The first bioluminescent click beetle discovered in Asia represents a new subfamily
Credit: Mr Wen-Xuan Bi A remarkable bioluminescent click beetle was discovered in the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests in southwest China. ...
Month: July 2019
ESMO Congress 2019 Translating science into better cancer patient care
Lugano, Switzerland, 23 July 2019 - Participants from all over the world are expected in Barcelona, Spain, between 27 September ...
Hidden dynamics detected in neuronal networks
Scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen University show that neuronal networks can assume a second, previously unknown critical modeCredit: ...
When the pigeon and the letter do not travel together
Credit: © University of Vienna, created by Jon Ladrón de Guevara Whether it is pigeons in the air, electrons in ...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation grants fellowship awards to 15 young scientists
Grants totaling nearly $3.5 million give early career investigators independence to pursue brave and bold cancer research New York, NY ...
Physicists have let light through the plane of the world’s thinnest semiconductor crystal
The distribution of light polarisation in space turned out to be similar to the three-coloured rapana.Credit: © Nature Nanotechnology In ...
Garlic on broccoli: A smelly approach to repel a major pest
New University of Vermont study offers a novel framework to test strategies for managing invasive pestsCredit: Insect Agroegology and Evolution ...
North Carolina coastal flooding is worsening with climate change, population growth
Credit: Paerl, Hall, Hounshell, Luettich, Rossignol, Osburn and Bales, 2019. A historic 120-year-old data set is allowing researchers to confirm ...
Rise of Candida auris blamed on global warming
Washington, DC - July 23, 2019 - Global warming may have played a pivotal role in the emergence of Candida ...
Rejected and unfilled prescriptions for new, more expensive cholesterol drugs tied to higher heart, stroke risk
DALLAS, July 23, 2019 - Patients appear to be at higher risk of heart problems or stroke when prescriptions for ...
Succeed in sensitivity increase and noise reduction of accelerometer
Sensitivity over 100 times, noise less than one-tenthCredit: Sensors and Materials, Daisuke Yamane A significant increase in the demand of ...
Facebook can help college students with lower confidence build relationships
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Facebook can help first-semester college students maintain relationships with high school friends and assist them in creating ...
People are more likely to try drugs for the first time during the summer
American teenagers and adults are more likely to try illegal or recreational drugs for the first time in the summer, ...
Obstructive sleep apnea may be one reason depression treatment doesn’t work
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 23, 2019) - When someone is depressed and having suicidal ...
ELSI scientists discover new chemistry that may help explain the origins of cellular life
Chemists find simplest organic molecules can self-assemble to give cell-like structures under early Earth conditionsCredit: Nerissa Escanlar, ELSI Before life ...
Multidrug-resistant malaria spreading in Asia
Study reveals importance of genomic surveillance for malaria control strategies Genomic surveillance has revealed that malaria resistance to two first-line ...
Research shows high prices of healthy foods contribute to malnutrition worldwide
First global examination of affordability of both healthy and unhealthy foods shows prices matter for diet and health outcomes Poor ...
Gene test picks out prostate cancers that could respond to ‘search-and-destroy’ medicine
Testing for genetic weaknesses in repairing DNA could pick out men who may benefit from a new type of targeted ...
The Lancet Infectious Diseases: Rapidly spreading multidrug-resistant parasites render frontline malaria drug ineffective in southeast Asia
Preliminary data from multi-country randomised trial find that half of patients in Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam not cured by first-line ...
Researchers unveil experimental compound to block therapeutic target in blood cancer
Credit: UNC Lineberger CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina - Researchers at the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a hyperactive ...
