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Study of Utah cancer care-at-home model demonstrates lower costs, better outcomes
Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute SALT LAKE CITY - A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology reports findings...
How a small fish coped with being isolated from the sea
12000-year-old fish bones shed light on evolutionary processes.Credit: Photo: Anders Romundset, NGU / NTNU The last ice age ended almost...
New antimicrobial surface reduces bacteria build-up on medical instruments
Credit: Monash University Monash University researchers have engineered new antimicrobial surfaces that can significantly reduce the formation of bacteria on...
Plant consumers play unexpectedly large role in the evolution of seedling success
Influence of herbivores likely counteracts earlier plant emergence due to climate changeCredit: Cleland Lab, UC San Diego For young plants,...
Study led by NTU Singapore finds that microbes work as a network in causing lung infection
Credit: NTU Singapore Traditionally, an infection is thought to happen when microbes - bacteria, fungi, or viruses - enter and...
‘No level of smoke exposure is safe’
Study links secondhand smoke during pregnancy to epigenetic changes in babiesCredit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Nearly a quarter of pregnant...
New insights into androgen’s action could boost battle against prostate cancer
Credit: Angela Paschal Researchers at UVA Cancer Center have unveiled important new insights into how hormones known as androgens act...
Same nerve cell — Different influence on food intake
Researchers reveal the diversity of our neuronsCredit: MPI for Metabolism Research/ Nasim Biglari The nerve cells, also called neurons, in...
New, biological, and safer soaps
An international research team could revolutionize the biosurfactant marketCredit: Christian Fleury An international research team led by Professor Charles Gauthier...
Researchers shed light on the evolution of extremist groups
Findings suggest new strategies to limit the growth of groups like the Boogaloo and ISISCredit: Neil Johnson/GW WASHINGTON (May 19,...
Oncotarget: Inhibition of resistant triple-negative breast cancer cells
The Oncotarget author's analyses of protein markers of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition indicated that treatments with 6-mercaptopurine and/or 5-azacitidine do not significantly...
Case Western Reserve researchers identify potential approach to controlling epileptic seizures
Credit: Case Western Reserve University Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have identified a potential new approach to better controlling...
TTUHSC study: Virus, restrictions increase mental health risks for nursing home caregivers
Credit: TTUHSC No matter one's age, race, gender, socioeconomic status or political party, COVID-19 has impacted everyone at some level....
Digital precision agriculture tool helps Nepalese rice farmers breakthrough yield barriers
Credit: © Amgain Lal Prasad Rice farmers in Nepal are chronically falling short of their potential productivity. Poor rice yields...
Did Earth’s early rise in oxygen help multicellular life evolve?
A new study is taking the air out of a hypothesis linking early Earth's oxygenation to larger, more complex organisms....
Rising energy demand for cooling
Keeping it cool despite climate changeCredit: Chromatograph @ unsplash Due to climate change, the average global temperature will rise in...
SMU professor receives NASA funding to study Active Galactic Nuclei
Credit: SMU (Southern Methodist University) DALLAS (SMU) - Krista Lynne Smith, an assistant professor of physics at SMU, has received...
Saving the eastern monarch butterfly: SFU research
Researchers analyzed current conservation strategies and recommended changes to how and where declining milkweed (an essential food source for butterfly...
Adding antibodies to enhance photodynamic therapy for viral and bacterial disease
Advancing PDT as a rapid response to pandemicsCredit: Vladislav Yakovlev/Texas A&M University WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 -- The COVID-19 pandemic...
COVID-19 testing method gives results within one second
Superfast, portable COVID-19 testing method detects the virus much faster than currently available methodsCredit: Minghan Xian, Hao Luo, Xinyi Xia,...
