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April 1, 2026

Establishing palliative care organization and delivery worldwide

Credit: Lancaster University Emeritus Professor Sheila Payne and Dr Sean Hughes from Lancaster University in the UK have both contributed...

Jefferson researcher identifies targets for better anti-thrombotic medicine

PHILADELPHIA -- Blood platelets shore up open wounds and help cuts heal, but they can also cause heart attacks and...

Noted experts critically evaluate benefits of medical marijuana for treatment of epilepsy

Credit: Tilray Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 24, 2017 - Although cannabis had been used for many centuries for treatment of...

Largest psoriasis meta-analysis to date yields new genetic clues

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) The identification of 16 additional genetic markers will help researchers get closer to understanding...

How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones.

Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by...

Precise insight into the depths of cells

Credit: Stelzer Research Group, Goethe University Frankfurt FRANKFURT. Is it possible to watch at the level of single cells how...

Secret weapon of smart bacteria tracked to ‘sweet tooth’

Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- Researchers have figured out how a once-defeated bacterium...

South Sudan wildlife surviving civil war, but poaching and trafficking threats increase

Credit: (c)P.Elkan/WCS JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN, May 24, 2017 -- The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan's current...

International forum ‘International Polytechnic Week 2017’

Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University International Forum "International Polytechnic Week 2017" will take place May 22-27, 2017 at...

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Donna blanket Vanuatu

Credit: Credits: NASA The 80 plus islands that make up the nation of Vanuatu were blanketed by the clouds of...

Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells

A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the...

Internet of things sensors could connect via ambient radio waves

Internet of things (IoT) systems usually link networks of sensors via radio, but radios demand battery power thus limiting usability....

American Scientific publishers give UTA physicist Wei Chen Best Paper Award

Credit: UTA American Scientific Publishers, a publisher of scientific journals and books in the fields of science, engineering, and technology,...

New theory on how Earth’s crust was created

More than 90% of Earth's continental crust is made up of silica-rich minerals, such as feldspar and quartz. But where...

Discovery of new transparent thin film material could improve electronics and solar cells

A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, have discovered a new nano-scale thin film material with the...

UTA’s Ramon Lopez named Fellow of the American Association of Physics Professors

Credit: UTA A professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington has been recognized for his outstanding contributions...

Extinction of Alpine plants may remain undetectable for a long time

Credit: Photo: ©Stefan Dullinger For alpine plant species, climate change presents a special challenge: To escape increased greenhouse warming, the...

A mutation giving leaves with white spots has been identified

Credit: Niels Sandal, Aarhus University Garden and potted plants with white spots on their leaves are so popular that they...

Poultry feed with arsenic more problematic than assumed?

Supplements containing arsenic have been banned in the European Union since 1999 and in North America since 2013. In many...

Scientists track porpoises to assess impact of offshore wind farms