08.2010
Grants awards target arthritis, Alzheimer’s and converting feathers to feed supplements, among others
 
Chemistry - Life sciences13.08.2010
Nano building named for Larry Faulkner
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences12.08.2010
UC Berkeley alters DNA testing program
 
Chemistry - Life sciences11.08.2010
New Nanoscale Transistors Allow Sensitive Probing Inside Cells
 
Psychology - Life sciences11.08.2010
MRI scans show brain’s response to actions of others in Stanford study
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences10.08.2010
Bay Area science teachers put on lab coats and go to work at Stanford
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences09.08.2010
The Salp: Nature’s near-perfect little engine just got better
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences09.08.2010
Inhibiting prostate cancer without disturbing regular body processes
 
Life sciences - Earth sciences05.08.2010
Frog evolution tracks rise of Himalayas and rearrangement of Southeast Asia
 
Life sciences - Chemistry05.08.2010
New insights on malaria cycle
 
Life sciences05.08.2010
’Fearless’ aphids ignore warnings, get eaten by ladybugs
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy05.08.2010
New building block in cells
 
Life sciences - Psychology05.08.2010
Economic status, genetics together influence psychopathic traits
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences05.08.2010
H1N1 flu virus used new biochemical trick to cause pandemic
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy04.08.2010
Genome of ancient sponge reveals origins of first animals, cancer
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences04.08.2010
Biologists Discover MicroRNAs that Control Function of Blood Stem Cells
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences03.08.2010
NASA Invites Media To View Space Station Cargo For STS-133 Mission
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences02.08.2010
Exercise, calorie restrictions can rejuvenate older synapses
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences02.08.2010
Cancer-causing bacterium targets tumor-suppressor protein
 
Life sciences01.08.2010
Gain and Loss in Optimistic Versus Pessimistic Brains
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences01.08.2010
Exercise and Caloric Restriction Rejuvenate Synapses in Lab Mice
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy01.08.2010
Epileptic seizures may be linked to an ancient gene family
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy30.07.2010
Cell research reveals new twists in genetic diseases
 
Life sciences - Chemistry30.07.2010
Protein helps prevent damaged DNA in yeast
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy29.07.2010
University of Illinois and Mayo Clinic create research alliance
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences29.07.2010
A breakthrough in tuberculosis research
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy28.07.2010
In the ’neck’ of time: Scientists unravel key evolutionary trait leading to better brain power
 
Life sciences28.07.2010
University of Minnesota to announce start-up company based on atrazine treatment technology
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences26.07.2010
Engineers use rocket science to make wastewater treatment sustainable
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy23.07.2010
RNA offers a safer way to reprogram cells
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences23.07.2010
Shoals class experiment analyzes seaweed harvested for cosmetics and cattle food
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences22.07.2010
New Research Shows Breakdown of Bone Keeps Blood Sugar in Check
 
Life sciences22.07.2010
Gene linked to aging also linked to Alzheimer s
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy22.07.2010
Redundant genetic instructions in 'junk DNA' support healthy development
 
Life sciences - Chemistry20.07.2010
NASA Goes Deep in Search of Extreme Environments
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy20.07.2010
Unlocking the secrets of cellular energy holds promise for obesity, diabetes and cancer
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences19.07.2010
Two HSCI groups find residual genetic ’memory’ in iPS cells;
 
Life sciences19.07.2010
By putting a ring on it," microparticles can be captured
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences19.07.2010
Temperature Constancy Appears Key to Tropical Biodiversity
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences19.07.2010
Of Bugs & Brains: Caltech Researchers Discover that Gut Bacteria Affect Multiple Sclerosis
 
Life sciences - Computer Science/Telecom19.07.2010
‘Condor’ brings genome assembly down to Earth
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences19.07.2010
Screen yields drugs that could help treat fatal brain disorder
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences18.07.2010
MIT creates technology for high-speed study of zebrafish larvae
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy15.07.2010
Small fish exploits forbidding environment
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences14.07.2010
Retrovirus replication process different than thought
 
Earth sciences - Life sciences13.07.2010
Fossil find puts a face on early primates
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy13.07.2010
Opening the gate to the cell’s recycling center
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences12.07.2010
Levin and Pacala to receive ecological research awards
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy11.07.2010
Protein linked to aging may boost memory and learning ability
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences08.07.2010
Canine influenza vaccine found effective against secondary infections
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy07.07.2010
Maternal Genes Predominate in the Developing Brain; Paternal Genes Gain the Upper Hand in Adulthood
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy01.07.2010
Tibetans adapted to high altitude in less than 3,000 years
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences01.07.2010
Depressed mice could aid research on depression in humans
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy30.06.2010
Caltech Biologists Discover How T Cells Make a Commitment
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy30.06.2010
Histone H1 regulates gene activity throughout the cell cycle
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences30.06.2010
Researchers Establish Genetic Basis of Alopecia Areata
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences30.06.2010
Research: Major breakthrough will revolutionize the screening and treatment of genetic diseases
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy29.06.2010
Researchers Show How Active Immune Tolerance Makes Pregnancy Possible
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences28.06.2010
How do you spell relief Two more years of pain research for AstraZeneca and McGill
 
Life sciences - Chemistry28.06.2010
Virus 'explorers' probe inner workings of the brain
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences25.06.2010
Researchers’ analysis: Scientific expertise lacking among climate change ’doubters’
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences24.06.2010
Newly patented electronic braking prevents slips on walkers
 
Life sciences18.06.2010
Botanical Garden braces for blooming corpse plant
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy16.06.2010
Graduates honored with 2010 Golden, Firestone medals, and Kennedy prizes
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences15.06.2010
No hope for humans: Fenner
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences13.06.2010
Researchers discover genes which put you at risk for vitamin D deficiency
 
Life sciences - Administration and Government10.06.2010
Geneticists Identify New Targets in Autism
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences09.06.2010
Major breakthrough in the diagnosis of Parasitic Diseases
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences09.06.2010
A tale of two atolls: Stanford scientists study impact of fishing on remote coral reefs
 
Official Event - Life sciences09.06.2010
Faculty honored for showing postdoctoral scholars the ropes
 
Life sciences09.06.2010
Individual brain cells can ID both cars and cats
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy09.06.2010
Two brain circuits found to be involved with habitual learning
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences09.06.2010
Study Finds Bone Marrow Stem Cells Accelerate Atherosclerosis
 
Life sciences09.06.2010
Individual brain cells can ID both cars and cats
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy09.06.2010
Two brain circuits found to be involved with habitual learning
 
Official Event - Life sciences08.06.2010
2010 Cuthbertson, Dinkelspiel, Gores awards honor faculty, students and staff
 
Life sciences - Mathematics07.06.2010
Computational model sheds light on how the brain recognizes objects
 
Life sciences - Mathematics07.06.2010
Computational model sheds light on how the brain recognizes objects
 
Life sciences - Official Event03.06.2010
Winners of 2010 President’s Awards for Excellence Through Diversity to be feted today
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences02.06.2010
Caltech Biologists Provide Molecular Explanation for the Evolution of Tamiflu Resistance
 
Life sciences - Environmental sciences02.06.2010
Freezer Retirement Program: Out with the cold, in with the new
 
Chemistry - Life sciences02.06.2010
Survey Shows Poorly Designed Wastewater Treatment Plants May Emit More Nitrous Oxide
 
Life sciences - Chemistry01.06.2010
Chemists design new way to fluorescently label proteins
 
Life sciences - Chemistry01.06.2010
Chemists design new way to fluorescently label proteins
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences31.05.2010
New gecko species identified in West African rain forests
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences26.05.2010
Sanofi-aventis establishes strategic alliance with MIT’s Center for Biomedical Innovation
 
Life sciences - Administration and Government25.05.2010
Learning Strategies are Associated with Distinct Neural Signatures
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences25.05.2010
Nine undergraduates receive Deans’ Award for Academic Accomplishment
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences24.05.2010
The Star of Africa’s Savanna Ecosystems May Be the Lowly Termite
 
Earth sciences - Life sciences24.05.2010
Caltech-Led Team First to Directly Measure Body Temperatures of Extinct Vertebrates
 
Life sciences - Business/Economics23.05.2010
Enrollment in summer school projected to be the highest ever
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences21.05.2010
Developing a better way to detect food allergies
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy21.05.2010
Preventing cells from getting the kinks out of DNA
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences20.05.2010
UM Receives Fifth Consecutive Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant for Science Education
 
Life sciences - Administration and Government20.05.2010
Princeton awarded $1.5 million for biology education
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences20.05.2010
Grove gift launches translational medicine program at UCSF, UC Berkeley
 
Chemistry - Life sciences20.05.2010
Scientists discover the molecular heart of collective behavior
 
Life sciences - Chemistry19.05.2010
Researchers Identify Genes and Brain Centers That Regulate Meal Size in Flies
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy19.05.2010
Extending lifespan has mixed effects on learning and memory
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy18.05.2010
Birds and mammals share a common brain circuit for learning
 
Life sciences - Mathematics17.05.2010
Flower Organ’s Cells Make Random Decisions that Determine Size
 
Life sciences17.05.2010
Bacterial growths may offer clues about Earth’s distant past
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences17.05.2010
Energy is focus of 'Art of Science' exhibition
 
Life sciences - Psychology16.05.2010
Fish facing reflections become feisty but fearful, Stanford researchers say
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences13.05.2010
Children with epilepsy say their quality of life is better than their parents think
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences13.05.2010
Paul Terasaki donates $50 million to UCLA’s Life Sciences
 
Official Event - Life sciences12.05.2010
Three staff to receive 2010 Amy J. Blue Awards
 
Life sciences12.05.2010
Researchers find that two proteins key for normal-sized brains
 
Life sciences - Official Event12.05.2010
Dancers Combine Love of Ballet With Academic Pursuits
 
Life sciences - Official Event12.05.2010
Twin Columbia Graduates Are Pursuing Their Dream of Olympic Boxing Gold
 
Official Event - Life sciences12.05.2010
Distinguished Speakers and Scholars Highlight Graduation Ceremonies
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences11.05.2010
Research Team Develops Novel Strategy to Destroy Tumors
 
Business/Economics - Life sciences11.05.2010
Graduate Students Launch Platform to Foster Innovation in Peacekeeping
 
Media sciences/Political sciences - Life sciences11.05.2010
After a Painful Loss, Graduate Begins New Career in Journalism
 
Life sciences - Psychology10.05.2010
Scientists learn how brains process images of faces
 
Life sciences - Law/forensics10.05.2010
Researchers show limits of brain scans as legal evidence
 
Life sciences - Official Event10.05.2010
A Witness to Four Wars, Columbia Graduate Now Focuses on Building Peace
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences09.05.2010
Gates foundation awards $100,000 grants for novel global health research
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy06.05.2010
Biologists discover extra layer of protection for bacterial spores
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy05.05.2010
New insights into the mystery of natural HIV immunity
 
Administration and Government - Life sciences05.05.2010
Alumni scholars encourage the next generation to pursue life in academia
 
Business/Economics - Life sciences04.05.2010
Biotech incubator opens its doors at UC Berkeley
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy04.05.2010
New Stanford-led program aims to produce insights into brain injury, recovery
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences03.05.2010
Three UCLA researchers awarded $4 million in grants from state stem cell agency
 
Life sciences - Computer Science/Telecom03.05.2010
It's all in the family at Berkeley
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences03.05.2010
Weird, ultra-small microbes turn up in acidic mine drainage
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy03.05.2010
Researchers develop new tool for high throughput DNA damage analysis
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences03.05.2010
Getting to the heart of cardiovascular disease among Latinos in East Los Angeles
 
Life sciences - Business/Economics03.05.2010
Ten scholars, researchers named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
 
Environmental sciences - Life sciences03.05.2010
While walking the Farm, hikers learn about Stanford’s role in dealing with climate change
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy02.05.2010
Purple is the New Green
 
Life sciences30.04.2010
New analysis reveals clearer picture of brain’s language areas
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences29.04.2010
Five faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy28.04.2010
Scientists report first genome sequence of frog
 
Chemistry - Life sciences27.04.2010
Three UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Sciences
 
Earth sciences - Life sciences27.04.2010
New orchid species is discovered in the UC Botanical Garden collection
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences26.04.2010
Illinois professor elected to National Academy of Sciences
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences22.04.2010
Gut Microbial Equilibrium linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease
 
Life sciences - Arts and Design22.04.2010
Nine UC Berkeley faculty members elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences20.04.2010
Gene Therapy Cures Canines of Inherited Form of Day Blindness
 
Life sciences - Chemistry19.04.2010
Former Hopkins Marine Station Director John Phillips dead at 84
 
Chemistry - Life sciences19.04.2010
Pressure-cooking algae into a better biofuel
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy19.04.2010
Obesity gene, carried by more than a third of the U.S. population, leads to brain tissue loss
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences18.04.2010
Bill Gates pushes students to focus on the ’important problems’
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences15.04.2010
McGill plays important role in new global cancer-research network
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy14.04.2010
Gene links neurodegeneration and cancer
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences14.04.2010
MIT cancer biologists have shown how resistance to cisplatin arises
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy14.04.2010
Genetic patterns rise from huge yeast samples
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences13.04.2010
Caltech-led Team Uncovers New Functions of Mitochondrial Fusion
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences13.04.2010
Miller School Researchers Identify Gene Related to Alzheimer s
 
Physics/Astronomy - Life sciences13.04.2010
Printed origami offers new technique for small, complex structures
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy13.04.2010
Birds of a feather don't always respond together to infection
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences12.04.2010
Researchers make first direct recording of mirror neurons in human brain
 
Life sciences - Chemistry12.04.2010
Shedding light on the dynamics of memory: Researchers find mechanism that maintains
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences11.04.2010
MIT measures rate at which single cells accumulate mass
 
Chemistry - Life sciences08.04.2010
Invasive fish and mussels team up to transfer toxic substances into Great Lakes walleyes
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences08.04.2010
Simple test can detect signs of suicidal thoughts in people taking antidepressants
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy08.04.2010
Brain Researcher Defies Conventional Wisdom on Estrogen
 
Life sciences - Social sciences08.04.2010
Only known living population of rare dwarf lemur found
 
History/Philosophy - Life sciences07.04.2010
Wimsatt Fest to feature discussion on philosophy and history of biology
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy06.04.2010
Semel Institute awarded $15M to establish new integrative phenotyping center
 
Arts and Design - Life sciences01.04.2010
Professors with guitars sing the classics, as in The Epic of Gilgamesh
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences01.04.2010
L.A. Marathon cardiac arrest victim doing well after induced hypothermia treatment at UCLA
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences01.04.2010
Disruption in Brain Connection Linked to Genetic Defect in Schizophrenia
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy29.03.2010
Computer model helps biologists understand how coral dies in warming waters
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences29.03.2010
Alzheimer’s rat created for human research
 
History/Philosophy - Life sciences29.03.2010
Moral judgments can be altered
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy28.03.2010
Drug-producing yeast are not equal
 
Medicine/Pharmacy - Life sciences28.03.2010
New microscopy technique offers close-up, real-time view of cellular phenomena
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy25.03.2010
Insulin-like signal needed to keep stem cells alive in adult brain
 
Life sciences - Medicine/Pharmacy24.03.2010
New understanding of protein’s role in brain