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2018 continues record global ocean warmingCredit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences An international team, released the 2018 ocean heat content observations...

Study finds following heart health guidelines also reduces diabetes risk

Lifestyle and health factors that are good for your heart can also prevent diabetes, according to a new study by...

Ohio State study finds following heart health guidelines also reduces diabetes risk

Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Lifestyle and health factors that are good for your heart can also...

Right green for crop, environment, wallet

Light sensor tools help growers make sense of nitrogenCredit: Guohui Feng Too much of a good thing can be a...

Mosquito known to transmit malaria has been detected in Ethiopia for the first time

Public health concern is a possible emergence of malaria in new regions, Baylor researcher saysCredit: Robert Rogers/Baylor University A type...

Unraveling threads of bizarre hagfish's explosive slime

Credit: Image courtesy Jean-Luc Thiffeault. MADISON -- Hundreds of meters deep in the dark of the ocean, a shark glides...

Surge protector: A novel approach to suppressing therapy-induced tumor growth and recurrence

BOSTON - Following up on a groundbreaking 2018 study in which BIDMC's Dipak Panigrahy, MD, demonstrated that dead and dying...

Why haven't cancer cells undergone genetic meltdowns?

Cancer first develops as a single cell going rogue, with mutations that trigger aggressive growth at all costs to the...

Study: Despite progress, gay fathers and their children still structurally stigmatized

Credit: Benson Kau A study published in the February 2019 "Pediatrics" journal suggests the majority of gay fathers and their...

Study of mutation order may change understanding of how tumors develop

Cancer Cell paper envisions new direction in cancer research Cancers most commonly arise because of a series of two to...

UCI study identifies a new way by which the human brain marks time

Novel findings may further understanding of age-related dementia Irvine, Calif., Jan. 15, 2019 -- With a little help from HBO's...

How cancer becomes transmissible in Tasmanian devils: Molecular mechanisms elucidated

Genome doubling, cell size and novelty

Investigating the mechanisms of polyploidy in plants In the 2019 Coulter Review, "Polyploidy, the Nucleotype, and Novelty: The Impact of...

'Outdated' management plan increases risks to Alaska's large carnivores

Credit: Lisa Hupp, US Fish and Wildlife Service CORVALLIS, Ore. - Alaskan wildlife management that prioritizes reducing bear and wolf...

Assessing the performance of multiple influenza forecasting models

UMass Amherst biostatistician, national team assess flu forecast modelsCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In what the authors believe is...

Hindering melanoma metastasis with an FDA-approved drug

Promising findings from the School of Veterinary Medicine show that a medicine originally used to control blood pressure may prevent...

Regulation and potential drug targets of tumor-associated Tregs

Credit: ©Science China Press According to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO), there will be 18.1 million new cases...

IADR/AADR divests sugar-sweetened beverage companies from investment portfolio

Alexandria, VA, USA - The International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) announce...

Suicide risk more than quadruples for people with cancer

Hershey, Pa -- People with cancer are more than four times more likely to commit suicide than people without cancer,...

Harvard research reveals potential therapeutic target for ALS