Navigational view of the brain thanks to powerful X-rays
Credit: Georgia Tech / Eva Dyer If brain imaging could be compared to Google Earth, neuroscientists would already have a ...
UTA mechanical engineer publishes findings that show blasts cause cavitation in the brain
Credit: UT Arlington Ashfaq Adnan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, and his ...
Policymakers fall short on global agreement to reduce marketing unhealthy foods to kids
The current obesity epidemic is so grave that 2.7 billion people — nearly a third of the world's population — ...
Scientists reveal new target for anti-lymphangiogenesis drugs
BOSTON (April 12, 2016) — After an injury to tissues, such as in organ transplantation, the body grows new lymphatic ...
Nanocarriers may carry new hope for brain cancer therapy
Glioblastoma multiforme, a cancer of the brain also known as "octopus tumors" because of the manner in which the cancer ...
Technology brings new precision to study of circadian rhythm in…
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. – An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a new technology ...
Artificial ‘skin’ gives robotic hand a sense of touch
Credit: University of Houston A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics ...
Children’s National and Inova announce $2.8 million research and…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Children's National Health System and Inova this week announced a new three-year, $2.8 ...
Malaria parasite evades rapid test detection in children
Credit: Jonathan Parr Chapel Hill, NC – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one of the highest rates ...
Oddly shaped immune cells cause fibrosis
Credit: Osaka University Scientists at the Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) at Osaka University, Japan, report a new group of ...
Liver tumor growth in mice slowed with new chemo-immunotherapy…
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2017) — Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of liver cancer, ...
Man-made reefs: A compelling diving alternative — Ben-Gurion U. study
Credit: AABGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel…September 5, 2017 – Artificial, man-made reefs can be more attractive to divers than nearby natural coral ...
Mature results favor pembrolizumab as second-line treatment for…
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 – Mature results from the KEYNOTE-045 trial to be presented today at the ESMO 2017 Congress ...
UTHealth study finds that male virgins can still acquire HPV
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Dec. 13, 2017) – Men who have never engaged in sexual intercourse are still at risk ...
Tattoos mark the spot — for surgery — then disappear
Credit: Jin-sil Choi/ Hsian-Rong Tseng Tattoos aren't just for body art. They can have medical applications, too. Doctors are using ...
Street Norco looks like the real thing but really, really isn’t
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians. WASHINGTON –A paper published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine warns that a ...
MicroRNAs help to predict disease progression in brain tumors
(Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Ludwig Maximilians ...
Life in the fast lane: How plants avoid traffic jams
Traffic jams are the curse of the commute, the scourge of the school run and the bane of Bank Holidays. ...
How ticks get a proper foothold
Credit: Copyright: Dagmar Voigt Ticks spend more than 90 percent of their up to three-year-long life starving and clambering around ...
Two early career researchers honored with Alan T. Waterman Award
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology (left); Denise Applewhite, Princeton University (right) The National Science Foundation (NSF) today recognized Baratunde "Bara" ...
