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How to measure potentially damaging free radicals in cigarette smoke
Smoking cigarettes can lead to illness and death. Free radicals, which are atoms or groups of atoms with unpaired electrons,...
Painting fingernails with silver and gold
Credit: American Chemical Society Since ancient times, people have used lustrous silver, platinum and gold to make jewelry and other...
The search for obesity drugs targets hunger’s complex chemistry
Discoveries of hormones related to weight and appetite in the '90s helped spur a search for obesity treatments targeting those...
Kids’ wildlife preferences differ from island to mainland
Credit: Photo by Brian Langerhans, North Carolina State University Growing up on an island or mainland location can shape the...
Steering towards grazing fields
Credit: Mary Drewnoski It makes sense that a 1,200 pound Angus cow would place quite a lot of pressure on...
Making cows more environmentally friendly
Credit: Dr Mark Lee 27th March 2017; Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) and the...
How plants are grown beyond Earth?
(De Gruyter Open) Following a new NASA bill, passed in March by the US Congress and which authorizes $19.5 billion...
Wrong-way asteroid plays ‘chicken’ with Jupiter
Credit: Western University, Ontario, Canada For at least a million years, an asteroid orbiting the "wrong" way around the sun...
Adults with disabilities screened less often for colorectal cancer
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (March 29, 2017) -- Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer...
New research explains why even targeted therapies eventually fail in lung cancer
Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Nearly 50 years into the "war" on cancer, doctors possess weapons that once would have...
Analysis yields clues to chemical composition, natural aging of 100-year-old beer
Credit: Brewing Institute, Prague Stashed away and long-forgotten, a trio of century-old bottled beers recently discovered in the Czech Republic...
Surgery to remove unaffected breast in early breast cancer increases
ATLANTA - March 29, 2017 - The proportion of women in the United States undergoing surgery for early-stage breast cancer...
Immunologic changes point to potential for clinical investigation of combination immunotherapy for deadly kidney cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Immunologic changes observed in an early study of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC)...
NSF and Popular Science announce winners of 15th annual ‘Vizzies’
Credit: Greg Dunn, Brian Edwards, Will Drinker Today, Popular Science magazine and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announce the winners...
NASA sees ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie over Queensland
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie after it made landfall in eastern Queensland and...
Reliable molecular toggle switch developed
Credit: (Photo: KIT) Nanotechnology constantly allows for new records in miniaturization. Reduction of the dimension of electronic components, however, has...
Scientists discover new category of analgesic drugs that may treat neuropathic pain
New research published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that a novel therapeutic target called LPCAT2 may prove effective against...
Reading between the lines of highly turbulent plasmas
Plasma, the ionised state of matter found in stars, is still not fully understood, largely due to its instability. Astrophysicists...
An led-based device for imaging radiation induced skin damage
Credit: Anaïs Leproux, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic SAN DIEGO -- To eradicate any cancer cells that may potentially...
Carnegie Mellon Power Sector Index tracks 24 percent decline in carbon emissions
PITTSBURGH--Yesterday during Carnegie Mellon Energy Week, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) Americas President & CEO Paul Browning unveiled the initial...