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Credit: Alfred Wegener Institute On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and...

Electricity production: When enzymes rival platinum

Credit: Ievgen Mazurenko, BIP A fuel cell converts chemical energy into electrical energy via hydrogen combustion. Though it is considered...

Virus hijacks cell’s transportation system

Credit: Hirano M. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Aug. 28,...

Scientists identify climatic risks for dengue disease outbreaks

The University of Liverpool is part of an international team of scientists that have identified the climatic risks for dengue...

Cleanliness is next to sexiness for golden-collared manakins in Panama

Credit: Ioana Chiver, STRI Imagine proposing in a dirty apartment or restaurant. Juvenile male golden-collared manakins who received extra testosterone...

Bacteria act as aphrodisiac for the closest relatives of animals

Credit: Arielle Woznica and Nicole King, UC Berkeley To the surprise of scientists, bacteria can act as an aphrodisiac for...

Study: Drug may curb female infertility from cancer treatments

Credit: Schimenti Lab, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - An existing drug may one day protect premenopausal women from life-altering infertility...

New book on The Biology of Exercise from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Credit: Illustration created by Romain Barres, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen. Cold Spring...

Multi-mechanism approach to treating neonatal hypoxic ischemia

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina. Sarah Pack. Hypothermia alone, the current standard of care, neuroprotects roughly 50 percent of...

Mayo Clinic researchers identify genes fueling neuroblastoma spread

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- For the first time, Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues present data on how nervous system tumors, called...

LSUHealthNO discovery may be key to obesity, Diabetes Rx

New Orleans, LA - Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU...

ASTRO honors 43 researchers with Abstract Awards at its 2017 Annual Meeting

ARLINGTON, Va., August 31, 2017 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected 43 recipients to be presented...

E-cigarettes can help smokers quit, but there’s a catch

WASHINGTON -- Frequent e-cigarette use does help smokers quit -- a finding that Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers say...

New Zealand researchers makes ‘natural born killer’ cell discovery

An unexpected role for a white blood cell called the Natural Killer (NK) cell - a critical cell for ridding...

Landmark moment for science as the FDA approves a gene therapy for the first time

Today, the Food and Drug Administration approved a gene therapy known as CAR T-cell therapy that genetically modifies a patient's...

IFCT-0302 results question role of CT-scan in NSCLC post-surgery follow-up

LUGANO-MADRID, Aug. 31, 2017 - The optimal follow-up protocol for patients with completely resected non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) remains...

Technique could aid mass production of biodegradable plastic

Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Introducing a simple step to the production of plant-derived, biodegradable plastic could improve its...

New research delivers hope for reef fish living in a high CO2 world