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Four NYU faculty win Sloan Foundation Research Fellowships
Four New York University faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: Jayeeta Basu, an assistant professor...
Cocaine addiction leads to build-up of iron in brain
Cocaine addiction may affect how the body processes iron, leading to a build-up of the mineral in the brain, according...
Pitt study finds potential marker of drug response in many cancer types
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 20, 2017 - Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have uncovered a novel genetic mechanism...
Barriers and opportunities to mainstreaming of a national digital health program
A new study led by the University of Glasgow reports on key barriers and facilitators to implementing a digital health...
Industry funding biases drug trial studies in favor of sponsors’ products
The review, which adds 27 studies to update a previous Cochrane review, confirms earlier analyses by "providing definitive evidence that...
VTT’s vision of the era of smart and consumer-centric food production
We are moving into the era, where food production and digitalisation will merge to form a new food economy. The...
‘Gravitational noise’ interferes with determining the coordinates of distant sources
Credit: MIPT Press Office Our Galaxy's gravitational field limits the accuracy of astrometric observations of distant objects. This is most...
Crowdsourcing effort helps researchers predict how a molecule will smell
Credit: The Rockefeller University You can anticipate a color before you see it, based solely on the length of light...
A chemical investigation of employees — How to distinguish a blue collar from a white one
The objective of the investigation was to compare and to analyze hair trace element content in workers of different departments...
Fifth of world’s food lost to over-eating and waste, study finds
Almost 20 per cent of the food made available to consumers is lost through over-eating or waste, a study suggests....
Teflon subproducts recycled into valuable pharmaceuticals
Credit: Public Domain Fluoroform is highly pollutant, greenhouse effect chemical compound made of carbon and fluorine atoms. It is generated...
A novel positioning algorithm based on self-adaptive algorithm
Much attention has been paid to the Taylor series expansion (TSE) method these years, which has been extensively used for...
Novel plasma jet offshoot phenomenon explains blue atmospheric jets
Ionised matter, like plasma, still holds secrets. Physicists working with plasma jets, made of a stream of ionised matter, have...
Fluorescence method detects mercury contamination in fish
Credit: José Antonio Gil MartÃnez Researchers from the University of Burgos (Spain) have developed a fluorescent polymer that lights up...
High-sensitivity cameras reveal the atomic structure of metal-organic frameworks
Credit: © 2017 KAUST Researchers at KAUST have developed a method for fine-scale imaging of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), three-dimensional structures...
Metabolism drives growth and division of cancer cells
Credit: Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft STAT5 controls maturation and division of blood cells. During the development of blood cells it is...
Study finds 6,600 spills from fracking in just four states
Credit: Source: Science for Nature and People Partnership DURHAM, N.C. - Each year, 2 to 16 percent of hydraulically fractured...
Seven new species of night frogs from India including 4 miniature forms
Credit: SD Biju Scientists from India have discovered seven new frog species belonging to the genus Nyctibatrachus, commonly known as...
Screening MRI benefits women at average risk of breast cancer
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - MRI screening improves early diagnosis of breast cancer in all...
Novel breast tomosynthesis technique reduces screening recall rate
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - A new digital breast tomosynthesis technique has the potential to...
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