by Chris Tachibana | May 3, 2018 | ScienceWire
In her first feature for Nature, Lynne examines a potentially neglected factor in personalized medicine. Could synchronizing therapy with a patient’s circadian clock improve effectiveness? Lynne (@lynnepeeps) talks to researchers who are studying if and how...
by Chris Tachibana | May 3, 2018 | ScienceWire
Spring is here and Genevieve Wanucha, editor of the University of Washington Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center’s Dimensions magazine, has released this season’s issue (pdf). Look for a feature by Genevieve on six practical activities for building brain...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
Our shorelines are armored, writes Maria Dolan in Ensia. But that isn’t necessarily good. Seawalls, rip-rap (jumbled boulders), and other ways of shoreline protection affect the local ecosystem. Maria writes about scientists in Washington State and elsewhere who...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
In Undark, Madeline Ostrander reviews a book on ancient Rome that suggests parallels to our own times. But instead of political analysis, Madeline (@madelinevo) writes, scientific evidence is the backbone of The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
Meredith Fore asks: Might a species of 3-meter, 70-kg lizards save humans from our antibiotic resistance crisis? Komodo dragons make antimicrobial peptides that certainly have potential, writes Meredith (@Fore_Says) in a post for her blog. The University of Washington...
by Chris Tachibana | Apr 1, 2018 | ScienceWire
For NBC Mach, Bryn Nelson answers a question about astronauts that we’ve all had but didn’t have the guts to ask: Can their biological waste be used to make their food? Bryn talks with Penn State scientists who are doing early testing on using poop and pee...
