NICER’s night moves trace the X-ray sky
Credit: NASA/NICER In this image, numerous sweeping arcs seem to congregate at various bright regions. You may wonder: What is ...
Month: May 2019
Scientists demonstrate plant stress memory and adaptation capabilities
Credit: Victor Bulgakov Russian and Taiwanese scientists have discovered a connection between the two signalling systems that help plants survive ...
‘Slothbot’ takes a leisurely approach to environmental monitoring
Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech For environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure maintenance and certain security applications, slow and energy efficient ...
IU cancer researcher, collaborators earn $4.1 million grant from Cancer Moonshot
Credit: Memorial Sloan Kettering INDIANAPOLIS -- A team of researchers from Indiana University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have ...
Resistance to Fusarium head blight holding in Illinois, study says
Credit: Fred Kolb, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Illinois wheat growers, take heart. A new University of Illinois study ...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope emerges successfully from final thermal vacuum test
Credit: Northrop Grumman NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully cleared another critical testing milestone, taking this ambitious observatory one ...
Novel protocol significantly improves outcomes in locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Combination of intensive chemotherapy, radiation therapy and blood-pressure drug losartan allows surgical removal of previously unresectable tumors, extends patient survival ...
Towards a new era of small animal imaging research
A collaborative study between McGill University and the University of Antwerp allows PET scanning on animals without the use of ...
Dyson-Hudson receives grant to study treatment for shoulder injuries in wheelchair users
The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research awarded a $549,000 grant to Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD, of Kessler Foundation; the ...
Scientists design organic cathode for high performance batteries
The new, sulfur-based material is more energy-dense, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly than traditional cathodes in lithium batteriesCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory ...
Interaction with stromal cells influences tumor growth, metastasis in pancreatic cancer
A study from researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center has demonstrated how the response to pancreatic cancer ...
Bacteria’s protein quality control agent offers insight into origins of life
Soon after cells invented protein assembly, they faced another task crucial to survivalCredit: Helge Paternoga, Joazeiro laboratory. JUPITER, Fla.--May 30--Our ...
Scientists bioengineer human liver disease in the lab to find new treatments
3D human liver organoids help reveal molecular secrets of deadly ailmentsCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--Scientists successfully bioengineered human liver organoids that ...
Media advisory: ‘Opioids: Conflicts & Controversies’
WASHINGTON (May 30, 2019) - PharmedOut, a Georgetown University Medical Center project that advances evidence-based prescribing and educates health care ...
Emergency room or doctor’s office?
Threat sensitivity, insurance status, and age all influence where people seek medical care, according to new research published in Heliyon ...
Swapping water for CO2 could make fracking greener and more effective
Credit: Xuehang Song Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China University of Petroleum (Beijing) have demonstrated that CO2 ...
Cannabis use among older adults rising rapidly
Study is first state-wide investigation of cannabis use among older Americans and the outcomes they experience AURORA, Colo. (May 30, ...
Heartburn drugs linked to fatal heart and kidney disease, stomach cancer
Death risk increases the longer such drugs are used Extended use of popular drugs to treat heartburn, ulcers and acid ...
Simulators for the lower jaw have been developed in Samara Polytech
The device is intended for the prevention and treatment of diseases of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ)Credit: @SamaraPolytech Today, according to ...
Public health leaders call for new efforts to promote vaccination acceptance
On Thursday, an international coalition of public health leaders including CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY ...