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Scientists from the University of Granada, the IGME, and the Universities of Cologne and Lisbon have demonstrated that the careo...

Dozens of potential new antibiotics discovered with free online app

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new web tool speeds the discovery of drugs to kill...

One-two punch drug combination offers hope for pancreatic cancer therapy

Study provides rationale for an immediate clinical trial evaluating the 2 therapiesCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Nov....

Boosting wind farmers, global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed

Credit: Erping Sun In a boon to wind farms, average daily wind speeds are picking up across much of the...

Subtle changes, big effects

Credit: iStock (CC BY 4.0) "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?"...

Directional control of self-propelled protocells

The future of drug delivery?Credit: Ambika Somasundar, Penn State Synthetic protocells can be made to move toward and away from...

Measuring online behavioral advertising: One more step to protect users

Dr. Nikolaos Laoutaris has developed two methods to detect ad targetingCredit: IMDEA Networks Institute The biophysicist Kristian Franze and the...

Randomized trial at music festival shows potential of virtual reality for CPR training

Cardiologists at Radboud university medical center performed a research project during a large music festival called Lowlands, in the Netherlands...

New clinical guideline for the treatment and prevention of drug-resistant tuberculosis

New guideline emphasizes treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis with all-oral regimens and provides recommendations for treatment of all contacts to MDR-TB...

Possible new treatment strategy against progeria

Credit: Daniel Whisenant Progeria is a very rare disease that affects about one in 18 million children and results in...

Metabolic syndrome: New use for an old drug

The syndrome, which affects more than 35% of the over-50 population in Western countries, could be treated with Ibrutinib, a...

The little duck that could: Study finds endangered Hawaiian duck endures

Credit: Christopher Malachowski, Oregon State University The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main...

2/3 of parents cite barriers in recognizing youth depression

Teens and preteens are no strangers to depression: 1 in 4 parents say their child knows a peer with depression;...

15-year study finds treatment gaps exist for patients with peripheral arterial disease

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a progressive and life-threatening form of atherosclerosis that narrows the arteries serving...

Omega-3 shows protection against heart disease-related death, without prostate cancer risk

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Should you take omega-3 pills? Or try to have two to servings of omega-3 rich fish a...

Intermittent fasting increases longevity in cardiac catheterization patients

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare While Intermittent fasting may sound like another dieting craze, the practice of routinely not eating and drinking...

Researchers discover new mutations in gene associated with disease that causes the heart to weaken

Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Researchers from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City have identified new mutations in a...

Teens with heart disease improve exercise capacity in large clinical trial

CHOP cardiologists report milestone results for Fontan survivors in multicenter, phase 3 FUEL TrialCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia The largest-ever...

New catalysts remove NOx pollutants at lower temperatures

November 16, 2019

Bulk 'defective' vanadium oxide for NOx removal from industrial exhaust at temperatures lower than 150 degrees CelsiusCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University...

ASU collects 5 solar awards in latest round of DOE funding