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For the birds: New prediction method sheds brighter light on flight
Credit: (Photo: Lentink Lab, Stanford University) ARLINGTON, Va.--Resembling a feathered flying ace with his miniature protective goggles and chinstrap, the...
Minority colorectal cancer patients report higher burden of poor quality-of-life
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A study of racial disparities in health-related quality of life of colorectal cancer...
Public-private research to develop more accurate ways of measuring cancer progression
New York, NY March 27, 2017 - Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian, in coordination with the Foundation for the...
NASA sees tiny Tropical Cyclone Caleb fading
Credit: Credit: NASA / NRL Tropical Cyclone Caleb is weakening in the Southern Indian Ocean and NASA's Aqua satellite caught...
More than 100 years of flooding and erosion in 1 event
Credit: Images in D and E are from Google Earth™ Boulder, Colo., USA: Sara Rathburn of Colorado State University and...
How do some opioids cause severe itching?
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Opioids have long been an important tool in the world of pain management, but the side...
‘Fingerprint’ technique spots frog populations at risk from pollution
Credit: Lancaster University Researchers at Lancaster University have found a way to detect subtle early warning signs that reveal a...
High burden of iodine deficiency found in Israel’s first national survey
Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) The first national iodine survey conducted in Israel has revealed a high burden of iodine deficiency...
Farming becoming riskier under climate change
URBANA, Ill. - Scientists the world over are working to predict how climate change will affect our planet. It is...
Ant-plant symbioses: Adapting to changes in partner abundance
Credit: Dr. Ulrike Bauer (University of Bristol) Many ant species live in often highly specific symbiotic relationships with plants from...
GW study finds social media course impacts online behavior in first-year medical students
WASHINGTON (March 27, 2017)--Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences found a majority of...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Debbie approaching Queensland for landfall
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the storm early on March 27, 2017...
Major genetic study identifies 12 new genetic variants for ovarian cancer
A genetic trawl through the DNA of almost 100,000 people, including 17,000 patients with the most common type of ovarian...
Largest ever brain cancer study reveals new secrets to inherited risk
Scientists have uncovered a treasure trove of information about the genetic causes of brain cancer in the largest ever study...
Study provides path for new immunotherapy approaches to prostate cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Prostate cancer, notoriously resistant to immunotherapy due to its immunologically cool nature, triggers two pathways...
How randomness helps cancer cells thrive
In a research effort that merged genetics, physics and information theory, a team at the schools of medicine and engineering...
New genetic risk factors identify 2 distinct glioma subtypes
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international consortium of researchers led by Dr. Melissa Bondy, professor of medicine, associate director...
MicroRNA treatment restores nerve insulation, limb function in mice with MS
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists partially re-insulated ravaged nerves in mouse models of multiple sclerosis (MS) and restored limb...
A big leap toward tinier lines
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For the last few decades, microchip manufacturers have been on a quest to find ways to make...
Graphene-based neural probes probe brain activity in high resolution
Credit: ICN2 Measuring brain activity with precision is essential to developing further understanding of diseases such as epilepsy and disorders...
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