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Credit: Dr Guillaume Jacquemet, University of Turku By screening already approved drugs, the team led by Postdoctoral Researcher Guillaume Jacquemet...

Avoiding over-the-counter heartburn meds could save cancer patients’ lives

Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Something as seemingly harmless as a heartburn pill could lead cancer patients to take a turn for...

This is your brain on (legal) cannabis: Researchers seek answers

Credit: Colorado State University FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - For those suffering depression or anxiety, using cannabis for relief may not...

New graphene-based system could help us see electrical signaling in heart and nerve cells

Credit: Halleh Balch and Jason Horng/Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley Scientists have enlisted the exotic properties of graphene, a one-atom-thick...

Internet use in class tied to lower test scores

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. --- Warning: Surfing the internet in class is now linked to poorer test...

Movable microplatform floats on a sea of droplets

Cambridge, Mass. -- Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are tiny machines fabricated using equipment and processes developed for the production of...

SLU research: Silencing fat protein improves obesity and blood sugar

(Saint Louis University) SLU scientist Angel Baldan, Ph.D., reports that turning off a protein found in liver and adipose tissue...

New theoretical framework for improved particle accelerators

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), in...

New theoretical framework for improved particle accelerators.

Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), in...

Does good-tasting food cause weight gain?

Credit: Paola Nogueras PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 15, 2016) - Does eating good-tasting food make you gain weight? Despite the common perception...

New finding reveals battle behind gene expression

Credit: Image courtesy of the Zeitlinger Lab KANSAS CITY, MO -- The complex process regulating gene expression is often compared...

Predicting throat cancer recurrence with a blood test

Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A new study suggests the possibility of predicting at its...

Waging a more effective war against viral outbreaks

Phoenix, AZ -- HIV, SARS, Ebola, H1N1, Zika, the list of communicable global health threats seems ever growing. And all...

USF researcher awarded $1 million grant for new study on oil spill impacts

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Dec. 15, 2016) - A research team led by University of South Florida College of Marine Science...

Physical activity good for your health, but what’s happening below the surface?

Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The University of Michigan was recently awarded $8.2 million from...

UCLA researchers combat antimicrobial resistance using smartphones

A team of UCLA researchers has developed an automated diagnostic test reader for antimicrobial resistance using a smartphone. The technology...

Astronomers discover dark past of planet-eating ‘Death Star’

Credit: Illustration byGabi Perez / Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias An international team of scientists, including researchers from the University...

Number of known black holes expected to double in two years with new detection method

Researchers from the University of Waterloo have developed a method that will detect roughly 10 black holes per year, doubling...

Large, rare diamonds offer window into inner workings of Earth’s mantle