Treatment of HCV allows for sustained removal from the liver transplant waiting list
April 21, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A new European study presented today demonstrated that patients with chronic Hepatitis C virus...
Blood donor screening for hepatitis E reveals incidence is higher than previously reported
April 21, 2017, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Results from a study presented today found that the incidence of HEV RNA in...
Summit to examine issues confronting Great Lakes
Various concerns impacting the Great Lakes region will be the focus when government officials, researchers and community leaders from the...
New data unearths pesticide peril in beehives
Credit: Credit: Emma Mullen Honeybees - employed to pollinate crops during the blooming season - encounter danger due to lingering...
World’s largest clinical cancer research meeting to highlight latest advances
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Studies spanning the spectrum of cancer prevention and care, from immunotherapy and precision medicine to survivorship, will...
Crystals grown aboard space station provide radiation detecting technology
Credit: Alexei Churilov Research into crystal growth in microgravity was one of the earliest investigations conducted aboard the International Space...
Saiful Chowdhury named ASMS ’emerging investigator’ for work linked to cancer, aging
Credit: UTA The American Society of Mass Spectrometry has named Saiful Chowdhury, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at The...
Super-resolution microscopy of hydrogels
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, N.Y. - Chaitanya Ullal, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,...
Renown researchers present at ASN Scientific Sessions to advance the science of stevia
CHICAGO, IL, April 19, 2017 - To examine the latest scientific evidence related to non-caloric sweeteners, focused on stevia, the...
Application of statistical method shows promise mitigating climate change effects on pine
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (April 20, 2017) - Confronting evidence that the global climate is changing rapidly relative to historical trends, researchers...
New statistical analysis reveals thousands of rare mutations linked with cancer
Credit: Original image by Thomas A. Peterson, CC BY Scientists have identified thousands of previously ignored genetic mutations that, although...
Rare supernova discovery ushers in new era for cosmology
Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada With the help of an automated supernova-hunting pipeline and a galaxy sitting 2 bil-lion light...
New quantum liquid crystals may play role in future of computers
Credit: Hsieh Lab/Caltech Physicists at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum...
BP oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to natural resources, scientists find
Credit: Photo courtesy US Coast Guard The 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill did $17.2 billion in damage to the...
Using venomous proteins to make insect milkshakes
Credit: Adler Dillman RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Nematodes are microscopic worms that fall into an often ignored corner of the...
New research unlocks forests’ potential in climate change mitigation
Credit: Rob Alexander New insights into the impact forests have on surface temperature will provide a valuable tool in efforts...
Rising water temperatures endanger health of coastal ecosystems, study finds
Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/University of Georgia Athens, Ga. - Increasing water temperatures are responsible for the accumulation of a chemical...
Light rays from a supernova bent by the curvature of space-time around a galaxy
Credit: Original image by ALMA (ESO/NRAO/NAOJ), L. Calçada (ESO), Y. Hezaveh et al, edited and modified by Joel Johansson An...
Medicaid expansion linked with increase in prescriptions filled for chronic conditions
Boston, MA - During the first one and a half years of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number of...
Hubble observes first multiple images of explosive distance indicator
Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Palomar Observatory/California Institute of Technology A Swedish-led team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA...
