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New organ culture system reveals effects of BPA exposure on fetal mammary glands
BOSTON (January 24, 2017)--A new organ culture system developed by scientists from Tufts University School of Medicine now enables tests...
Southern Italy: Earthquake hazard due to active plate boundary
Credit: Heidrun Kopp, GEOMAR Since the early civilizations, the lives of people in Europe, in the Middle East, and in...
Finnish biopharmaceutical company Desentum closes financial round totalling nearly EUR 2 Million
ESPOO, Finland, Jan. 23, 2017- Today, Desentum, a biopharmaceutical company developing next generation immunotherapy to fight allergies, announced that it...
Small proteins help deliver receptors to the surface of our cells, ensuring their function and helpi
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2017) - Receptors on the surface of our cells enable a wide variety...
Natural compound could improve treatment of triple-negative breast cancer
Credit: MU News Bureau More than 100 women die from breast cancer every day in the United States. Triple-negative breast...
Study shows how a dog’s diet shapes its gut microbiome
Washington, DC - January 24, 2017 - Studies of the gut microbiome have gone to the dogs -- and pets...
First of a kind footage of a living stylodactylid shrimp filter-feeding at depth of 4826 m
Credit: Dr. Mary Wicksten Depths such as those at the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument are an extreme challenge for...
Chinese scientists discover a new species of catfish in Myanmar
Credit: Xiao-Yong Chen During a survey of the freshwater fishes of the Mali Hka River drainage in the Hponkanrazi Wildlife...
The universe in a cup of coffee (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2017 -- Reactions, the ACS YouTube channel that covers the chemistry of...
Two who enabled El Niño forecasts win 2017 Vetlesen Prize
(The Earth Institute at Columbia University) Two scientists who untangled the complex forces that drive El Niño, the world's most...
Why some drivers slow down when using mobile phones: QUT research
Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication With mobile phone distracted driving a growing road safety issue, a QUT study reveals why...
New avenue for anti-depressant therapy discovered
Credit: Turku Centre for Biotechnology Finnish researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery revealing new molecular information on how the brain...
Sci-fi holograms a step closer with ANU invention
Credit: Lei Wang, ANU Physicists from The Australian National University (ANU) have invented a tiny device that creates the highest...
Finding new cancer drugs in the neighborhood
Credit: Dezs? Módos Cancer is caused by an accumulation of genetic changes in a cell, that overcome the normal checks...
New project to boost sat-nav positioning accuracy anywhere in world
A project exploiting Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) to establish the blueprint for the world's most accurate real-time positioning service...
Nanocavity and atomically thin materials advance tech for chip-scale light sources
Credit: University of Washington When an individual uses Facebook or searches Google, the information processing happens in a large data...
UTA electrical engineering professor earns society’s highest honor
Credit: UT Arlington J.-C. Chiao, a University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering professor, has been named a Fellow of...
Berkeley launches RISELab, enabling computers to make intelligent real-time decisions
Credit: UC Berkeley. UC Berkeley today launched the RISELab, the successor of AMPLab, and the latest in its series of...
New insights into the forms of metal-organic frameworks
Credit: UNIST The accurate interpretation of particle sizes and shapes in nanoporus materials is essential to understanding and optimizing the...
Researchers report new understanding of global warming
Credit: University of Houston Researchers know that more, and more dangerous, storms have begun to occur as the climate warms....
