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Stereotactic radiation highly effective for kidney cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 2, 2017 - Kidney cancer patients may soon have more treatment choices that provide...
How fluids flow through shale
Credit: Yidong Xia WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2017 -- Most of the world's oil and natural gas reserves may be...
National Academy of Sciences members and foreign associates elected
The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 84 new members and 21 foreign associates in recognition of...
Why space dust emits radio waves upon crashing into a spacecraft
Credit: Fletcher/Close WASHINGTON, D.C., May 2, 2017 -- When spacecraft and satellites travel through space they encounter tiny, fast moving...
Domino effect in pharmaceutical synthesis
Chemists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) headed by Prof. Dr. Svetlana B. Tsogoeva at the Chair of Organic Chemistry I...
Antarctic ice rift spreads
Credit: MIDAS project, A. Luckman, Swansea University The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica now has a...
Erasable ink for 3-D printing
Credit: (Photo: KIT) 3D printing by direct laser writing produces micrometer-sized structures with precisely defined properties. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute...
Critical Path Institute and TGen forge partnership to advance TB research
TUCSON and FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- May 1, 2017 -- The Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens (CPTR), an initiative of...
The chemistry of whiskey (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 2, 2017 -- Derby Day is around the corner, and with it comes...
Graphene flagship steers towards higher technology readiness level
Credit: Graphene Flagship Six application-oriented spearhead projects and an invitation to express interest in joining the consortium. Those are examples...
Healthy housing for refugees in extreme climates
Credit: University of Bath Refugees living in extreme climates ranging from 45 degrees to -10 degrees, such as those in...
Deep learning helps scientists keep track of cell’s inner parts
Credit: Oren Kraus Donnelly Centre researchers have developed a deep learning algorithm that can track proteins, to help reveal what...
New NMR technique offers ‘molecular window’ into living organisms
Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough A novel technique developed by University of Toronto Scarborough researchers can for the first time...
Smoking decreases MAIT cells, implicated in the pathology of autoimmune diseases
New research published in the May 2017 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology provides another reason why smoking tobacco...
Research into tumor cells begins at University of Warwick
Credit: University of Warwick Study will examine why some cells divide incorrectly and cause cancer Cause of genetic defects in...
Propagation research on rare trees expands species recovery potential
Credit: Thomas Marler Many rare tropical tree species are restricted to a small, endemic range with very few remaining reproductive...
Potential for Saudi Arabian coral reefs to shine
Credit: © 2017 Tane Sinclair-Taylor Marine surveys estimating fish population density and diversity are crucial to our understanding of how...
The courting cephalopods of the East China Sea
Credit: Photo by Mr. Chun-Yen Lin, Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan William Shakespeare wrote with...
Ecology team finds leaf litter has slower decomposition rate in warm temperatures
Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- The time it takes for a leaf to decompose might be...
WFU chemistry professor receives NSF CAREER Award for $500K
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett Wake Forest chemistry professor Michael Gross has been named a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty...
