Native California medicinal plant may hold promise for treating Alzheimer’s
Salk scientists identify possible healing compound in Yerba santaCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 20, 2019) The medicinal powers of aspirin,...
GraphON: Conductive coatings and materials breakthrough
Credit: CSIRO Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, has created a breakthrough new form of graphitic material that's conductive, easy to...
Putting data privacy in the hands of users
New platform acts as a gatekeeper to ensure web services adhere to a user's custom data restrictions CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -...
Superconduction: Why does it have to be so cold?
Scientists at TU Wien have figured out a new way to approach the question why superconductivity only works at extremely...
The Mark Foundation funds 14 new cancer innovation projects
$3.4 million in ASPIRE awards announced to support cancer research NEW YORK, NY -- The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research...
New AI able to identify and predict the development of cancer symptom clusters
Cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy could soon benefit from a new AI that is able to identify and predict the...
New compound could help treat ovarian cancer
Scientists find new drugs compound for treating cancer Cancer is less likely to become resistant to the compound than standard...
Health-related Google searches doubled in week before ER visits
Health-related internet searches doubled during the week before patients visited an emergency department, according to a new study from researchers...
Computer simulators show how to reduce damage to lungs of children in intensive care
Credit: University of Warwick Mechanical ventilation of children in intensive care units is often necessary, but can damage the lungs...
Rice University researchers unveil Internet of Things security feature
'Physically unclonable function' is 10 times more reliable than previous methodsCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University SAN FRANCISCO -- (Feb....
Life-changing magic of tidying up: Complex structures’ organization studied in slime mold
How cells organize into complex structures studied in slime moldCredit: Fujimori et al. 2019, PNAS, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1815063116 Researchers in Japan...
Engage with the world’s most talented mathematicians and computer scientists in Heidelberg!
The Heidelberg Laureate Forum enables selected young researchers to profoundly network with the laureates of mathematics and computer science This...
Cocktail of common antibiotics can fight resistant E. coli
Scientists from DTU have discovered that a combination of two common antibiotics can eliminate multi-drug resistant E. coli causing urinary...
Yale New Haven becomes first in Connecticut to perform pediatric heart transplants
New Haven, Conn. - Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (YNHCH) today announced that it has become the first hospital in...
How goliath groupers behave may be key to national security under the sea
US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awards FAU's Harbor Branch up to $5 million to detect undersea threatsCredit: Florida Atlantic...
Complete world map of tree diversity
New statistical model eliminates blank spacesCredit: Petr Keil and Jonathan Chase Leipzig, Halle. The biodiversity of our planet is one...
Introducing the AGA Future Leaders Class of 2020
AGA has announced the 18 early career physicians and scientists selected to participate in its flagship leadership development program Bethesda,...
NASA finds Tropical Cyclone Wutip organizing
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Depression 02W has organized and strengthened into...
Antibody therapy training phagocytes to destroy tumors now tested on patients
Developed by researchers at the University of Turku in Finland, an immunotherapeutic antibody therapy re-educates macrophages to activate passivated cytotoxic...
New therapeutic approach to combat African sleeping sickness
Small inhibitor molecule inhibits parasitic enzyme / Novel concept could also be employed in the future rational design of drugs...
