It's in the Genes: Research Pinpoints How Plants Know When to Flower

Scientists believe they've pinpointed the last crucial piece of the 80-year-old puzzle of how plants "know" when to flower.

– University of Washington|5/25/2012 4:45 PM EDT

High-Speed Method to Aid Search for Solar Energy Storage Catalysts

Writing this week in the journal Angewandte Chemie, a Wisconsin group describes a new high-throughput method to identify electrocatalysts for water oxidation.

– University of Wisconsin-Madison|5/25/2012 3:10 PM EDT

Skp2 Activates Cancer-Promoting, Glucose-Processing Akt

E3 ligase’s role makes it target for defeating Herceptin resistance, stifling cancer’s preferred diet.

– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center|5/25/2012 2:40 PM EDT

Researchers Photograph Rare Sumatran Rabbit

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Using camera traps, wildlife researchers recently captured photographs of one of the rarest animals on earth, the Sumatran striped rabbit. They say it may now be found only in two remote national parks there. Pictures and other observations are reported in the current issue of "Oryx".

– University of Massachusetts Amherst|5/25/2012 2:30 PM EDT

American Thyroid Association Marks 5th Annual World Thyroid Day

May 25th is World Thyroid Day, dedicated to all thyroid patients, to those who provide care and education to them and to the investigators whose discoveries help improve the treatment of patients with thyroid diseases.

– American Thyroid Association|5/25/2012 2:00 PM EDT

Physician Definitively Links Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Bacteria in Gut

An overgrowth of bacteria in the gut has been definitively linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in the results of a new Cedars-Sinai study which used cultures from the small intestine. This is the first study to use this “gold standard” method of connecting bacteria to the cause of the disease that affects an estimated 30 million people in the United States.

– Cedars-Sinai Medical Center|5/25/2012 8:00 AM EDT

Go SLoW for a Healthy Summer, UMDNJ Physician Advises

With backyard, beach and BBQ season beginning, a family physician from UMDNJ is advising that SLoW (Sunscreen and Lots of Water) is the way to go for a healthy summer season.

– University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)|5/24/2012 6:50 PM EDT

Routine Care for Crohn’s Disease in Children Should Include Measurement of Bone Age

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Measuring bone age should be a standard practice of care for pediatric patients with Crohn’s disease, in order to properly interpret growth status and improve treatment, according to a new study from the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.

– University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)|5/24/2012 6:45 PM EDT
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