Half a degree more global warming could flood out 5 million more people
Credit: DJ Rasmussen, Princeton University The 2015 Paris climate agreement sought to stabilize global temperatures by limiting warming to well ...
How fungi grow: A movie from inside the cell
Credit: Photo: L. Zhou, KIT Fungi forming mold on food are hazardous. Fungi supplying antibiotics are beneficial. Fungi may be ...
Little creek, big impact
Credit: Andrew Engilis, Jr./ UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology A small restored area is having a big ...
How cells protect themselves against mechanical stress
A light breeze, a gentle stroke - the human skin can sense the slightest touch. A key player in this ...
Higher doses of radiation don’t improve survival in prostate cancer
A new study shows that higher doses of radiation do not improve survival for many patients with prostate cancer, compared ...
‘Frequency combs’ ID chemicals within the mid-infrared spectral region
Credit: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Applied Physics Division, Quantum Nanophotonics group WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 -- Chemical ...
Well-child visits are effective time to help moms, study shows
PITTSBURGH, March 15, 2018 - In an effort to improve birth outcomes, well-child visits provide an opportune time to deliver ...
Study suggests that cancer survivors are more easily fatigued
Adults who have undergone successful cancer treatment years or decades previously become fatigued more quickly than their peers who don't ...
SOMMa Spanish research institutions to safeguard scientific competitiveness
Credit: SOMMa The Severo Ochoa Centres and Maria de Maeztu Units Alliance (SOMMa) gathers research centres and units that received ...
Biologists unravel another mystery of what makes DNA go ‘loopy’
Credit: Graphic by Victor Corces. Scientists discovered another key to how DNA forms loops and wraps inside the cell nucleus ...
Women choose more effective contraception when cost not an issue
When cost isn't an issue, women will choose more effective, long-term methods of contraception, according to Penn State College of ...
Improved capture of cancer cells could aid in disease tracking
CHAPEL HILL -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Wisconsin-Madison have demonstrated ...
Special Focus Issue of Therapeutic Delivery on the current status and opportunities for nanotechnolo
The Future Science Group (FSG) published journal, Therapeutic Delivery, today announced the release of its Special Focus Issue, which offers ...
Cedars-Sinai Investigator Awarded grant to study esophageal cancer
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (March 15, 2018) -- Dechen Lin, PhD, a research scientist in the Division of Hematology and ...
House of Medicine opens the door to addiction prevention & treatment
Two landmark developments in medicine pave the way for quality medical care to address America's largest and most costly preventable ...
New educational app helps support GvHD diagnosis and scoring after HCT
Credit: © EBMT Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation (HCT) is a curative and established treatment approach for patients with haematological malignancies ...
New research sheds light on underlying cause of brain injury in stroke
Credit: Professor Robert Fern New research shows how the novel drug QNZ-46 can help to lessen the effects of excess ...
Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective — it’s time to reboot research
Amsterdam, March 15, 2018 -- Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective in pain relief, and researchers are calling for the ...
The brain puts the memories warehouse in order while we sleep
During the hours of sleep the memory performs a cleaning shift. A study led by a Spanish scientist at the ...
When natural disaster strikes, can insects and other invertebrates recover?
Credit: Jeff Thrasher Annapolis, MD; March 15, 2018 -- After a 100-year flood struck south central Oklahoma in 2015, a ...
