Toward energy solutions for northern regions
Emphasis should be on the energy needs of companies and communities rather than locally available resources. Furthermore, social acceptability and ...
Carbon dots dash toward ‘green’ recycling role
Credit: Ajayan Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 16, 2016) - Graphene quantum dots may offer a simple way to recycle ...
A potential pharmaceutical intervention for co-occurring PTSD and substance use disorder
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina N-acetylcysteine, when combined with group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), reduced symptoms of posttraumatic stress ...
New diagnostic test kit offers easy identification of virulent pathogens in remote locations
Washington, DC - Dec. 16, 2016 - A team of researchers has developed a portable detection system that can rapidly ...
Researchers develop new test, better understanding of deadly infection in boas and pythons
Credit: Dr. Elliott Jacobson, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida Inclusion body disease is a serious, chronic viral infection ...
Turning therapeutic antibodies inside-out to fight cancer
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have camels and llamas to thank ...
USDA announces $5 million in funds for smart technology innovations in agriculture
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...
Hubble ‘cranes’ in for a closer look at a galaxy
Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA In 1900, astronomer Joseph Lunt made a discovery: Peering through a telescope at Cape Town ...
Rheumatology community applauds CMS’s decision to scrap Part B payment demo
ATLANTA - - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today applauded the decision from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...
NASA sees some strength in Tropical Cyclone Vardah’s remnants
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team After moving into the very warm waters of the southeastern Arabian Sea ...
HSE researchers uncover why morning people should not work at night
It has been known for a long time that early risers work less efficiently at night than night owls do. ...
Internet data could boost conservation
Businesses routinely use internet data to learn about customers and increase profits - and similar techniques could be used to ...
Dr. Christine Faulkner awarded Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council
Credit: The John Innes Centre The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded JIC Project Leader Dr Christine Faulkner a Consolidator ...
Frequent sauna bathing protects men against dementia
Frequent sauna bathing can reduce the risk of dementia, according to a recent study carried out at the University of ...
What makes influential science? Telling a good story
It turns out that even in the world of scientific writing, your eighth-grade teacher was right: how you write can ...
Early action key to reducing sea lion impacts on salmon, new study finds
Credit: US Army Corps of Engineers A new study used the same kind of models that scientists use to track ...
Dr. Sakamoto explains signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of diamond blackfan anemia
Credit: Stanford University Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA) is a condition that is characterized by a failure of the bone marrow ...
First data on rare sarcomas in Asian patients presented at ESMO Asia in Singapore
LUGANO-SINGAPORE, 17 December, 2016 - The first data on rare sarcomas in Asian patients is presented in three studies today ...
NRG-LU001 reaches patient accrual goal
Philadelphia, PA -- NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-LU001 successfully reached its accrual goal of 168 patients. NRG-LU001: Randomized Phase II ...
AMP issues joint guideline to standardize interpretation and reporting of sequence variants in cancer
BETHESDA, MD. -- December 16, 2016 -- The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, non-profit molecular diagnostics professional ...
