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Toward opioid vaccines that can help prevent overdose fatalities
In 2014, the number of deaths from opioid overdoses in the U.S. jumped to its highest level on record. The...
Blocks of ice demonstrate levitated and directed motion
Credit: S. Dorbolo/University of Liege WASHINGTON, D.C., December 7, 2016 -- Resembling the Leidenfrost effect seen in rapidly boiling water...
Supportive care for cancer patients remains inadequate
LUGANO-SINGAPORE, 7th December, 2016 - Pain relief and other forms of supportive care for cancer patients are insufficient, researchers report...
Summary of research presented at the IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer
Credit: IASLC Vienna, Austria--December 7, 2016--Today's press briefing at the IASLC 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) focused on...
Cheaper and more sustainable sweeteners
Credit: Public Domain Polyalcohols are widely used in the food industry, especially in candy and gum because they bring the...
Follow-up by trained nurses helps myocardial infarction patients
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) The quality of life of elderly myocardial infarction patients can...
Beware: Children can passively ‘smoke’ marijuana, too
Relaxing with a joint around children is not very wise. Not only do youngsters inhale harmful secondary smoke in the...
Understanding necrophilia: A global interdisciplinary approach (cognella)
Credit: University of Huddersfield NO case of necrophilia has ever come before UK courts, although British awareness of the offence...
Plants engineered to express a fruit fly gene may help clean up environmental pollutant
Through a process called phytoremediation, researchers are using plants to clean up land contaminated with TNT, a toxic environmental pollutant...
Molecular switches researched in detail
(Ruhr-University Bochum) Seeing, smelling, tasting, regulation of blood pressure -- molecular switches are involved in all of these processes. The...
Springer offers flexible purchasing option for Springer Book Archives
Credit: Springer Springer now offers its Springer Book Archives (SBA) in smaller year set packages. The new SBA packages are...
Major urinary proteins do not allow kin recognition in male mice
Credit: Kerstin Thonhauser/Vetmeduni Vienna The urine of house mice, unlike humans, contains large amounts of proteins, which are mainly major...
Miraculous proliferation
Researchers from a group led by ETH professor Martin Loessner discovered a few years ago that rod-shaped Listeria can become...
Queen’s University expert leading 4m bid to reduce impact of chemicals on long-term health
(Queen's University Belfast) A Queen's University Belfast expert is leading a 4m international initiative to investigate whether natural toxins and...
Fighting contaminated land with help from the humble fruit
Scientists have discovered that a gene found in the common fruit fly can be successfully expressed in a plant and...
‘Pulling’ bacteria out of blood
Blood poisoning is still fatal in more than 50% of cases, but can be cured if treated at an early...
Public urged to be more body vigilant in fight against cancer, new study finds
New study urges people to be more body vigilant to improve early cancer diagnosis rates. Over a quarter of patients...
UTHealth scientists discover way of developing test for Parkinson’s disease diagnosis
HOUSTON - (Dec. 6, 2016) - Misfolded proteins associated with Parkinson's disease were detected in cerebrospinal fluid by scientists at...
Research into the theoretical bases of future wireless communications
The research project to be carried out by Tobias Koch will be within the UC3M Signal Theory and Communications Department,...
DFG congratulates Manfred Curbach on winning the Deutscher Zukunftspreis
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) congratulates Dresden-based construction engineer Professor Dr.-Ing. Manfred Curbach on winning the 2016 Deutscher...
