Study defines mechanisms behind focused-ultrasound-assisted treatment of brain tumors
A study led by a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has analyzed, for the first time, the mechanisms ...
This bright blue dye is found in fabric. Could it also power batteries?
Credit: Credit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A sapphire-colored dye called methylene blue is a common ingredient ...
International team makes rare discovery of new fatty acids
Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Decades after scientists discovered hundreds of different fatty acids in vegetable oils, two that ...
Researchers to test novel drug combination against toughest breast cancers
Credit: Image courtesy of Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have launched a phase Ib clinical ...
UTSA enters Guinness World Records with smallest medical robot
Credit: The University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, Aug. 27, 2018) -- It can't be seen with a ...
As CO2 levels climb, millions at risk of nutritional deficiencies
Boston, MA - Rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and ...
Ebola species found in bats ahead of any potential outbreak
Credit: Jaber Belkhiria/UC Davis For the first time, scientists discovered a new ebola virus species in a host prior to ...
Australian, UK scientists solve 30-year wheat rust genetics puzzle
Credit: Jianping Zhang Researchers from the University of Sydney, CSIRO, the United Kingdom's John Innes Centre, Limagrain UK and the ...
Geologists uncover new clues about largest mass extinction ever
A new study could help explain the driving force behind the largest mass extinction in the history of earth, known ...
Scientists ‘fix’ bacterial tree of life
Credit: The University of Queensland Bacterial classification has been given a complete makeover by a team of University of Queensland ...
Samara Polytech geologists discovered the fullest skull of Wetlugasaurus
Credit: @SamaraPolytech This June the staff of the "Geology and Geophysics" Department of Samara Polytech took part in a scientific ...
Serendipitous discovery by IUPUI researchers may lead to eco-friendly lubricant
Credit: Photo credit: Chunyu Zhang INDIANAPOLIS -- Seed oil components of an ornamental flower could provide a direct pathway for ...
Wildfire risk doesn’t douse housing demand
Credit: Josh Hawkins/UNLV Creative Services Out of sight, out of mind. That's the conclusion of a new UNLV study which ...
Study finds sucralose produces previously unidentified metabolites
Sucralose, a widely used artificial sweetener sold under the trade name Splenda®, is metabolized in the gut, producing at least ...
Epigenetic analysis of aggressive brain tumors
Credit: Karl-Heinz Nenning (Vienna, August 27, 2018) Glioblastoma is a highly aggressive brain cancer that predominantly affects people in their ...
Breast cancer breakthrough: Some tumors can stop their own spread
The findings, uncovered in mice and patient tumours, are published in Nature Cell Biology today. They reveal a previously unseen ...
Predicting the response to immunotherapy using artificial intelligence
A study published in The Lancet Oncology establishes for the first time that artificial intelligence can process medical images to ...
How do fruit flies grow legs? Solving a molecular mystery
Credit: Roumen Voutev/Mann Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- What do cancer and the growing legs of a fruit fly ...
£30 million global cardiovascular challenge launched
(SCIAD) The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is today launching the Big Beat Challenge, a unique £30 million research funding award ...
Sensitivity to how others evaluate you emerges by 24 months
Even before toddlers can form a complete sentence, they are attuned to how others may be judging them, finds a ...
