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October 19, 2025

An epigenetic lesion could be responsible for acute T-cell leukemia

Credit: IDIBELL Researchers from the Epigenetics and Cancer Biology Program (PEBC) led by Dr. Manel Esteller at the Bellvitge Biomedical...

ELCC 2017: Latest news in lung cancer

Geneva, Switzerland -5 May-8 May 2017 Around 2,000 delegates from across Europe and worldwide will learn about the latest practice-changing...

Cancer cells disguise themselves by switching off genes, new research reveals

Amsterdam, March 30, 2017 - Scientists have uncovered how tumor cells in aggressive uterine cancer can switch disguises and spread...

Anti-cancer drug gets a boost when combined with antirheumatic

Credit: Paul Dyson/EPFL Scientists at EPFL and NTU have discovered that combining an anticancer drug with an antirheumatic produces improved...

Testing effects of ‘noise’ on the decision-making abilities of slime mold

Credit: Jerry Kirkhart, Flickr Foraging abilities of the amoeboid slime mold Physarum polycephalum may be improved by "noise" in the...

A faster single-pixel camera

Compressed sensing is an exciting new computational technique for extracting large amounts of information from a signal. In one high-profile...

Researchers track perfluorinated chemicals in the body

Credit: University of Notre Dame They are the chemicals that made consumers think twice about using nonstick cookware. New research...

Study finds 1 in 8 Calgary homes exceed Health Canada’s acceptable radon level

Credit: Riley Brandt Radon gas is a colourless, odourless radioactive gas that has been linked to lung cancer. Now, University...

Brain scans show dopamine levels fall during migraine attacks

ANN ARBOR--Using PET scans of the brain, University of Michigan researchers showed that dopamine falls and fluctuates at different times...

Officials dedicate OSC’s newest, most powerful supercomputer

Credit: OSC J.C. "Jesse" Owens possessed both elite speed and raw power, which he honed and blended on his way...

Team highlights work on tuning block polymers for nanostructured systems

High-performance materials are enabling major advances in a wide range of applications from energy generation and digital information storage to...

Fred Hutch scientists to cover advances in immunotherapy, proteomics at AACR

Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle are scheduled to present and discuss the latest developments in...

Case comprehensive cancer center analyzes brain tumor data, doubles known risk factors for glioma

A massive new study involving blood samples from over 30,000 individuals has identified 13 new genetic risk factors for glioma,...

NASA laser communications to provide Orion faster connections

Credit: NASA NASA is working to forever change the way astronauts communicate to and from space using an advanced laser...

Reusable carbon nanotubes could be the water filter of the future, says RIT study

Credit: John-David Rocha and Reginald Rogers A new class of carbon nanotubes could be the next-generation clean-up crew for toxic...

Social bees have kept their gut microbes for 80 million years

Credit: Eunice Soh About 80 million years ago, a group of bees began exhibiting social behavior, which includes raising young...

11 percent of disappearing groundwater used to grow internationally traded food

Loading video... Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Kathryn Mersmann Wheat, rice, sugar, cotton and maize are among the essential internationally...

Tackling resilience: Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change

Credit: South Florida Water Management District "Resilience" is a buzzword often used in scientific literature to describe how animals, plants...

Study reveals listeria bacteria can hide inside tissue of romaine lettuce

Credit: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University study shows that the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes can live inside...

Research highlights for Experimental Biology 2017 in Chicago, April 22-26