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Lipids
Lipids: are any of a class of organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. They include many natural oils, waxes, and steroids.
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JUN 19, 2015Cancer
An automated droplet-based surface sampling probe can help a surgeon to determine whether a patient's tissue is cancerou ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 19, 2015Plants & Animals
Plants and trees have often been used to treat diseases, in fact in ancient cultures, plants, roots, trees and other nat ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 27, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 21, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Tiny structures made of lipid molecules and proteins have been believed to wander within the membrane of a cell, much li ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and two key risk factors for cardiovascular dis ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Cancer
Scientists at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have combined their nanote ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 23, 2015Microbiology
Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through norm ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
An article by Andrew Griffin, appearing in the 17 March issue of The Independent, tells the story:
Life ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Cancer
Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first "image fusion" of mass spectrometry and microscopy - a technic ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 16, 2015Microbiology
Targeting deadly, drug-resistant bacteria poses a serious challenge to researchers looking for antibiotics that can kill ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 13, 2015Space & Astronomy
In a world first, chemical engineers have taken a different look at a question astronomers and biologists have been pond ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 05, 2015Neuroscience
Saying that sleep is an essential biological process is as obvious as saying that the sun rises every morning. Still, re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderFEB 20, 2015Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 09, 2014Plants & Animals
As more of the natural environment is lost to development, some species suffer, but others thrive even as biodiversity d ...Written By: Peter MicheliAUG 25, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms - our own body clock - and UC Irvine researchers ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 30, 2014Cardiology
With about 720,000 Americans having one each year, heart attacks are still a leading killer in the U.S. Still, since sta ...Written By: Peter MicheliJUN 10, 2014Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 02, 2014Genetics & Genomics
DNA nanorobots sound like something out of the X-Files, but it isn't science fiction - the concept has already been prov ...MAR 17, 2014Neuroscience
If you could take a test and find out that you are going to develop Alzheimer's disease, would you want to know? Would y ...JAN 27, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Biofuels offer a reasonable alternative to conventional fuels, and there are many research paths vying for a process tha ...DEC 07, 2013Neuroscience
People who carry a high-risk gene for Alzheimer's disease show changes in their brains beginning in childhood, decades b ...
JUN 19, 2015
Cancer
An automated droplet-based surface sampling probe can help a surgeon to determine whether a patient's tissue is cancerou
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 19, 2015
Plants & Animals
Plants and trees have often been used to treat diseases, in fact in ancient cultures, plants, roots, trees and other nat
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 27, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Molecular biologists and engineers who study how malaria causes red blood cells to stiffen have found that a model of a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 21, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Tiny structures made of lipid molecules and proteins have been believed to wander within the membrane of a cell, much li
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and two key risk factors for cardiovascular dis
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Cancer
Scientists at UCLA's California NanoSystems Institute and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have combined their nanote
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 23, 2015
Microbiology
Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through norm
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Earth & The Environment
An article by Andrew Griffin, appearing in the 17 March issue of The Independent, tells the story:
Life ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 17, 2015
Cancer
Vanderbilt University researchers have achieved the first "image fusion" of mass spectrometry and microscopy - a technic
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 16, 2015
Microbiology
Targeting deadly, drug-resistant bacteria poses a serious challenge to researchers looking for antibiotics that can kill
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 13, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In a world first, chemical engineers have taken a different look at a question astronomers and biologists have been pond
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Saying that sleep is an essential biological process is as obvious as saying that the sun rises every morning. Still, re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
FEB 20, 2015
Health & Medicine
Methamphetamine starts out as a feed-good drug, but its long-term effects can be devastating. Research demonstrates that
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 09, 2014
Plants & Animals
As more of the natural environment is lost to development, some species suffer, but others thrive even as biodiversity d
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
AUG 25, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Much of the liver's metabolic function is governed by circadian rhythms - our own body clock - and UC Irvine researchers
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 30, 2014
Cardiology
With about 720,000 Americans having one each year, heart attacks are still a leading killer in the U.S. Still, since sta
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
JUN 10, 2014
Cardiology
Advances in the understanding of the genetics of coronary artery disease, or CAD, will revitalize the field and lead to
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 02, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
DNA nanorobots sound like something out of the X-Files, but it isn't science fiction - the concept has already been prov
...
MAR 17, 2014
Neuroscience
If you could take a test and find out that you are going to develop Alzheimer's disease, would you want to know? Would y
...
JAN 27, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Biofuels offer a reasonable alternative to conventional fuels, and there are many research paths vying for a process tha
...
DEC 07, 2013
Neuroscience
People who carry a high-risk gene for Alzheimer's disease show changes in their brains beginning in childhood, decades b
...