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Julio Ottino awarded top national academy prize for innovative education
Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Julio M. Ottino, dean of the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, has...
Researcher turns ‘SARS mask’ into a virus killer
Credit: UAlberta.ca (Edmonton) A University of Alberta engineering researcher has developed a new way to treat common surgical masks so...
Density functional theory took a wrong turn recently
Credit: Ivan S. Bushmarinov The paper explores in detail the intricate relationship between the results of the quantum-chemical calculations and...
A flexible transistor that conforms to skin
Credit: J. Xu et al., Science (2016) Researchers have created a stretchy transistor that can be elongated to twice its...
Deepest X-ray image ever reveals black hole treasure trove
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Penn State/B. Luo et al An unparalleled image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is giving an international team...
When being extra sweet doesn’t pay off
A new study reveals how competitiveness among bats, as well as relative perceptions of sweetness when tasting nectar, shape the...
Stanford study shows development of face recognition entails brain tissue growth
Credit: Brianna Jeska People are born with brains riddled with excess neural connections. Those are slowly pruned back until early...
Cancers evade immunotherapy by ‘discarding the evidence’ of tumor-specific mutations
Results of an initial study of tumors from patients with lung cancer or head and neck cancer suggest that the...
Vaginal microbes point toward early detection and screening for endometrial cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Endometrial cancer triggers remain elusive, despite continued research. But given the typical inflammatory profile in these cases,...
Immune cell therapy shows promising results for lymphoma patients
TAMPA, Fla. - Lymphoma is the most common blood cancer. The disease occurs when immune cells called lymphocytes multiply uncontrollably....
Salk scientists crack the structure of HIV machinery
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--Salk Institute scientists have solved the atomic structure of a key piece of machinery that allows...
Genomic data sharing is critical to improving genetic health care
There are an estimated 5,000 - 7,000 rare genetic diseases, each of which can vary dramatically and be caused by...
NOAA in 2017 to award up to $100 million for oil, chemical spill restoration projects
In 2017, NOAA Fisheries will award up to $100 million to restoration partners to implement projects addressing habitats and coastlines...
TSRI researchers discover surprising process behind sense of touch
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Jan. 5, 2017 - Biologists on the Florida campus of The Scripps...
Physicists solve decades-old scientific mystery of negative differential resistance
Credit: John Ulan for the University of Alberta With a storied history that includes more than a half-century of research,...
Chemotherapy effectiveness and initiation time after lung cancer surgery
A new study suggests patients who recover slowly from non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) surgery may still benefit from delayed chemotherapy...
Lung cancer patients may benefit from delayed chemotherapy after surgery
New Haven, Conn.-- A new Yale study suggests that patients with a common form of lung cancer may still benefit...
Hummingbirds see motion in an unexpected way
Credit: Benny Goller Have you ever imagined what the world must look like to hummingbirds as they zoom about at...
First complete interactome map of human receptor tyrosine kinases and phosphatases
Credit: Leah Stagljar In 2011, Igor Stagljar, a professor in the University of Toronto's Donnelly Centre, came across a study...
Scientists find how cancer cells can shrug off physical constraints on growth and spread
Scientists have revealed how cancer cells are able to break free of the physical restraints imposed by their surroundings in...
