Kansas State University continues to lead effort to battle citrus greening
MANHATTAN, KANSAS - Kansas State University researchers will continue to lead efforts to combat a deadly bacterial disease that's affected...
Researchers to make corrections in climate change models
Global warming is a concept very well-known to people today, even those who are not particularly invested in such matters....
LSUHealthNO awarded $2.5m grant to develop better dental filling materials
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans School of Dentistry New Orleans, LA - The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research...
Earthquakes can make thrust faults open violently and snap shut
Credit: Harsha Bhat/ENS It is a common trope in disaster movies: an earthquake strikes, causing the ground to rip open...
International Communication Association to hold annual conference in San Diego, CA
Washington, DC (May 1, 2017) The International Communication Association will hold its annual conference May 25-29 in San Diego, CA...
Serial analysis of CTCs may provide biomarker predictive of NSCLC response to crizotinib
Bottom Line: Among patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) fueled by ALK gene alterations who were being treated with...
New imaging method may predict immunotherapy response early
Bottom Line: A noninvasive PET imaging method that measures granzyme B, a protein released by immune cells to kill cancer...
Dr. Neville Sanjana receives 2017 melanoma research alliance young investigator award
NEW YORK, NY (May 1, 2017) - Dr. Neville Sanjana, Core Faculty Member at the New York Genome Center and...
Common antibiotics linked to increased risk of miscarriage
Many classes of common antibiotics, such as macrolides, quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides and metronidazole, were associated with an increased risk of...
Physicists breeding Schroedinger cat states
Credit: Alexander Lvovsky (Toronto - May 1, 2017) Physicists have learned how they could breed Schrödinger cats in optics. CIFAR...
Rock samples indicate water is key ingredient for crust formation
Credit: Nick Dygert By examining the cooling rate of rocks that formed more than 10 miles beneath the Earth's surface,...
Get ready: Your future surgery may use an automated, robotic drill
Loading video... Credit: University of Utah A computer-driven automated drill, similar to those used to machine auto parts, could play...
Penn scientists illuminate genetics underlying the mysterious powers of spider silks
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Spider silks, ounce for ounce, can be stronger than steel, and much more tough...
Preschoolers’ story comprehension similar for print and digital books
The content of a children's book -- not its form as a print book or a digital book -- predicts...
New chip under development at UTSA extends battery life of electronics
Credit: UTSA Ruyan Guo, Robert E. Clark Endowed Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at...
SNMMI publishes appropriate use criteria for V/Q imaging in pulmonary embolism
Reston, Va. -- The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has published appropriate use criteria for ventilation/perfusion (V/Q)...
A glow stick that detects cancer?
Credit: Prof. Doron Shabat/American Friends of Tel Aviv University (AFTAU) Chemiluminescence, or chemical light, is the principle behind the glow...
PETA science consortium, experts provide training to government regulators
Washington -- The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. is co-organizing and funding a training seminar on the OECD QSAR Toolbox,...
First luminescent molecular system with a lower critical solution temperature
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Depending on their solubility, solids can completely dissolve in liquids to form clear solutions, or...
Study finds gender bias in open-source programming
A study comparing acceptance rates of contributions from men and women in an open-source software community finds that, overall, women's...
