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Fish and mercury: Detailed consumption advisories would better serve women across US
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Among women of childbearing age in the U.S., fish consumption has increased in recent years while blood...
Researchers discover how neurons tell each other to die under trauma, disease
A major contributor to most neurological diseases is the degeneration of a wire-like part of nerve cells called an axon,...
Targeting cancer stem cells improves treatment effectiveness and prevents metastasis
Targeting cancer stem cells may be a more effective way to overcome cancer resistance and prevent the spread of squamous...
The intestine has a reservoir of stem cells that are resistant to chemotherapy
Credit: Franscisco Barriga, IRB Barcelona The intestine has a high rate of cellular regeneration due to the wear and tear...
Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly
Loading video... Credit: Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido Lab, University of Cambridge A small fly the size of a grain of rice could...
Launchpad Leicestar: Multi-million pound investment gives ‘space city’ project lift-off
Credit: University of Leicester Academic leaders at the University of Leicester have hailed the Government's announcement of multi-million pound investment...
OU professor receives NSF Early CAREER Award
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma Gallogly College of Engineering professor, Steven P. Crossley, is the recipient of...
Opioids before surgery means higher costs, more problems afterward, U-M study finds
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - Surgery patients often go home from the hospital with a prescription for...
Six weeks left to register for The International Liver CongressTM 2017
The 52nd Annual Congress of The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), is being held from 19-23...
FRED database gathers root traits to advance understanding of below-ground plant ecology
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy March 9, 2017--Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists have released a new global,...
Guiding light: Sandia creates 3-D metasurfaces with optical possibilities
Credit: (Illustration courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Metamaterials don't exist in nature, but their ability to make...
Using nature to build nanomachines
Credit: Osaka University Flagella are tiny rotary motors that move bacteria. A research team led by Keiichi Namba, professor at...
Could fast radio bursts be powering alien probes?
Credit: M. Weiss/CfA The search for extraterrestrial intelligence has looked for many different signs of alien life, from radio broadcasts...
Sagan Award goes to committee chaired by Carnegie’s Alan Dressler
Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science Pasadena, CA--Over 20 years ago, Carnegie astronomer emeritus Alan Dressler chaired the Association of Universities...
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