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RIT wins NSF grant to transform physics graduate education admissions and retention
A Rochester Institute of Technology professor won funding from the National Science Foundation to develop an inclusive approach to physics...
New England’s 1816 ‘Mackerel Year’ and climate change today
Credit: NOAA Library, Silver Spring, Md. AMHERST, Mass. - Hundreds of articles have been written about the largest volcanic eruption...
Survival of many of the world’s nonhuman primates is in doubt, experts report
Credit: See caption. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A report in the journal Science Advances details the grim realities facing a majority...
Mighty river, mighty filter
Credit: Photo credit Joseph Baustian, The Nature Conservancy. Huckleberry Finn wouldn't recognize today's lower Mississippi River. Massive walls separate the...
Soft robot can help a heart to pump
Wednesday, 18 January, 2017: An innovative soft robotic sleeve which can help a heart to beat has been developed by...
‘Collateral’ lethality may offer new therapeutic approach for cancers of the pancreas, stomach and colon
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Cancer cells often delete genes that normally suppress tumor formation. These deletions also may extend...
Advanced stage NSCLC patients receiving treatment have better OS than untreated patients
DENVER - Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with advanced disease receiving standard of care treatment have a higher overall...
A toolkit for transformable materials
Loading video... Credit: Johannes Overvelde/Harvard SEAS Metamaterials -- materials whose function is determined by structure, not composition -- have been...
Support for Chicago Biomedical Consortium renewed
Credit: Dan Dombeck, Northwestern University The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust has renewed its funding commitment to the...
Three companies receive seed funds to develop medical devices for children
Credit: Myomo, Inc. The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPDC) has announced seed grants to three companies developing medical devices...
Traffic jam in empty space
Credit: University of Konstanz With these results, the researchers from the field of ultrafast phenomena and photonics build on their...
New Marcellus development boom will triple greenhouse gas emissions from PA’s natural gas
Bristol, PA - Natural gas production on Pennsylvania's vast black shale deposit known as the Marcellus Shale will nearly double...
Study finds new target for controlling cell division
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Polymenis, Texas A&M AgriLife Research) COLLEGE STATION -- Modern genome sequencing methods used to...
Molecule shows ability to thwart pathogens’ genetic resistance to antibiotic
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers have developed a new weapon in the battle against antibiotic-resistant germs - a...
Researcher examines effect of exercise on breast cancer survivors
Credit: Syracuse University A researcher at Syracuse University has simple advice for breast cancer survivors struggling with the side effects...
New MSU research addresses gap between research and practice in sustainable agriculture
Credit: Courtesy of MSU Michigan State University-led research has found a big difference in the yields produced by alternative agricultural...
Rheumatology leaders say FDA biosimilar interchangeability guidance a balanced approach
ATLANTA - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a draft guidance on biosimilar interchangeability titled "Considerations in Demonstrating...
A quark like no other
Credit: Tim Schoon, University of Iowa A University of Iowa physicist is at the forefront of the search for a...
$5M foundation gift to help support US-China energy center at Berkeley Lab
Credit: Berkeley Lab In 2015, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley announced a partnership with Tsinghua University...
SWOG launches national immunotherapy clinical trial for rare cancers
PORTLAND, OR - People with rare cancers now have the option of joining a national clinical trial testing leading-edge immunotherapies...
