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Credit: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Scientific evidence shows that human activities impact global warming, biodiversity loss, land degradation,...

Portable device to monitor the blink reflex cleared by Food and Drug Administration

Credit: Image courtesy of blinktbi. EyeStat (blinktbi, Charleston, SC), a portable, lightweight device for measuring the natural blink reflex, received...

Cycling to work? You may live longer

Credit: University of Otago People who cycle to work have a lower risk of dying, a New Zealand study has...

How to head off a Red Bull habit — study

Trial to discourage too much energy drink consumptionCredit: Flinders University Regular consumers of popular caffeinated energy drinks may need help...

Key to beating colorectal cancer hiding in plain sight?

Researchers led by Osaka University link the well-characterized serine racemase-mediated production of pyruvate from L-serine to colorectal cancer, providing a...

Researchers capture first images of oxygen in cancer tumors during radiation therapy

Using specialty cameras and an oxygen probe drug injection, researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center can now image oxygen...

Study reveals new way to treat stroke using an already FDA-approved drug

Researchers first to report neuroprotective properties of granulocyte colony-stimulating factorCredit: Florida Atlantic University Stroke is the third leading cause of...

Hermetically sealed semi-conductors

New encapsulation technique protects electronic properties of sensitive materialsCredit: HZDR / Sahneweiß Tomorrow's electronics are getting ever smaller. Researchers are...

Color-changing bandages sense and treat bacterial infections

Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.9b01104 According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of...

Microplastics from ocean fishing can ‘hide’ in deep sediments

Credit: Yinghui Wang Microplastic pollution in the world's oceans is a growing problem, and most studies of the issue have...

Scientists find far higher than expected rate of underwater glacial melting

Robotic kayaks were used to track meltwaterCredit: David Sutherland/University of Oregon Tidewater glaciers, the massive rivers of ice that end...

Pollination is better in cities than in the countryside

Plants benefit from more bees, especially bumble beesCredit: Henryk Niestrój /Pixabay Flowering plants are better pollinated in urban than in...

Organoids (in vitro brains) to study pediatric brain tumors

A large-scale production of in vitro tumors could make it possible to perform large drug screenings to identify new brain...

Fungal decisions can affect climate

Credit: Susan V. Fisk When we think of climate change, we tend to think about greenhouse gases, fossil fuels and...

Stand Up To Cancer Laura Ziskin Prize awarded to Drs. Leisha A. Emens and Xiang Zhang

Credit: Stand Up To Cancer LOS ANGELES - January 28, 2020-- Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has awarded the 2020...

Researchers generalize Fourier’s heat equation, explaining hydrodynamic heat propagatio

Theory is in striking agreement with pioneering experimental results in graphite published last yearCredit: @Michele Simoncelli, EPFL Fourier's well-known heat...

A better building block for creating new materials

Credit: Felice Macera When chemists or engineers want to make a new type of material, they head to the laboratory...

Critically injured soldiers have high rates of mental health disorders

New UMass Amherst study found military members with serious brain injuries are at greater riskCredit: UMass Amherst U.S. combat soldiers...

Harrington Seed Destructor kills nearly 100 percent of US agronomic weed seeds in lab study

Credit: Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - In the battle against herbicide-resistant weeds, farmers are increasingly eager to...

Bad to the bone: Specific gut bacterium impairs normal skeletal growth and maturation