Month: June 2021

An INRS team is investigating the relationship between body mass and the risk of developing cancerCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) Prostate ...

Climate protection: Deep decarbonization by 2050 currently not plausible

Credit: Universitaet Hamburg Today the Hamburg-based Cluster of Excellence "Climate, Climatic Change, and Society" (CLICCS) publishes a new, essential study ...

Cincinnati children’s awarded grant to develop AI system for preventing school violence

Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have been awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the ...

Drug commonly used as antidepressant helps fight cancer in mice

UCLA researchers discover MAOIs could activate immune system to shrink various types of tumorsCredit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center ...

Say goodbye to your camera bump: uOttawa researchers miniaturize optics by discovering counterpart to lens

The concept of "spaceplate" is a new avenue for manipulating light that could lead to paper thin cameras, telescopesCredit: Orad ...

‘Vegan spider silk’ provides sustainable alternative to single-use plastics

Credit: Xampla Researchers have created a plant-based, sustainable, scalable material that could replace single-use plastics in many consumer products. The ...

Higher alcohol content beer popularity growing, as overall beer consumption down

Credit: Schiff, et al, Substance Use & Misuse, 2021. PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2021 - Americans are consuming more craft beer ...

Protein in prostate cancer may inhibit tumor growth

Researchers identified the protein responsible for cancer's aggressivenessCredit: Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, ...

Research shows decline in collisions and convictions connected to increase in ridesharing

Credit: Rogelio Castro/UTHealth The increased use of ridesharing apps was linked to a decrease in motor vehicle collisions and impaired ...

GEM simplifies the internal structure of protons and their collisions

Credit: Source: IFJ PAN / Dual Color Inside each proton or neutron there are three quarks bound by gluons. Until ...

More ‘fairness’ needed in conservation

Credit: Georgina Gurney / ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. New research shows what is often assumed to ...

Endangered blue whales recorded off southwest coast of India

Credit: Sayed Abdullakoya Research from the University of Washington shows that endangered blue whales are present and singing off the ...

New treatment demonstrated for people with vaccine clots

Scientists now understand the mechanism that leads to platelet activation and clottingCredit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (June 9, 2021) - ...

Scientists create unique instrument to probe the most extreme matter on Earth