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April 16, 2026

Barrow researchers use novel imaging to predict spinal degeneration

(PHOENIX, Ariz. Oct. 19, 2017) Research by a Barrow Neurological Institute neurosurgery team on novel imaging technique assessment of patients...

Svante Pääbo to receive the 2018 HFSP Nakasone Award

(Human Frontier Science Program) Svante Pääbo of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig (Germany) was the 2018...

NIFA biotechnology grants put science at center of food safety policy

WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 19, 2017 - The science of agriculture grows more complex every year. Today, the U.S. Department of...

How solar peaker plants could replace gas peakers

October 20, 2017

Credit: Hank Price: Dispatchable Solar Power Plant Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) can be a night-only dispatchable (D-CSP) plant; with its...

Ice stream retreats under a cold climate

Credit: Niels J. Korsgaard Why did the Jakobshavn Isbræ ice stream in West Greenland retreat under a cold climate period...

Sequencing of stevia plant genome revealed for first time by Purecircle Stevia Institute

For the first time, scientists have completed the sequencing of the stevia plant genome. Lead scientists from PureCircle Stevia Institute...

‘Y’ a protein unicorn might matter in glaucoma

Credit: BrightFocus Foundation So unheard of was what researchers discovered in a protein associated with glaucoma that for over two...

Forest fires on the rise as JRC study warns of danger to air quality

Credit: EU, 2017 The JRC's annual forest fires report confirms a trend towards longer and more intense fire seasons in...

Field trips of the future?

Virtual reality has nothing on nature. Just ask the UC Santa Barbara students who one recent day trekked to a...

Dogs are more expressive when someone is looking

Dogs produce more facial expressions when humans are looking at them, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth....

Gut bacteria may hold clues to Parkinson’s disease

Credit: UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - The saying "Listen to your gut" is taking on new meaning in the hunt...

New study reveals breast cancer cells recycle their own ammonia waste as fuel

At a glance: Breast cancer cells secrete ammonia as a byproduct of cellular metabolism, which accumulates in the tumor's surrounding...

Scientists reveal herbal remedies containing aristolochic acid may cause liver cancer

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Scientists from Singapore and Taiwan have revealed a decisive link between Aristolochic Acids (AA), a natural...

Researchers watch in real time as fat-encased drug nanoparticles invade skin cells

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Some anti-cancer drugs are encapsulated to allow gradual release, spreading their effect over a...

Genetic testing recommended for children considered at risk for most common eye cancer

SAN FRANCISCO - Oct. 18, 2017 -- Children who are considered to be at risk of developing eye cancer should...

Rare cancer linked with textured breast implants may be underreported, misunderstood

A rare cancer in patients with breast implants may be on the rise, but not all patients and physicians may...

From Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde of cancer immunotherapy

Novel immunotherapies can strengthen the body's own defenses against cancer cells. Treatment of patients with advanced disease can promote partial...

Terry Fox research team’s model for detecting lung cancer saves lives, is a world leader

Vancouver, BC - A pan-Canadian team of cancer researchers has developed a predictive model for detecting early-stage lung cancer in...

New findings explain how UV rays trigger skin cancer

Credit: Hyeongsun Moon and Andrew White, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Melanoma, a cancer of skin pigment cells called melanocytes,...

Drug yields high response rates for lung cancer patients with harsh mutation