Study shows better option for treatment of inoperable anal cancer
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center People with inoperable anal cancer treated with carboplatin-paclitaxel had fewer complications and lived longer than ...
Month: June 2020
Scientists develop new tool to design better fusion devices
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications One way that scientists seek to bring to Earth the fusion process ...
Aerospace engineering student becomes UTA’s sixth Amelia Earhart Fellow
Aerospace student joins 'exceptional group of women'Credit: UT Arlington A doctoral student in aerospace engineering at The University of Texas ...
Dr. Steven R. Goodman releases new edition of textbook
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (June 24, 2020) - Steven R. Goodman, PhD, vice chancellor for Research at the University of ...
Resident parasites influence appearance, evolution of barn swallows
Credit: Amanda Hund Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the ...
Beneath the surface of our galaxy’s water worlds
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Out beyond our solar system, visible only as the smallest dot in space with even the most powerful ...
Puget Sound eelgrass beds create a ‘halo’ with fewer harmful algae, new method shows
Credit: Emily Kunselman Eelgrass, a species of seagrass named for its long slippery texture, is one of nature's superheroes. It ...
Effects from low-level concentrations of harmful chemicals preserved in three generations of fish
Credit: Nathan Burns CORVALLIS, Ore. - Fish exposed to very low levels of chemicals commonly found in waterways can pass ...
Simulations reveal how saltwater behaves in Earth’s mantle
Credit: Zhang et al Scientists estimate that the Earth's mantle holds as much water as all the oceans on the ...
Rogue’s gallery of dusty star systems reveals exoplanet nurseries
Systematic survey of 104 nearby stars turns up 25 dust disks with evidence of planetsCredit: UC Berkeley image by Thomas ...
Undergrad-led study suggests light environment modifications could maximize productivity
Credit: WEST project/University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The crops we grow in the field often form dense canopies with ...
OSU research suggests a better way to keep birds from hitting power lines
Credit: Photo provided by Virginia Morandini, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Suspended, rotating devices known as "flappers" ...
Inherited mutation found among Brazilians increases cancer risk
Genomic research helps explain why some people with a common TP53 mutation widespread in Brazil get cancer while others do ...
Tour scores prestigious Centenary Prize
Rice University chemist's achievements earn top Royal Society of Chemistry honorCredit: Royal Society of Chemistry HOUSTON - (June 24, 2020) ...
Manchester experts launch spin-out to bring new water-filtration technology to market
Materials spin-out demonstrates how Manchester ecosystem can accelerate breakthrough science to a market-ready productCredit: Rob Dryfe and Mark Bissett Scientists ...
Self-powered alarm fights forest fires, monitors environment
Credit: Michigan State University Smokey the Bear says that only you can prevent wildfires, but what if Smokey had a ...
Cowbirds change their eggs’ sex ratio based on breeding time
Credit: Photo (c) by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Brown-headed cowbirds show a bias in the sex ...
NASA finds post-Tropical Cyclone Dolly exiting the tropical stage
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite provided a night-time look at what is now Post-Tropical Storm Dolly in the ...
Invasive fire ants limiting spread of meat allergy — but pose their own dangers
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Invasive fire ants common in the Gulf Coast and Texas likely are limiting a ...
BigHPC Texas/Portugal partnership forged to transform data science
Supercomputing, computer science experts to create new R&D for academia and the commercial sectorCredit: UT Austin Department of Computer Science ...
