Immunotherapy combo effective for patients with high-grade neuroendocrine cancer
Credit: SWOG Cancer Research Network Many patients with rare, fast-growing neuroendocrine tumors respond well to a common immunotherapy drug combination, ...
Oldest reconstructed bacterial genomes link farming, herding with emergence of new disease
Scientists present the first ancient DNA that links the spread of farming culture in ancient Eurasia to the emergence of ...
ETRI develops optical communications technology to double data transfer speed
Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) Researchers in South Korea have developed a new optical communications technology that can ...
How the urban environment affects the diet of its citizens
A participatory study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has resulted in proposals for action to improve the urban ...
Climate change will cause a loss of olive production in Andalusia
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba We do not have to look as far away as the glaciers in Norway, the fires ...
Hospital admission & neurological consultations associated with improved TIA care quality
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Admission to the hospital and being seen by a neurologist are factors associated with better ...
Camera trap study captures Sumatran tigers, clouded leopards, other rare beasts
Credit: Photo courtesy Max Allen CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists deployed motion-sensitive camera traps across a 50-square-mile swath of Bukit Barisan ...
Antibodies: the body’s own antidepressants
Antibodies can be a blessing or a curse to the brain -- it all depends on their concentrationCredit: MPG/ Massih ...
Clemson researchers ID protein function in parasites that cause sometimes fatal diseases
Credit: Pete Martin, College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- In the quest to develop more effective treatments for parasitic ...
Research identifies how new cancer treatments can activate tuberculosis infection
Credit: University of Southampton Researchers at the University of Southampton have identified how new checkpoint inhibitor treatments for cancer can ...
‘Make two out of one’ — division of artificial cells
Max Planck scientists uncover a novel and generic mechanism for the division of artificial cells into two daughter cellsCredit: Max ...
Releasing brakes: Potential new methods for Duchenne muscular dystrophy therapies
Credit: Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Researchers identified a group of small molecules that may open the door to ...
A simple retrofit transforms electron microscopes into high-speed atom-scale cameras
Patented 'beam chopper' provides cost-effective way to investigate super-fast processes important for tomorrow's technologyCredit: N. Hanacek/NIST Researchers at the National ...
Boost soybean yields by adapting photosynthesis to fleeting shadows, according to model
Credit: Claire Benjamin/RIPE project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Komorebi is a Japanese word that describes how light filters through leaves--creating shifting, ...
The seismicity of Mars
Credit: NASA / JPL - Caltech On 26 November 2018, the NASA InSight lander successfully set down on Mars in ...
Solar storms could scramble whales’ navigational sense
Gray whales 4.3 times more likely to strand during a cosmic burst of radio staticCredit: Nicholas Metheny NOAA DURHAM, N.C. ...
CRISPR gene cuts may offer new way to chart human genome
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In search of new ways to sequence human genomes and read critical alterations in DNA, researchers ...
Study puts spin into quantum technologies
The ability to control the spin of atom-like impurities in 2D material hexagonal boron-nitride demonstratedCredit: Dr M. Kianinia A team ...
Why Edgar Allan Poe probably did not kill himself
Credit: Lancaster University A computational analysis of language used by the writer Edgar Allan Poe has revealed that his mysterious ...
Going super small to get super strong metals
Credit: Zhou et al You can't see them, but most of the metals around you--coins, silverware, even the steel beams ...
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