A team of researchers from Rice University has used fluorescence lifetime (FLT) to understand a peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease, finding that protein plaques associated with disease are stickier than previously thought.
University of Missouri researchers were awarded a $2.35 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to help overcome drug resistance in non-small cell lung cancer.
After MU researchers started examining the impact of smoke on plant growth after a wildfire, their surprising discovery could one day lead to new farming practices.
Findings can help universities direct more tailored support to vulnerable populations during times of crisis.
A University of Missouri researcher and colleagues find that individual life stories can give us hints about how college students are adjusting to life during a pandemic.
Study Reveals Increased Risk with Donepezil
Research Findings Suggest Strategy to ‘Complement and Extend’ the Protection Offered by Existing COVID-19 Vaccines
Fungus-based construction materials could be useful in remote settings or at the scenes of natural disasters.
A screening program that combines genetic and lab testing could identify 1 million Americans who are at risk of early death from heart disease because they carry a gene that causes high cholesterol, found researchers at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.
Beneficial Effects of Rising CO2 for Plants Disappear Under Flooding, 33-Year Field Experiment Reveals
Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Rover Diagnostics team up to develop a low-cost, portable platform that gives RT-PCR results in 23 minutes that match laboratory-based tests
A chance observation spawns a versatile new strategy for taking on some of humanity’s most vexing psychiatric disorders.
Understanding of novel functional roles can advance research in Alzheimer’s disease, other learning and memory disorders
Understanding the key structural determinants of a highly specialized membrane in the eye could lead to new treatments, even a cure
Mapping cellular spatial organization and interactions will advance personalized treatment
L-dopa-protein complex may cause cellular iron overload in brain, leading to side effects
Expression signatures may be useful for assessing greatest risk of progression in prostate and other cancers
Fountain Created by Lasers, Marangoni Effect is the Cause
Engineering Forum Explores Health Care Shortcomings
Inhibiting ceramide accumulation in retina protects photoreceptors, improves vision