Research investigates impact of climate change on glacier-fed rivers in Peru
Remote communities in the Peruvian Andes depend on the water from melting glaciers and mountain ecosystems to provide them with...
Genetics Society of America awards 2019 Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal to Daniel Hartl
Prize recognizes outstanding contributions to genetics research throughout careerCredit: Harvard University Daniel Hartl, PhD, of Harvard University is the recipient...
The Lancet: Experts set out targets to eliminate tuberculosis within a generation
Tuberculosis can be treated, prevented and cured, yet it kills 1.6 million people a year, more people than any other...
Solving the ‘Catch 22’ of rectal cancer
Credit: Noam Shemesh, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Today's standard procedure to treat rectal cancer includes radical surgery to remove...
New treatment of acute myeloid leukemia achieves remarkable results in a disease formerly with little hope
The prognosis for older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is poor: very few achieve remission and for those that...
UCLA researchers identify potential new combination treatment for pancreatic cancer
FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a possible new therapeutic strategy using two types of drug...
UCI engineers aim to pioneer tissue-engineering approach to TMJ disorders
Solutions have been hampered by past failures, proximity of jaw joint to brain Irvine, Calif., March 20, 2019 - Here's...
Giant X-ray ‘chimneys’ are exhaust vents for vast energies produced at Milky Way’s center
Study co-authored by UCLA astronomer provides close look at what might be happening in other, more energetic galaxiesCredit: Gabriele Ponti/MPE/INAF...
Sustainable fisheries and conservation policy
Five-point plan to integrate 220 million recreational fishersCredit: Florian Moellers There are roughly five times as many recreational fishers as...
NASA tracks Tropical Cyclone Trevor approaching Australia’s Cape York Peninsula
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Trevor appeared to have a cloud-filled...
UIC researchers find hidden proteins in bacteria
Science overturns longstanding assumption Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to identify the beginning...
New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury
Researchers to incorporate data into new, open access platform for exploration of the human brainCredit: Schneider et al. Each year,...
As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations
LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz....
Generic advice doesn’t help patients drop pounds
Patients shed more weight when doctors give specific tips, study findsCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When it comes to...
NASA’s Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Veronica develop off western Australia’s coast
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System NASA's Aqua satellite provided a view of Tropical Cyclone...
Stroke risk drops in both black and white older adults
March 20, 2019 - Recent reductions in hospitalization and death due to stroke extend to both black and white Medicare...
Older immigrants living in US more satisfied with life than native-born counterparts
Credit: FSU Photo/Bruce Palmer Most people who immigrated to the United States for a chance to live the "American Dream"...
Active investigation
Physicist Zvonimir Dogic receives grant to study fundamentals of 3D active matter If you think about it, our bodies are...
Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Chemistry researchers at Oregon State University have patented a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now...
Protein BRCA1 as a stress coach
Credit: Photographs: Christina Klotz, JMUW Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard...
