Agricultural fires in Brazil harm infant health, a warning for the developing world
Credit: Global Fire Emissions Database Pollution from the controlled fires that burn across Brazil's São Paulo state during the sugarcane-harvesting...
Automation speeds clinical safety surveillance
Credit: Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt University Using patient outcomes data from approximately 1,800 hospitals, the largest demonstration to date of automated safety...
100 percent renewable energy sources require overcapacity
Germany decided to go nuclear-free by 2022. A CO2-emission-free electricity supply system based on intermittent sources, such as wind and...
MDI Biological Laboratory providing incubator space to Coagulation Sciences LLC
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it is providing incubator space...
Study suggests best order of treatment for brain metastases in EGFR lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center About 10 percent of lung cancers in the United States and as many as...
SF State research could improve conservation in regional marine sanctuaries
Credit: Sophie Webb, Point Blue/NOAA-ONMS/ACCESS) A new study published Wednesday by SF State researchers could benefit ocean zoning for coastal...
Universal CAR T cell therapy helps beat a hard-to-treat pediatric cancer
Credit: Val Altounian / Science Translational Medicine (2017) Two infants diagnosed with a relapsed form of childhood cancer who had...
Researchers find new way to target blood stem cell cancers
A protein-sugar molecule, CD99, occurs more frequently than normal on stem cells responsible for blood cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia...
‘Navigators’ help indigenous cancer patients overcome barriers to diagnosis, treatment
CORVALLIS, Ore. - New research shows that patient "navigators" are a valuable resource for American Indians and Alaskan Natives with...
Invasive beetle species in Hawaii can now be identified faster with new genetic test
Annapolis, MD; January 20, 2017--Researchers at the University of Hawaii have developed a new genetic-testing method for identifying the invasive...
Top high-energy prize awarded to LSU physicist and LIGO scientist Gabriela González
Credit: Eddy Perez, LSU The 2017 Rossi Prize has been awarded to Gabriela González and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration for...
Americans split on whether US will be viewed as leader in science under President Trump
ARLINGTON, Va.--January 25, 2017-- A new survey shows Americans are split on whether the U.S. will be seen as the...
Genetic makeup of ‘roommate’ impacts health
Credit: Spencer Phillips, EMBL-EBI Hinxton, UK, 25 January 2017 - Researchers at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have shown that...
‘Knitted muscles’ provide power
Researchers have coated normal fabric with an electroactive material, and in this way given it the ability to actuate in...
Huntsman scientists identify bone degradation process within metastatic breast cancer
SALT LAKE CITY - Once breast cancer spreads through the body, it can degrade a patient's healthy bones, causing numerous...
New class of materials could revolutionize biomedical, alternative energy industries
Credit: Mark Lee COLUMBIA, Mo. - Polyhedral boranes, or clusters of boron atoms bound to hydrogen atoms, are transforming the...
Nonresident seabirds forage along the continental shelf break in Central California
Credit: Sophie Webb (Point Blue/NOAA-ONMS/ACCESS) Nonresident seabirds in Central California concentrate their foraging along the continental shelf break, according to...
Study reveals that climate change could dramatically alter fragile mountain habitats
Credit: Richard Bardgett Mountain regions of the world are under direct threat from human-induced climate change which could radically alter...
When it comes to predators, size matters
Marine reserves play an important role in sustaining ecosystem diversity and abundance. Their presence enables certain species to return to...
Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life found in new fossil site
Credit: Rowan Martindale/The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences. A trove of exceptionally preserved Jurassic marine fossils...
