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New design for longer lasting night-vision cameras
With the amazing ability to survey areas in complete darkness, night-vision cameras have revolutionized the security industry. But the materials...
Over time, nuisance flooding can cost more than extreme, infrequent events
Credit: Jennie Brewton / UCI Irvine, Calif., Feb. 21, 2017 - Global climate change is being felt in many coastal...
Scientists unlock ability to generate new sensory hair cells
Boston, MA-- Hearing loss affects 360 million people worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Inner ear sensory cells, called...
New insights into the information processing of motor neurons
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience In a study published in Cell Reports in February 2017, Matt Rowan, Ph.D.,...
Model helps explain why some patients with multiple sclerosis have seizures
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system...
Children’s Mercy honored as recipient of the 2017 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards
Credit: Children's Mercy Kansas City KANSAS CITY, MO -- February 21, 2017 -- Children's Mercy Kansas City today announced it...
Artificial synapse for neural networks
Credit: L.A. Cicero For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy,...
NASA spots short-lived Tropical Cyclone Alfred
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite captured a visible image of the Southern Pacific Ocean's newly formed tropical cyclone...
Science vs. the sea lamprey
Montreal, February 21, 2017 -- Of all the fishy predators in the Great Lakes, few are more destructive than the...
Prediction: More gas-giants will be found orbiting Sun-like stars
Credit: Alan Boss Washington, DC--New planetary formation models from Carnegie's Alan Boss indicate that there may be an undiscovered population...
Pitt chemists reveal novel biocatalysts for bioactive alkaloid synthesis
PITTSBURGH--Alkaloids are natural nitrogen-containing compounds produced by plants and microbes. These molecules, such as morphine and quinine, are important human...
Penn/Wistar study finds ‘sweet spot’ where tissue stiffness drives cancer’s spread
Credit: University of Pennsylvania In order for cancer to spread, malignant cells must break away from a tumor and through...
Exercise most important lifestyle change to help reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence
For patients with breast cancer, physical activity and avoiding weight gain are the most important lifestyle choices that can reduce...
The way breast cancer genes act could predict your treatment
Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University breast cancer researcher has shown that...
Penn expert calls for shorter radiation use in prostate cancer treatment
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Men with prostate cancer can receive shorter courses of radiation therapy than what is currently...
Discovery of a new gene critical in the development of lung and pancreatic cancers
(Universidad de Navarra) Researchers at the Center for Applied Medical Research (CIMA) of the University of Navarra (Spain) have identified...
Prostate cancer cells grow with malfunction of cholesterol control in cells
DURHAM, N.C. - Advanced prostate cancer and high blood cholesterol have long been known to be connected, but it has...
Drug treatment could combat hearing loss
Credit: Will McLean, Ph.D. CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Within the inner ear, thousands of hair cells detect sound waves and translate...
Research teams hone in on Zika vaccines, but challenges remain
In less than one year, researchers have developed multiple vaccine platforms that provide robust protection against Zika virus challenge in...
Frequency announces a revolutionary small-molecule approach to restore hearing
Credit: Will McLean, Ph.D., Co-founder and Vice President, Biology and Regenerative Medicine of Frequency Therapeutics Approach to regenerate inner ear...
