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Study: Use of prefabricated blood vessels may revolutionize root canals
Credit: OHSU - Kristyna Wentz-Graff While root canals are effective in saving a tooth that has become infected or decayed,...
AI that can shoot down fighter planes helps treat bipolar disorder
Credit: David Fleck/University of Cincinnati The artificial intelligence that can blow human pilots out of the sky in air-to-air combat...
Detailed new genome for maize shows the plant has deep resources for continued adaptation
Credit: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY - A new, much more detailed reference genome for maize, or...
Animal models can’t ‘tune out’ stimuli, mimicking sensory hypersensitivity in humans
Credit: Portera-Cailiau Lab/UCLA By tickling the whiskers of mice, and recording how they respond, UCLA researchers may be closer to...
Combining radionuclide therapy with a PARP inhibitor slows neuroendocrine tumor growth
Credit: S. Adant, J.M. Beauregard, N.K. Purohit, R.G. Shah, and G.M. Shah, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada DENVER, Colo. -...
The confluence of science and art
Sometimes conferences pay off. Pun intended. For UC Santa Barbara microbiologist Alyson Santoro, the 2016 National Academies Keck Futures Initiative...
Irregular sleeping patterns linked to poorer academic performance in college students
BOSTON, MA - Previous research has analyzed variations in sleep patterns including number of hours slept, quality of sleep, and...
Promiscuous salamander found to use genes from three partners equally
Credit: Robert Denton, Ohio State University A promiscuous salamander has found a simple genetic formula for success: Mate with multiple...
Moffitt researchers identify inhibitor that overcomes drug resistance in prostate cancer
TAMPA, Fla. (June 12, 2017) - Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in men in...
Promiscuous salamander found to use genes from 3 partners equally
Credit: Robert Denton, Ohio State University A promiscuous salamander has found a simple genetic formula for success: Mate with multiple...
MD Anderson and Convergent R.N.R. Ltd. establish alliance to further develop new radiation technology
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Convergent R.N.R. Ltd. (CRnR) today announced a collaboration to further develop...
Study shows drug lowers levels of biomarker linked to ALS
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A new study finds that a decades-old drug used to treat malaria lowers levels of...
Long after 1980s farm crisis, farmers still take own lives at a high rate
The number of suicides among farmers and farmworkers in the United States has remained stubbornly high since the end of...
Blue Brain team discovers a multi-dimensional universe in brain networks
Credit: Courtesy of Blue Brain Project For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world...
Sexual stereotypes can lead to unhealthy sexual relationships
PULLMAN, Wash. - Female college students who believe women are subservient and who endorse music media's degradation of women are...
Lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants
Credit: Ella Marushchenko and Alexander Tokarev/Ella Maru Studios Imagine wearing a device that continuously analyzes your sweat or blood for...
Researchers find a surprise just beneath the surface in carbon dioxide experiment
Credit: Berkeley Lab In a classic tale of science taking twists and turns before coming to a conclusion, two teams...
Ontarians still skeptical of flu shot
Half of all people who avoid the flu shot do so because they question its importance and effectiveness, a new...
PETA science consortium donates $400K in animal-free test equipment
London -- Today, the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. announced that it is providing equipment to laboratories working on human-relevant...
San Francisco surgeon Dr. Timothy Chuter receives the 2017 Jacobson Innovation Award
CHICAGO : The 2017 Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was presented to Timothy A.M. Chuter,...
