Taking a high-priced cancer drug with a low-fat meal can cut cost by 75 percent
Taking one-fourth the standard dose of a widely used drug for prostate cancer with a low-fat breakfast can be as...
Using high-resolution satellites to measure African farm yields
(Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences ) By using high-res images taken by the latest generation of compact...
Mutant maize offers key to understanding plant growth
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- How plant cells divide and how that contributes to plant growth has been...
Drug developed at University of Minnesota increases survival in dogs with cancer
Credit: University of Minnesota A breakthrough trial at the University of Minnesota testing a new UMN-developed drug resulted in improved...
Chip could make voice control ubiquitous in electronics
The butt of jokes as little as 10 years ago, automatic speech recognition is now on the verge of becoming...
New method to detect ultrasound with light
Credit: Cheng Sun A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping...
Perimeter Institute researchers apply machine learning to condensed matter physics
February 13, 2017 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) - A machine learning algorithm designed to teach computers how to recognize photos, speech...
X-ray pulses reveal structure of viral cocoon
Credit: Credit: Dominik Oberthuer, CFEL/DESY An international team of scientists has used high-intensity X-ray pulses to determine the structure of...
Researchers engineer ‘thubber,’ a stretchable rubber that packs a thermal conductive punch
Credit: Lisa Kulick PITTSBURGH -- Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen of Carnegie Mellon University have developed a thermally conductive rubber...
UH chemist honored for research, STEM education
Credit: University of Houston Molecules can move far too quickly to be captured by traditional imaging tools, as quickly as...
Breaking sonic boundaries: DARE Art Prize winner announced
A composer working with sounds below the limits of human hearing has been announced as the winner of the inaugural...
Potential new treatment combats COPD and other lung diseases
New research published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a potential drug to combat the life-threatening effects of chronic obstructive...
Gluten-free diet may increase risk of arsenic, mercury exposure
People who eat a gluten-free diet may be at risk for increased exposure to arsenic and mercury - toxic metals...
Penn vet study shows how solid tumors resist immunotherapy
Immunotherapies have revolutionized cancer treatment, offering hope to those whose malignancies have stubbornly survived other existing treatments. Yet solid tumor...
How many calories in that tweet?
Credit: Joshua Brown It's easy to find out how many calories are in a Twinkie. But how about in a...
NASA gives the Webb Telescope a shakedown
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists and engineers had many challenges in designing the components of...
NASA catches formation of Tropical Cyclone Dineo
Credit: Credits: NASA The fifth tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean season formed today, February 13 as NASA's Aqua...
TSRI researchers discover how the brain turns chronic stress into pathological anxiety
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Feb. 13, 2017 - In a new study, researchers at The...
Researchers discover a new link to fight billion-dollar threat to soybean production
Credit: Xiaoli Guo, Division of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri; College of Plant Science and...
Team makes planet hunting a group effort, finds more than 100 candidates
Credit: courtesy of Ricardo Ramirez. Washington, DC -- An international team of astronomers released the largest-ever compilation of exoplanet-detecting observations...
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