Early melting of winter snowfall advances the Arctic springtime
Credit: Sandra Angers-Blondin The early arrival of spring in parts of the Arctic is driven by winter snow melting sooner...
Holy Pleistocene Batman, the answer’s in the cave
Let's say you wanted to solve a 20,000-year-old mystery, where would you start? Let's say you wanted to solve a...
Teens prefer harm reduction messaging on substance use
Zero-tolerance messaging tuned out by most teenagersCredit: University of British Columbia For many parents, talking to their children about substance...
Six factors may predict invasive breast cancer recurrence after DCIS diagnosis
Bottom Line: Six factors were associated with invasive recurrence of breast cancer after a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ...
College-age males at bars, parties more likely to be sexually aggressive
College men who frequently attend parties or go to bars are more likely to be sexually aggressive compared to those...
Rates of physician-patient discussions about lung cancer screening very low and declining
Bottom Line: Low rates of physician-patient discussions about lung cancer screening have declined further since 2012 and were not associated...
Drug overdoses in young people on the rise
PISCATAWAY, NJ - In American adolescents and young adults, death rates from drug poisoning, particularly from opioids, have sharply increased...
Study: Microbes could influence earth’s geological processes as much as volcanoes
Audio bites availableCredit: Photo by Tom Owens. By acting as gatekeepers, microbes can affect geological processes that move carbon from...
Fossil crab reveals a new branch in the tree of life
Credit: Images by Daniel Ocampo R., Vencejo Films, & Javier Luque, Yale University / animation and 3D reconstruction by Alex...
Freshwater fish species richness has increased in Ohio River Basin since ’60s
The taxonomic and trophic composition of freshwater fishes in the Ohio River Basin has changed significantly in recent decades, possibly...
Targeted therapy proves effective against aggressive rare blood cancer
Clinical study treating BPDCN with tagraxofusp led to first FDA approval for the diseaseCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A multi-institutional clinical...
PCORI award seeks to support students in recovery
Project is the first major effort in the UC system to assess the needs of students in recovery The UC...
Study of tagraxofusp reports 90% response rate for deadly blood cancer with no prior available therapies
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center An open-label, multi-cohort Phase II trial, led by investigators at The University of Texas MD...
Song receives George A. Olah Award from the American Chemical Society
Credit: American Chemical Society Chunshan Song, distinguished professor of fuel science in the John and Willie Leone Family Department of...
Biologists share $1.83 million to explore why plant genomes duplicate
How genome doubling influences key crop plantsCredit: Joel Sharbrough/Colorado State University When humans are born, we inherit one set of...
What the vibrant pigments of bird feathers can teach us about how evolution works
A UA team shows that evolution is driven by dependency on other species within ecological communities - testing a long-held...
Researchers learn how ‘bad cholesterol’ enters artery walls
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - April 24, 2019 - UT Southwestern researchers have determined how circulating "bad cholesterol" enters artery walls...
Stroke patients receive different amounts of physical therapy
Patients who receive more physical therapy are less likely to be readmitted to a hospital within a month, yet the...
Coal could yield treatment for traumatic injuries
Rice, Texas A&M, UTHealth scientists discover coal-derived 'dots' are effective antioxidantCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Graphene quantum dots drawn from common...
New robust device may scale up quantum tech, researchers say
Study shows evidence of topological superconductivity in planar structuresCredit: Microsoft Station Q Purdue photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Researchers have...
