Using a rabbit virus to treat multiple myeloma
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Treating multiple myeloma (MM) with myxoma virus (MYXV) eliminated a majority of malignant cells ...
Month: February 2017
Counting sharks
Many shark populations around the world are known to have declined over the past several decades, yet marine scientists lack ...
Offshore wind push
Credit: Jeffrey Chase/University of Delaware Injecting large amounts of offshore wind power into the U.S. electrical grid is manageable, will ...
Anticipating the aroma of a chemical compound
Credit: Rockefeller University and IBM Research Data collected through a crowdsourcing competition demonstrates that it is possible to accurately predict ...
E-cigarettes popular among smokers with existing illnesses
Ann Arbor, MI, Feb. 21, 2017 - In the U.S. more than 16 million people with smoking-related illnesses continue to ...
NASA sees development of South Pacific’s Tropical Cyclone Bart
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Cyclone Bart has developed in the Southern Pacific Ocean, and NASA's ...
UC Riverside gets $5.1 million to fight citrus killer
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team of scientists, led by a group at the University of California, Riverside, ...
New design for longer lasting night-vision cameras
With the amazing ability to survey areas in complete darkness, night-vision cameras have revolutionized the security industry. But the materials ...
Over time, nuisance flooding can cost more than extreme, infrequent events
Credit: Jennie Brewton / UCI Irvine, Calif., Feb. 21, 2017 - Global climate change is being felt in many coastal ...
Scientists unlock ability to generate new sensory hair cells
Boston, MA-- Hearing loss affects 360 million people worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Inner ear sensory cells, called ...
New insights into the information processing of motor neurons
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience In a study published in Cell Reports in February 2017, Matt Rowan, Ph.D., ...
Model helps explain why some patients with multiple sclerosis have seizures
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system ...
Children’s Mercy honored as recipient of the 2017 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards
Credit: Children's Mercy Kansas City KANSAS CITY, MO -- February 21, 2017 -- Children's Mercy Kansas City today announced it ...
Artificial synapse for neural networks
Credit: L.A. Cicero For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy, ...
NASA spots short-lived Tropical Cyclone Alfred
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the Southern Pacific Ocean's newly formed tropical cyclone ...
Science vs. the sea lamprey
Montreal, February 21, 2017 -- Of all the fishy predators in the Great Lakes, few are more destructive than the ...
Prediction: More gas-giants will be found orbiting Sun-like stars
Credit: Alan Boss Washington, DC--New planetary formation models from Carnegie's Alan Boss indicate that there may be an undiscovered population ...
Pitt chemists reveal novel biocatalysts for bioactive alkaloid synthesis
PITTSBURGH--Alkaloids are natural nitrogen-containing compounds produced by plants and microbes. These molecules, such as morphine and quinine, are important human ...
Penn/Wistar study finds ‘sweet spot’ where tissue stiffness drives cancer’s spread
Credit: University of Pennsylvania In order for cancer to spread, malignant cells must break away from a tumor and through ...
Exercise most important lifestyle change to help reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence
For patients with breast cancer, physical activity and avoiding weight gain are the most important lifestyle choices that can reduce ...
