Measuring the success of East African protected areas
Credit: Jason Riggio, UC Davis East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda) contains 1,776 protected areas (including 186 "strict"...
Preclinical data shows combination immunotherapy could stop liver cancer growth
Even as overall cancer incidence and mortality decrease in the United States, the number of people diagnosed with liver cancer...
Stress hormones promote breast cancer metastasis
It has long been thought that stress contributes to cancer progression. Scientists from the University of Basel and the University...
The day the world burned
Geologic and paleontological evidence unearthed in southern Chile supports the theory that a major cosmic impact event occurred approximately 12,800...
Astronomers discover 83 supermassive black holes in the early universe
Subaru Telescope spots 13-billion-year-old quasars powered by black holesCredit: Image courtesy of Yoshiki Matsuoka Astronomers from Japan, Taiwan and Princeton...
Columbia Team develops treatments for depression
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of resistance to antidepressants Major depressive disorder is a debilitating illness that affects more than 350...
Drug that prevents lung problems in older preemies also lowers costs
A new study from researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons shows that a drug given to...
Understanding and controlling the molecule that made the universe
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Trihydrogen, or H3+, is acknowledged by scientists as the molecule that made...
Largest carbon dioxide sink in renewable forests
Credit: Photo: Gabi Zachmann, KIT Forests are the filters of our Earth: They clean the air, remove dust particles, and...
Insilico to present at the World AI Show
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation...
How the heart sends an SOS signal to bone marrow cells after a heart attack
In the SOS response, the bone marrow releases reparative progenitor cells to try to heal the heart.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala....
The media shape public opinion about surrogacy and homosexuality
A study that focuses on the public debate around surrogacy and gay parenthood, by Rafael Ventura and Carles Roca-Cuberes, researchers...
Defects help nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time
Rice U. researchers find new way to remove PFOS from industrial wastewaterCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (March 13, 2019)...
SPIE journal reports advances in use of 3D models in assessing coronary artery disease
The paper, published in SPIE's Journal of Medical Imaging, offers an initial evaluation of 3D-printed coronary phantoms as a viable,...
Changes in rat size reveal habitat of ‘Hobbit’ hominin
A new glimpse into the shifting ecology of Homo floresiensisCredit: Image from the research paper A study of rat body...
Cardiovascular disease in China
Bottom Line: This study analyzed data from the Global Burden of Disease Study to look at the rate of cardiovascular...
Fingerprints, revisited
For more than a century, forensic scientists have linked criminals to crime scenes through the distinctive loops and whorls on...
Discovery of how organs form helps researchers to develop future diabetes treatments
Discovery of how organs form helps stem cell researchers in their quest to develop future treatments of diabetes and cancer...
School of Advanced Science will discuss the importance of atmospheric aerosols
Young researchers and graduates from any country have until March 24 to apply for the event, which will be held...
Mobilizing the lymphatic system may help combat obesity-induced metabolic syndrome
New mouse model shows enhancing lymph vessel formation via VEGF-D stimulation in obese adipose tissue has beneficial anti-inflammatory and metabolic...
