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Treating cancer: 3D tumor models of triple-negative breast cancer improves drug testing
Dr. Hossein Tavana, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Akron (UA), has received a grant of...
NASA looks at Tropical Storm Barbara’s heavy rainfall
Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Storm Barbara formed on Sunday, June 30 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean over 800 miles from the...
New BU program prepares trainees for teaching modern, integrated medical curriculum
First of its kind program to target scientists to be successful medical educators (Boston)--"Integrating the Educators," a pilot internship program...
Chemists give chance a helping hand
Developing a method for discovering new chemical reactions, Study in ChemCredit: Felix Strieth-Kalthoff Whether they are synthetic materials such as...
Two-degree climate goal attainable without early infrastructure retirement
But achieving 1.5-degree climate-stabilizing goal requires power plants and other energy infrastructure to be retired earlyCredit: Public domain Washington, DC--If...
Cutting-edge food science reveals how to Finish Your Plates and reduce food waste
The team from the National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM), at the University's Holbeach Campus, is cooking up innovative ways...
Some children are more likely to suffer depression long after being bullied
Some young adults who were bullied as a child could have a greater risk of ongoing depression due to a...
Current pledges to phase out coal power are critically insufficient to slow climate change
Credit: Udo Schlög The Powering Past Coal Alliance, or PPCA, is a coalition of 30 countries and 22 cities and...
Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
Credit: University of Plymouth The ocean as we understand it today was shaped by a global evolutionary regime shift around...
Catheters: Big source of infection, but often overlooked
ANN ARBOR--Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse...
Coupled proteins
How human cells react to external signals and further process themCredit: © Thomas Splettstoesser (www.sci-style.com) Researchers from Heidelberg University and...
Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security
Credit: Photo by Ben Abbott EAST LANSING, Mich. - Pictures of the earth's water cycle used in education and research...
World’s smallest MRI performed on single atoms
Magnetic Resonance Imaging enables to scan the magnetic field of single atoms with unprecedented resolutionCredit: Philip Willke et al Researchers...
Cancer cell’s ‘self eating’ tactic may be its weakness
Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cancer cells use a bizarre strategy to reproduce in a tumor's low-energy...
A bacteria likely to reduce the cardiovascular risks of 1 in 2 people
University of Louvain research in world premiereCredit: Patrice Cani, UCLouvain In 2007, Patrice Cani (FNRS-WELBIO researcher) and his team at...
Researchers clock DNA’s recovery time after chemotherapy
In the time it takes for an Amazon Prime delivery to arrive, cells damaged by chemotherapy can almost completely fix...
After WIC offered better food options, maternal and infant health improved
Fruits and veggies helped lower some birth complications for moms and babies, study finds A major 2009 revision to a...
Protein clumps in ALS neurons provide potential target for new therapies
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological condition that affects motor neurons -- the...
‘Oumuamua is not an alien spacecraft
New analysis, co-led by UMD astronomer, suggests a natural origin for our first interstellar visitorCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser On October 19,...
Shorter courses of proton therapy can be just as effective as full courses prostate cancer
Penn study finds protons are effective, safe when given in higher dosesCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Treating prostate cancer with...
