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USDA announces $15.1m for research on renewable energy, biobased products, agroecosystems
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Social scientists reveal structure of AIDS denialist online communities
Credit: Yuri G. Rykov, Peter A. Meylakhs, Yadviga E. Sinyavskaya, HSE HSE researchers examined the structure of online communities of...
University of Sussex to carry out vital skin cancer research thanks to new grant
Credit: University of Sussex The University of Sussex is to carry out vital research into skin cancer thanks to a...
Want to win at sports? Take a cue from these mighty mice
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett As student athletes hit training fields this summer to gain the competitive edge, a new...
Small pest, big battle
The Aedes aegypti mosquito may be tiny but it can wreak major havoc on human health, spreading diseases such as...
Nutrition advice aimed at children also improves parents’ diets
Sophia Antipolis, 20 July 2017: Nutrition advice aimed at children also improves parents' diets, according to research published today in...
Heritage and ancient grain project feeds a growing demand
Credit: June Russell, GrowNYC's Greenmarket Program ITHACA, N.Y. - After a century of markets dominated by a few types of...
Loma Linda University researchers finds links between meal frequency and BMI
A study by researchers from Loma Linda University School of Public Health and the Czech Republic has found that timing...
Assessment of bone density and fracture history can predict long-term fracture risk
Factors such as low bone density and previous fractures are commonly used to predict an individual's risk of experiencing a...
ESMO Awards recognise four outstanding oncologists
Lugano, 20 July 2017 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, has...
Reciprocal effects
When gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they sparked a resurgence of aspen trees. Young aspens had been...
Combining CAR T cells with existing immunotherapies may overcome resistance in glioblastomas
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Genetically modified "hunter" T cells successfully migrated to and penetrated a deadly type of brain...
Engineered liver tissue expands after transplant
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Many diseases, including cirrhosis and hepatitis, can lead to liver failure. More than 17,000 Americans suffering from...
Surprising genetic variety in childhood brain cancer
Medulloblastoma is a malignant tumor of the cerebellum. Medulloblastoma can occur at any age, but it most commonly affects children....
Novel CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables discovery of new targets to aid cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Dana-Farber/Boston Children's BOSTON (July 19, 2017) -- A novel screening method developed by a team at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer...
Definitive genomic study reveals alterations driving most medulloblastoma brain tumors
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The most comprehensive analysis yet of medulloblastoma has identified genomic changes responsible for more...
Dundee-China linkup uncovers secrets of our cellular ‘energy sensor’
A scientific collaboration between researchers in Scotland and China has uncovered a new kind of `energy sensor' in our cells,...
Grant supports deep dive into microbes
Credit: Shannon Modla/ University of Delaware Even in sediment cores extracted more than a mile beneath the ocean floor, you'll...
Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment
Credit: Jeff Leinert, NHGRI How well cancer patients fared after chemotherapy was affected by their social interaction with other patients...
Too many bats are being killed for research
The work of zoologists worldwide is often an important asset for biodiversity protection, but a new article notes that scientists...
