Muon magnet’s moment has arrived
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Common class of chemicals cause cancer by breaking down DNA repair mechanisms
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A protein that stem cells require could be a target in killing breast cancer cells
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Combined optical and molecular imaging could guide breast-conserving surgery
Credit: A. D. Purushotham, MD, King's College London, UK RESTON, Va. - Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is the primary treatment for ...
Deep brain stimulation without implants
Credit: Nir Grossman, Ph.D., Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah, Ph.D., and Andrii Rudenko, Ph.D. MIT researchers have developed a method that excites ...
A noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation
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Researchers uncover clues about how HIV virus mutates
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NASA sees Tropical Depression 2E moving over Mexican state of Oaxaca
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Depression 2E in infrared, visible and microwave ...
LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, demonstrating ...
Third gravitational wave detection offers new insight into black holes
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Gravitational waves detected a third time
Credit: Image Credit: Numerical-relativistic Simulation: S. Ossokine, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) and the Simulating eXtreme Spacetime ...
Ramin Golestanian awarded the EPJE Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Lecture Prize for 2017
The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter and Biological Physics (EPJE) has awarded Iranian physicist Ramin Golestanian the 2017 ...
NASA to launch first-ever neutron-star mission
Credit: Credits: NASA Multi-Purpose NICER Also to Demonstrate Pulsar-Based Navigation Nearly 50 years after British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell discovered the ...
Who has better mental health: Public or private college students?
Using information gleaned from social media, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a mental health index for ...
UNH research finds seacoast roads under new threat from rising sea level
Credit: Rebecca Zeiber/N.H. Sea Grant DURHAM, N.H. - Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some ...
‘Expert in a suitcase’ cuts power bills 10 percent in small commercial buildings
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash./BERKELEY, Calif. - The knowledge and expertise of a seasoned energy efficiency professional has ...
Syracuse Alumnus instrumental in LIGO’s third detection of gravitational waves
An alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences has been instrumental in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)'s third ...
Social laughter releases endorphins in the brain
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Low cost, scalable water-splitting fuels the future hydrogen economy
Credit: Terrones Group/Penn State The "clean-energy economy" always seems a few steps away but never quite here. Fossil fuels still ...
UH-based nanotech business expands nationally
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