Sticky situation: New process turns wood scraps into tape
Credit: University of Delaware/ Illustration by Joy Smoker Whether you're wrapping a gift or bandaging a wound, you rely on...
Mayo Clinic researchers take a step closer to developing a DNA test for liver cancer
WASHINGTON, D.C. - A group of researchers from Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Corporation have completed a phase II study...
Many US women don’t realize they’re seeking reproductive care at Catholic hospitals
More than one-third of women who go to a Catholic hospital for reproductive care aren't aware they're seeking obstetrical and...
Mandatory bundled-payment Medicare programs should stay, Penn study suggests
PHILADELPHIA-- Hospitals that receive bundled payments for joint replacements either voluntarily or through Medicare's mandatory programs, vary by size and...
Family blood mystery solved
Credit: NTNU It's the late 1970s, and a man with an unexplained high hemoglobin level (Hb) is referred to Namsos...
Rigorous study finds widely used treatment for infection fails young cancer patients
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (MEMPHIS, Tenn. - JUNE 5, 2018) A treatment designed to reduce bloodstream infections due...
Nutrient pollution makes ocean acidification worse for coral reefs
Credit: Nyssa Silbiger A study published recently by a team of researchers, alumni and students from the University of Hawai'i...
Blood formation: Researchers engineer human bone marrow tissue
Credit: University of Basel Researchers have developed an artificial tissue in which human blood stem cells remain functional for a...
Personalized cancer vaccine may increase long-term survival in patients with deadly brain cancer
An international Phase III study led by researchers at UCLA and at Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc. has found that a personalized...
New NSF special report released ahead of World Oceans Day: Catch a Wave! The Science of Summer
Credit: NSF Catch a Wave! Join the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a look at the science behind the "sweet...
Inflammatory signals in heart muscle cells linked to atrial fibrillation
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Interfering with inflammatory signals produced by heart muscle cells might someday provide novel therapeutic strategies...
Checkpoint inhibitor shrinks advanced squamous cell skin cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Clinical trials show that an immune checkpoint inhibitor shrinks the tumors of nearly...
This monkey can plan out their foraging routes just like a human
Credit: Eve Smeltzer They might not have mastered GPS technology, but vervet monkeys can solve multi-destination routes in the same...
Did extreme fluctuations in oxygen, not a gradual rise, spark the Cambrian explosion?
BOULDER, Colo., USA: Five hundred and forty million years ago, during the Cambrian period, life suddenly went nuts. "Blossomed" is...
Try togetherness: Study promotes cooperative weed management to curb herbicide resistance
Credit: Jeffrey Evans URBANA, Ill. - In the fight against herbicide resistance, farmers are working with a shrinking toolkit. Waterhemp,...
Researchers study aquatic beetles native only to central Wyoming
Credit: Lusha Tronstad University of Wyoming researchers are shedding light on a rare aquatic beetle native only to central Wyoming....
2018 World Cultural Council Awards
Credit: COPYRIGHT © 2018 CONSEJO CULTURAL MUNDIAL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux, has been selected as the winner of...
NCI-MATCH precision medicine clinical trial releases new findings
Chicago, Monday, June 4, 2018 -- The National Cancer Institute's Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH) trial, the largest precision...
Childhood cancer: The four survival strategies of tumor cells
Cancer cells in children tend to develop by following four main trajectories - and two of them are linked to...
New algorithm fuses quality and quantity in satellite imagery
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Using a new algorithm, University of Illinois researchers may have found the solution...
