“Folks came to save me,” said Dr. Michael Zollicoffer ’85 (MD) of the more than $280,000 raised to pay off his cancer treatment bills.| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dominic Willoughby collects data through virtual reality technology to make sports safer for athletes with a history of concussions. The post Researcher uses VR to protect athletes from injury appeared first on The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Being able to noninvasively observe a new early marker of Alzheimer's disease progression in the brain for the first time is a very exciting step."| Futurity
An expert explains how Hurricane Katrina still offers lessons for disaster recovery researchers, 20 years later.| Futurity
New research may change how neurodevelopmental disorders are treated during adolescence and, possibly, into adulthood.| Futurity
"...partial heart transplantation is not just a one-time success—it's a versatile option that can be used across a range of heart conditions."| Futurity
By making a small adjustment to the angle of their foot while walking, participants in a new study felt pain relief equivalent to medication.| Futurity
There is something unforgettable about the Wedge and the way its waves crash with such raw force. Sometimes they detonate just offshore, sending water skyrocketing into the air; other times they slam thunderously against the sand, eliciting groans and whoops from bystanders.| California Curated
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A recent study of more than 3.8 million women who gave birth in California found that those who were multiracial were more likely to have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder compared with women of a single race. The number of women in the study sample with bipolar disorder diagnoses was more than […]| News Bureau
Frequent UC Davis users may have noticed in June 2025 that the database has a new look resulting from a migration to the new platform. This new upgraded environment is intended to improve the literature search experience. Users still have access to key features, including access to their search history, CINAHL subject headings, and reliable set of filters.| UC Davis Library
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Neurobiologists at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found the brain’s internal GPS changes each time mice navigate a familiar, static environment.| News Bureau
In California’s southeastern desert, the Salton Sea stretches across a wide, shimmering basin, a lake where there shouldn’t be one. At about 340 square miles, it’s the state’s largest lake. But it wasn’t created by natural forces. It was the result of a major engineering failure. I’ve long been fascinated with the place: its contradictions, … Continue reading The Salton Sea Was California’s Strangest Catastrophe→| California Curated
The Meselson-Stahl experiment didn’t just prove a point. It told a story about how knowledge is built: carefully, creatively, and with a precision that leaves no room for doubt. It became a model f…| California Curated
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Flightpath Biosciences, Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on the development of precision therapeutics targeting bacterial pathogens, has licensed a class of antibiotics developed at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The original antibiotic agent, lolamicin, effectively treated bacterial infections in animal models of disease — without wiping out beneficial microbes in the gut. The Illinois team is continuing to develop derivatives of lolami...| News Bureau
Welcome back! We're all aware of the risks associated with too much sun exposure, including sunburn and skin cancer. Several people have asked me about sunscreen ingredients and what sunscreens are safest. It's the end of July and still hot, especially in the South! We have at least another month or two of sunscreen use. Continue Reading The post The 10 best non-toxic sunscreens for kids 2025 first appeared on Evidence-based mommy.| Evidence-based mommy
Adrienne Fairhall and David Hertzog are among 120 new members and 30 international members elected “in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.| UW News
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign report. The non-invasive, high-resolution metabolic imaging of the whole brain revealed differences in metabolic activity and neurotransmitter levels among brain regions; found metabolic alterations in brain tumors; and mapped and characteriz...| News Bureau
Congratulations to the 2025 recipients of the UC Davis Library Graduate Student Prize: Maria Cruz (Ph.D. Candidate, Public Health Sciences), Tara Pozzi (Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology), and Mikhaila Redovian and Kirsten Schuhmacher (Ph.D. Candidates, English).| UC Davis Library
January 12 is National Pharmacist Day, which allows us to acknowledge the unique and vital contributions of pharmacists at UC Davis Health within the Medical Center and across education and training programs in the School of Medicine and the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.| UC Davis Library
Today in 1942, following top-secret research on the effects of the war-poison mustard gas, physicians at Yale University made medical history as they administered the first use of intraven…| Today in Connecticut History
Fifteen faculty members at the University of Washington have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2024. They are among 36 scientists and educators from across the state...| UW News
Leaving aside the issue of workforce morale, what of the evidence itself. There are always issues with bias in clinical trials, and the possibility of manipulating the results. Both of which clearly occur. | brokenscience.org
A study led by UW researcher Diana Ceballos is most comprehensive study to date of the specific fragrance chemical mixtures found in nail salon air, and will allow researchers to further study the...| UW News
Introduction In this post we will continue our exploration of the chemistry of antibiotics with a look at drugs that interrupt wall synthesis and how bacteria develop resistance to these drugs. The…| BCA Chemistry
As seen in the previous post, local anesthetics generally work to prevent only a small area of the body from experiencing pain by inhibiting the flow of sodium ions (preventing action potential thu…| BCA Chemistry
