How horses can save the permafrost
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Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical and Insilico Medicine enter into an agreement for cancer therapy
noneCredit: Insilico BEIJING and HONG KONG, CHINA, March 17, 2020 (9 AM Beijing time) - Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd....
Microplastic fibers linked to respiratory, reproductive changes in fish
Exposure to microplastics causes cellular changes in fish and may disrupt endocrine systemsCredit: Melissa Chernick, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. --...
Breast milk may help prevent sepsis in preemies
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Aversion to risk by R&D managers may hurt US economic prospects
Executives tolerant of failure in pursuit of reward are best suited to seed innovation needed for growthCredit: Credit: whyframestudio While...
Even a limited India-Pakistan nuclear war would bring global famine, says study
Soot from firestorms would reduce crop production for yearsCredit: Adapted from Jägermeyr et al., 2020 The concept of nuclear winter--a...
Predicting the impacts of white-nose syndrome in bats
Credit: Virginia Tech Since 2005, millions of bats have perished from white-nose syndrome, a disease caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus...
Blinded by the light
Sensory danger zones: How sensory pollution impacts animal survivalCredit: David Stoner/Utah State University A new paper including research from a...
Limited nuclear war could have big impact on world food supplies
India vs. Pakistan conflict could lead to worst food losses in modern historyCredit: Julie Doll, MSU/NSF KBS LTER Site A...
Are women using e-cigarettes during preconception and/or pregnancy?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--A new study of 1,365 racially/ethnically diverse, low-income pregnant...
Solving the riddle of superbug toxin damage to gut
A powerful Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) collaboration has revealed that a bacterial superbug can prevent stem cells in the...
Cancer drug with better staying power, reduced toxicity promising in preclinical trial
Credit: iQ Group Global A drug candidate has been found in preclinical trials to stop tumor growth entirely, deliver more...
Scientists have discovered the origins of the building blocks of life
Rutgers researchers retraced the evolution of enzymes over billions of yearsCredit: Vikas Nanda/Rutgers University Rutgers researchers have discovered the origins...
Machine learning technique sharpens prediction of material’s mechanical properties
Credit: MIT Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Brown University have developed...
Coronavirus-infected patients needing emergency surgery: Anesthesia standards
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc,, publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--Physicians describe the standardized procedure of surgical anesthesia for...
NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling Seattle-based healthy adult volunteersCredit: NIH Adults in the Seattle area who are interested in joining this study should...
APS tip sheet: Origins of matter and antimatter
Study suggests an 'axiogenesis' mechanism for the explanation of the matter to antimatter ratio in the UniverseCredit: Co et al....
New low-cost approach detects building deformations with extreme precision in real time
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New kind of CRISPR technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus
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App detects harsh side effect of breast cancer treatment
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