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AGU sends letter to federal agencies urging protection of scientific integrity
WASHINGTON, DC - The American Geophysical Union (AGU) wrote to federal agency heads on January 26, expressing concern over recent...
Androgen deprivation therapy: Not associated with increased risk of Alzheimer disease
A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish...
Growing tumors put the pressure on nutrient-supplying blood vessels
Credit: Vavourakis et al. Mechanical pressure caused by cancer growth plays a key role in the development and distribution of...
Quick-and-dirty DNA repair sets the stage for smoking-related lung cancer
The stem cells that proliferate the most in response to damage caused by cigarette smoke repair their DNA using a...
Spread of diseases in farmed animals shown using social network analysis
Credit: Rossi et al. Researchers have shown that looking at movements of operators and vehicles between farms in the same...
High-tech maps of tropical forest diversity identify new conservation targets
Credit: Greg Asner Stanford, CA--New remote sensing maps of the forest canopy in Peru test the strength of current forest...
Make tomatoes flavorful again
Credit: Harry Klee, University of Florida Genetic analyses have revealed which genes are needed to reinstate the rich, original flavor...
UF-led team discovers key to restoring great tomato flavor
What's wrong with the supermarket tomato? Consumers say they lack flavor, so a University of Florida researcher led a global...
New study shows how to avoid weight gain and cardiometabolic disease
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 26, 2017--To explain why so many people in developed countries...
How insects decide to grow up
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Like humans, insects go through puberty. The process is known as metamorphosis. Examples include...
From theory to reality: The creation of metallic hydrogen
Credit: R. Dias and I.F. Silvera For more than 80 years, it has been predicted that hydrogen will adopt metallic...
Metallic hydrogen, once theory, becomes reality
Nearly a century after it was theorized, Harvard scientists have succeeded in creating the rarest - and potentially one of...
Globe-trotting pollutants raise some cancer risks 4 times higher than predicted
Credit: (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. -- A new way of looking at how pollutants ride through...
Mount Sinai study: How primary tumor cells are preset for dormancy & evade chemo after spread
In a first of its kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have discovered the conditions by which specific signals in primary...
GSG III Foundation pledges more than $1 million for Lung Research Program at Uof
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A new research program at the University of Louisville will focus on developing better methods for studying...
National Academy of Sciences honors LIGO researchers
Credit: Eddy Perez, LSU The National Academy of Sciences announced today that LSU Professor of Physics and Astronomy Gabriela González...
New technique could lead to safer, more efficient uranium extraction
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The separation of uranium, a key part of the nuclear fuel cycle, could potentially be done more...
Earth’s orbital variations and sea ice synch glacial periods
Credit: Jung-Eun Lee / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Earth is currently in what climatologists call an interglacial period, a...
Trying to tango with more than 2: Extra centrosomes promote tumor formation in mice
Credit: Michelle Levine When a cell is dividing, two identical structures, called centrosomes, move to opposite sides of the cell...
Scientists use stem cells to create human/pig chimera embryos
Credit: Courtesy of Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte Efforts by Salk Institute researchers to grow the first embryos containing cells from...
