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Kessler Foundation renews collaboration with Children’s Specialized Hospital
Credit: Kessler Foundation March 27, East Hanover, NJ/New Brunswick, NJ--Kessler Foundation, a global leader in rehabilitation research, and Children's Specialized...
Researchers show p300 protein may suppress leukemia in MDS patients
Credit: The website of the National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov). MIAMI, March 27, 2017 - Scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center...
Renewable energy has robust future in much of Africa
Credit: UC Berkeley As Africa gears up for a tripling of electricity demand by 2030, a new Berkeley study maps...
The economic case for wind and solar energy in Africa
Credit: Grace Wu/Berkeley Lab To meet skyrocketing demand for electricity, African countries may have to triple their energy output by...
Researchers create artificial materials atom-by-atom
Credit: Ella Maru Studio & Aalto University Researchers at Aalto University have manufactured artificial materials with engineered electronic properties. By...
Basic microbiology research study unexpectedly uncovers practical findings for growers
Credit: The American Phytopathological Soceity St. Paul, Minn. (March 2017)--Cover cropping, or the practice of growing unharvested crops to protect...
Cookbooks give readers (mostly) bad advice on food safety
A recent study finds that bestselling cookbooks offer readers little useful advice about reducing food-safety risks, and that much of...
Timing a space laser with a NASA-style stopwatch
Loading video... Credit: NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center/Ryan Fitzgibbons To time how long it takes a pulse of laser light...
For the birds: New prediction method sheds brighter light on flight
Credit: (Photo: Lentink Lab, Stanford University) ARLINGTON, Va.--Resembling a feathered flying ace with his miniature protective goggles and chinstrap, the...
Minority colorectal cancer patients report higher burden of poor quality-of-life
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A study of racial disparities in health-related quality of life of colorectal cancer...
Public-private research to develop more accurate ways of measuring cancer progression
New York, NY March 27, 2017 - Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian, in coordination with the Foundation for the...
NASA sees tiny Tropical Cyclone Caleb fading
Credit: Credit: NASA / NRL Tropical Cyclone Caleb is weakening in the Southern Indian Ocean and NASA's Aqua satellite caught...
More than 100 years of flooding and erosion in 1 event
Credit: Images in D and E are from Google Earth™ Boulder, Colo., USA: Sara Rathburn of Colorado State University and...
How do some opioids cause severe itching?
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Opioids have long been an important tool in the world of pain management, but the side...
‘Fingerprint’ technique spots frog populations at risk from pollution
Credit: Lancaster University Researchers at Lancaster University have found a way to detect subtle early warning signs that reveal a...
High burden of iodine deficiency found in Israel’s first national survey
Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) The first national iodine survey conducted in Israel has revealed a high burden of iodine deficiency...
Farming becoming riskier under climate change
URBANA, Ill. - Scientists the world over are working to predict how climate change will affect our planet. It is...
Ant-plant symbioses: Adapting to changes in partner abundance
Credit: Dr. Ulrike Bauer (University of Bristol) Many ant species live in often highly specific symbiotic relationships with plants from...
GW study finds social media course impacts online behavior in first-year medical students
WASHINGTON (March 27, 2017)--Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences found a majority of...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Debbie approaching Queensland for landfall
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the storm early on March 27, 2017...