Month: September 2017

Citrus greening is a major challenge for Florida growers. The disease destroys the production, appearance, and economic value of citrus ...

Pigeons better at multitasking than humans

Pigeons are capable of switching between two tasks as quickly as humans - and even more quickly in certain situations. ...

Drought — a cause of riots

The scientific community has been working on the possibility of a relationship between periods of drought and rioting for several ...

How has society adapted to hurricanes? A look at New Orleans over 300 years

Credit: WIREs Climate Change In the midst of an intense hurricane season, a historical perspective published in WIREs Climate Change ...

The connection between nitrogen utilization and groundwater quality is clear

Nitrogen surplus from agriculture has a clear effect on the nitrogen status of the groundwater, according to 70 years of ...

Agent Orange still linked to hormone imbalances in babies in Vietnam, study suggests

Oxford, September 26, 2017 - Exposure to Agent Orange sprayed during the Vietnam War has been linked to increased levels ...

Novel route to polyamide 6: Catalytic oxidation of cyclohexane with ferrocene in ionic liquid medium

Credit: Luísa M.D.R.S. Martins et al, Bentham Science Publishers Polyamide (PA) 6 is widely used in several industries and therefore ...

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles: An emerging tool in vaccine development

Credit: Kendrick B. Turner and Scott A. Walper, Bentham Science Publishers Outer membrane vesicles, biological nanoparticles shed during normal growth ...

Russian scientist finds a new way to predict cancer development

Credit: MIPT Press Office A scientist from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has proposed a model that ...

Nerves control the body’s bacterial community

Credit: Image: Christoph Giez, Dr. Alexander Klimovich A central aspect of life sciences is to explore the symbiotic cohabitation of ...

Influence of C-section, formula feeding and antibiotics on infant gut microbiome

A new analytical approach, described in open-access journal Frontiers in Pediatrics, shows how different interventions - cesarean section, formula feeding, ...

How forest fires spoil wine

If wine is cultivated in an area where forest fires occur more often, such as in Australia or Southern Italy, ...

Ethnic minorities and the elderly are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials

ATLANTA -- Many ethnic minority groups and elderly Americans are underrepresented in cancer clinical trials, according to results of a ...

People of Mexican decent in US have more liver cancer risk factors than those living in Mexico

ATLANTA -- Mexican-Americans living in the United States demonstrated more risk factors for liver cancer than their counterparts in Mexico, ...

Religiously tailored educational intervention lead more Muslim women to get mammograms

ATLANTA -- A religiously sensitive educational effort designed to address barriers to mammography for Muslim women increased the women's perceived ...

Tumor microenvironment of TNBC varies between African-American and European-American women

ATLANTA -- The presence of tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) varied significantly in the tumors of African-American and European-American women with triple ...

Halving radiation therapy for HPV-related throat cancer offers fewer side effects, similar outcomes

SAN DIEGO - Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a 50 percent reduction in the intensity and dose of radiation ...

Trial confirms pelvic radiation as standard of care for high-risk endometrial cancer

Credit: Marcus Randall, M.D., FASTRO SAN DIEGO, September 25, 2017 - In a new phase III trial report from the ...

Prostaglandin EI inhibits leukemia stem cells

Two drugs, already approved for safe use in people, may be able to improve therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), ...

Radiation+immunotherapy can slow tumor growth for some patients with metastatic NSCLC