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Artificial intelligence helps with earlier detection of skin cancer
Artificial intelligence helps with earlier detection of skin cancer New technology being developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo...
Scientists uncover a deadly ‘addiction’ in esophageal cancer
Scientists have discovered a new way of attacking oesophageal cancer cells that could make use of an existing drug in...
Lego proteins revealed
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science When hemoglobin undergoes just one mutation, these protein complexes stick to one another, stacking like...
Selecting most effective materials for dental pulp tissue engineering
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Aug. 23, 2017--To regenerate dental pulp tissue after emptying of a...
High-resolution modeling assesses impact of cities on river ecosystems
Credit: Ryan McManamay/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 23, 2017 - New mapping methods...
New insights into the world of trypanosomes
Credit: (Picture: Chair of Zoology I / eLife) Single specimens of the vermicular pathogens causing sleeping sickness swim inside the...
Long-term study aims to understand prairie ecology after farmland is forsaken
Credit: Emily Arsenault LAWRENCE -- Across the U.S., farmers have abandoned millions of acres of land due to economics and...
USC researcher identifies a new way to treat HIV
Credit: Wan-Lin Wu Medical treatment that targets human proteins rather than ever-mutating viruses may one day help HIV-positive people whose...
Wing shape helps swifts glide through storms, study suggests
They are among nature's best fliers, spending most of their time in flight ... now scientists have shed new light...
Tick-borne disease research receives global boost
A unique scientific resource for the study of ticks and tick-borne diseases has moved to the University of Liverpool with...
Bacterial infection stresses hematopoietic stem cells
Credit: Professor Hitoshi Takizawa It has been thought that only immune cells would act as the line of defense during...
Comparing food allergies: Animals and humans may have more in common than you think
Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Diarrhea after a glass of milk, an itchy palate after eating apples, swelling in the face...
New guidelines point way toward more effectively addressing hypertension in kids, teens
The first new national guidelines since 2004 on identifying and treating high blood pressure in children and adolescents (aged 3-18...
Anticoagulants used for arrhythmia can have different thrombus formation rates
(Kumamoto University) Anticoagulants are recommended for atrial fibrillation due to the high risk of stroke. However, bleeding complications can occur...
‘Shapeshifter’ that regulates blood clotting is visually captured for the first time
We are normally born with a highly sophisticated array of molecules that act as "sentries," constantly scanning our bodies for...
Understanding Caribbean mammal extinctions of the past spurs renewed focus on conservation
Credit: Lauren Gibson A Johns Hopkins paleontologist and her collaborative team of scientists report they have clear evidence that the...
Root behavior changes as woody trees age
Credit: Thomas Marler The study of plant root behavior has always taken a back seat to the study of above-ground...
VTT and Fläkt Woods have developed an intelligent flow sensor for demand-controlled ventilation — high-quality indoor air, energy efficiency
(VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland) VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Fläkt Woods Oy have developed a flow...
Climate game changer
New research from University of Alberta and University of Vienna microbiologists provides unparalleled insight into the Earth's nitrogen cycle, identifying...
Zika monkey study suggests worse fetal effects for vaginal versus mosquito transmission
Credit: Renato Araújo/Agência BrasÃlia. via Flickr Rhesus macaques that were vaginally infected with Zika virus showed higher prevalence of Zika...
