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Credit: Wits University When one thinks about chronic conditions that are commonly painful, HIV doesn't typically spring to mind. However,...
Does investment in sustainable farming pay off?
Exploring the nascent field of sustainable farmland investment, a new report from the Yale Center for Business and the Environment...
Cycad seed tissue loaded with carbohydrates
Credit: Thomas Marler Learning how to make a seed was one of the crucial transitions for the world's plants. The...
UBC researcher says management of pine beetle not working
A method to control the spread of mountain pine beetles -- pheromone baiting -- may actually help the pest's population...
VTT’s spin off company to measure shopping intentions in physical stores
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a unique solution to measure in-store shopper's intentions. The implementation respects privacy...
Throwing new light on printed organic solar cells
Research from the University of Surrey reveals scientists are able to improve the efficiency of solar cells more than threefold...
Discovery by NUS researchers suggests new possibility in treating aggressive ovarian cancer
A recent discovery by researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore...
Deep insights from surface reactions
Credit: Tiantian Zhang, Tao Wei, Yuanyuan Han, Heng Ma, Mohammadreza Samieegohar, Ping-Wei Chen, Ian Lian, and Yu-Hwa Lo Things that...
First signs of weird quantum property of empty space?
Credit: ESO/L. Calçada A team led by Roberto Mignani from INAF Milan (Italy) and from the University of Zielona Gora...
Partnership of LongeVC and Insilico Medicine to screen for projects maximizing longevity dividend
Credit: LongeVC At the "Ageing Societies 2016," The Economist conference in London, LongeVC and Insilico Medicine entered into a research...
New guidelines for the investigation of sudden unexpected death in infancy launched
National guidance for professionals handling cases of sudden unexpected child death which draws upon University of Warwick expertise are published...
A method for storing vaccines at room temperature
Credit: iStock Shipping vaccines in an unbroken temperature-controlled supply chain (a "cold chain") all the way to recipients is a...
Untangling fibril formation and dissociation in Parkinson’s disease
Prions are a type of protein gone wrong. The complex three-dimensional structure of a prion's progenitor protein has been altered,...
Quantum obstacle course changes material from superconductor to insulator
Credit: Valles Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Researchers from Brown University have demonstrated an unusual method of putting...
Lack of sleep costing US economy up to $411 billion per year
Lower productivity levels and the higher risk of mortality resulting from sleep deprivation have a significant effect on a nation's...
Online epidemic tracking tool embraces open data and collective intelligence
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Imperial College London have developed Microreact, a free, real-time epidemic visualisation and...
A new probe may aid in complete removal of cancer tissue during surgery
Bottom Line: An optical fiber probe can distinguish cancer tissue and normal tissue at the margins of a tumor being...
Stop smoking! Quitting at any age reduces the risk of death after 70
Ann Arbor, MI, November 30, 2016 - Tobacco use continues to be a major cause of cancer and premature death....
Potential new tool to aid breast cancer surgery
Credit: University of Adelaide University of Adelaide researchers have developed an optical fiber probe that distinguishes breast cancer tissue from...
Save the date; Less than 6 months to The International Liver CongressTM 2017
We are delighted to invite you to attend the 52nd Annual Congress of EASL, The European Association for the Study...