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February 7, 2026

Forest regeneration experiment of 30 years yields results

Credit: Roseann Densmore A spruce forest regeneration experiment in Interior Alaska that spanned nearly 30 years demonstrates which forest management...

Modular drop-in fuel technology to boost bio-share of oil refineries

PRESS RELEASE: Modular drop-in fuel technology to boost bio-share of oil refineries EU-funded project COMSYN aims to develop a production...

Medicine of the future: New microchip technology could be used to track ‘smart pills’

Credit: Ella Marushchenko for Caltech Researchers at Caltech have developed a prototype miniature medical device that could ultimately be used...

Bid to tackle widespread cattle disease may aid African farmers

Scientists are beginning a £2 million project to better understand a livestock disease that causes widespread economic hardship in sub-Saharan...

Queens control worker reproduction without castration in stingless bee species

Credit: Túlio Nunes / University of São Paulo Scientists have studied and been captivated by the organization and functioning of...

Exposure to head impacts in youth football practice drills

New tool for cell-free therapy based on artificial membrane vesicles

Scientists at Kazan Federal University's Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, led by Professor Albert Rizvanov, have shown that artificial...

NSF-funded center at Purdue could help power US for next century

Credit: (Purdue University photo) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The National Science Foundation has chosen Purdue University to lead an engineering...

Mitochondrial metastasis suppressor pathway controls tumor cell metabolic reprogramming

PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 11, 2017) -- A novel mitochondrial variant of the protein Syntaphilin, or SNPH, which orchestrates the choice...

Osimertinib improves progression-free survival in patients with EGFR mutated lung cancer

LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 - Osimertinib improves progression-free survival by 54% compared to standard first line therapy in patients with...

Abemaciclib initial therapy improves outcome in endocrine-sensitive advanced breast cancer

LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - The results of the MONARCH 3 trial, presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid...

To improve health monitoring, simply trip the ‘nanoswitch’

Engineered strands of DNA -- nanoscale tools called "nanoswitches" -- could be the key to faster, easier, cheaper and more...

Smoking slowly changes lung cells to increase the odds for cancer

Cigarette smoke causes epigenetic changes in lung cells that prime them to develop cancer, and researchers can now observe how...

‘Epigenetic’ changes from cigarette smoke may be first step in lung cancer development

Credit: Jennifer Fairman Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have preliminary evidence in laboratory-grown, human airway...

Cell surface protein may offer big target in treating high-risk childhood cancers

Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Oncology researchers studying high-risk children's cancers have identified a protein that offers a likely target...

The turbulent healing powers of plasma

Credit: {FEATUREDCREDIT}{FEATUREDCREDITMORE} WASHINGTON, D.C., September 11, 2017 -- Researchers are starting to discover the curing powers of plasma -- bringing...

Chronic cell death promotes liver cancer

Liver cancer occurs predominantly in patients whose liver has been damaged as a result of chronic disease. Until now it...

Modulating T-cell metabolism uncovers new technology for enhancing immunotherapy

PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 11, 2017) -- T lymphocytes found in tumors and implicated in killing tumor cells cope with the...

UCLA opens clinical trial for cancers with the NY-ESO-1 tumor marker

Credit: Photo courtesy of: UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine...

DNA looping architecture may lead to opportunities to treat brain tumors