Yale University News: Drug restores cells and memories in Alzheimer’s mouse models
A new drug can restore memories and connections between brain cells in mice with a model of Alzheimer’s disease, a new Yale-led study suggests.
“The...
Pennsylvania State University News:A Perturbed Skin Microbiome Can Be ‘Contagious’ and Promote Inflammation, Penn...
An infection with the Leishmania parasite dramatically altered the skin microbiome in mice, according to a new study.
Even in healthy individuals, the skin plays...
New chair of the University of California Board of Regents elected
The University of California Board of Regents announced today (July 5) that Regent George Kieffer has been elected by his colleagues to serve as...
University of California News:Admissions offers up, on track to enroll 10,000 more California students...
The University of California announced today (July 6) that some 70,000 incoming California freshmen and more than 21,000 in-state transfer students were offered a...
Your hands may reveal the struggle to maintain self-control
It takes just a few seconds to choose a cookie over an apple and wreck your diet for the day.
But what is happening during...
Ohio State University proposes tuition guarantee program and announces new investments in affordability grants,...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State University will propose the Ohio State Tuition Guarantee. Tuition and fees would increase 5.5 percent for incoming Ohio...
Harris Awarded $231,649 by NSF for Linguistics Study
A three-year, $231,649 research grant from the National Science Foundation will support a study by linguistics professor Alice Harris to analyze the processing and...
New global ranking places U of T in top 10 in seven subjects
Students make their way to classes at University of Toronto Scarborough (photo by Ken Jones)
Psychology research at the University of Toronto is ranked second...
Toronto Ward Museum partners with U of T’s Culinaria Centre for “Dishing Up Toronto”
“Dishing Up Toronto” invites participants to explore Toronto through cross cultural conversation, dialogue and food tastings throughout the year.
The program, organized by the Toronto Ward...
Humming lemurs? UTM researcher decodes the secret language of ring-tailed lemurs
Why do lemurs go “hmm?”
It's to protect them from predators and bolster social cohesion within the troop – not because they don’t know the words.
In research...
UMass Amherst Geoscientist Wins High National Honor
AMHERST, Mass. – The American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Focus Group announced this week that it has chosen Isaac Larsen,...
Liverpool physicists help discover a new, very charming particle
Five years on from discovering the Higgs boson, a team of international scientists including Liverpool particle physicists, have discovered a brand new heavy particle at the...
