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Adolfo Garcia-Sastre of Mount Sinai elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Highest honor recognizing outstanding contributions to science Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD, Director of the Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute, and...
Insilico to present at the Russian Pharmaceutical Forum
Credit: Insilico Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the...
ACM honors computing innovators who are changing the world
Award recipients made contributions to areas including artificial intelligence, economics, genome research, geo-distributed systems, and softwareCredit: Courtesy, ACM ACM, the...
Cancer risk tools underused in general practice, research shows
Potentially life-saving cancer risk assessment tools are being widely underused by general practices across the UK, according to new research....
Gold makes invisible surfaces visible in CT
Credit: Peter Ruehr, Markus Lambertz Today, the three-dimensional visualization and analysis of biological samples using computer tomography (CT) is a...
Press invitation to the presentation of the Humboldt Professorships on May 9, 2019 in Berlin
Nine award winners from abroad will each receive up to €5 million and soon conduct research in Bonn, Cologne, Darmstadt,...
The clinical and biological significance of HER2 over-expression in breast ductal carcinoma in situ: A large study from a single institution
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK and is responsible for thousands of deaths each year. Ductal...
Australian doctors overprescribing flu antivirals
Australian doctors are prescribing antivirals for people with the flu who may not benefit, putting patients at risk of unnecessary...
Development of graphene with enhanced speed of high frequency signal transmission
DGIST developed next generation core semiconductor technology based on graphene with enhanced high frequency signal transmission speedCredit: ©DGIST The DGIST...
Medicinal mushroom newly reported from Thailand helps reveal optimum growth conditions
Credit: Thatsanee Luangharn A species of globally recognised medicinal mushroom was recorded for the first time in Thailand. Commonly referred...
Research highlights role of psychological distress and emotional eating in obesity
New research, published in the research journal Obesity, has found that people on lower incomes may be more likely to...
Water flea can smell fish and dive into the dark for protection
Credit: Eric von Elert Water fleas - or Daphnia - ensure their survival by reacting to a signal substance of...
Negative economic messaging impacting on suicide rates, says new research
Relentless negative reporting on economic downturns is impacting on people's emotions and contributing to the suicide rate, according to new...
A highly sensitive detection for spicy tastes to choose kimchi of your preference!
Ultratrace ratiometric detection of capsaicinoids (spice ingredients) is now possibleCredit: World Institute of Kimchi (WIKIM) The World Institute of Kimchi...
Inhibition of ribosome biogenesis as a novel approach for multi-stage cancer treatment
Credit: Vincent et al. Nearly ninety per cent of all cancer patient deaths are due to metastasis. A study from...
New avenues for improving modern wheat
Ancestry and genetics of bread wheat mapped in a global studyCredit: Julie Himpe/IPK Since the Agricultural Revolution about 12,000 years...
Occurrence of back-to-back heat waves likely to accelerate with climate change
As the planet continues to warm, multi-day heat waves are projected to increase in frequency, length and intensity. The additive...
Campus energy advances can be optimized and replicated
Over the past several years, Stanford transformed its energy infrastructure by electrifying its heating system, replacing its gas-fired power plant...
Novel and rapid device opens new doors for Parkinson’s disease diagnostics
Researchers from Osaka University develop an accurate, fully automated, rapid tool that uses ultrasonication to measure α-synuclein aggregates, potentially enabling...
Study identifies better, cheaper ways to stem arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh
Some solutions are 100 times cheaper than others, costing as little as $1 per personCredit: Lex van Geen In what...
