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Surgery is a viable treatment for pancreatic cancer patients especially after chemotherapy
Patients with stage II pancreatic cancer who receive chemotherapy followed by resection live nearly twice as long as patients who...
3D-printed artificial lung model
Credit: POSTECH The warmer temperature and blooming flowers signal the arrival of spring. However, worries about respiratory diseases are also...
Scent of a species
A reversal in sensory processing accompanies ongoing ecological divergence and speciation in Rhagoletis pomonellaCredit: Shoot for Science: Deepak Kakara, Dinesh...
High-loading atomically dispersed Ir/MoC catalyst for hydrogenation reaction
Credit: ©Science China Press Atomically dispersed catalysts have received extensive research attention, because they exhibit excellent activity and unique selectivity...
Robust cell junctions are critical for maintaining stem cell function
Mechanical instability of adherens junctions overrides intrinsic quiescence of hair follicle stem cellsCredit: Avinanda Banerjee The skin is the largest...
Pressure sensor with high sensitivity and linear response based on soft micropillared electrodes
Credit: ©Science China Press In recent years, with the rapid development of flexible electronic skins, high-performance flexible tactile sensors have...
The origin and uniqueness of Basque genetics revealed
A new study reveals that the genetic uniqueness of the Basque population is not due to its external origin in...
Shrub willow as a bioenergy crop
Credit: Armen Kemanian Renewable energy demand and consumption is at an all-time high in the United States. Shrub willow -...
Dogs (not) gone wild: DNA tests show most ‘wild dogs’ in Australia are pure dingoes
It's time to take dingoes out of the doghouseCredit: Chontelle Burns / Nouveau Rise Photography. Almost all wild canines in...
U-M Depression Center to be named for Eisenberg family, in recognition of $30M in giving
Nation's first center focused on depression and bipolar illnesses enters 20th year with transformational gift and enhanced capacity for scientific...
Leap forward’ in risk management of rectal cancer
Images from a probe, combined with deep learning, better differentiated residual cancerous tissue from recovered healthy tissue after chemoradiation treatmentCredit:...
Salk scientists receive $1.5 million from The Conrad Prebys Foundation’s inaugural grant cycle
Credit: Salk Institute. LA JOLLA--(March 25, 2020) Salk Professor Thomas Albright has been awarded $1 million and Assistant Professor Edward...
Risk prediction to reduce minority disparities in USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines
Updated USPSTF LCS guidelines based solely on age, pack-years, and quit-years perpetuate eligibility disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, although...
Study exposes global ripple effects of regional water scarcity
Computer model shows how human economic activity can transmit and magnify climate change impactCredit: Drought.gov Water scarcity is often understood...
Study reveals bias among doctors who classify X-rays for coal miner’s black lung claims
UIC researchers first to publish data on B-reader financial conflicts of interestCredit: UIC University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the...
Wireless tech a ‘game changer’ for nuclear power plants
Rudy Shankar (Energy Systems Engineering, Lehigh University) leads team of global experts behind newly published IAEA report outlining benefits of...
Eat me: The cell signal of death
An 'eat-me' signal displayed on cell surfaces requires activation of a lipid-scrambling protein by a nuclear protein fragmentCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto...
A T-cell stimulatory protein and interleukin-10 synergize to prevent gut inflammation
This study will aid the understanding of, and future research on, inflammatory bowel disease, which afflicts about 1.6 million AmericansCredit:...
Researchers harvest energy from radio waves to power wearable devices
Credit: Larry Cheng, Penn State From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment are not...
Chemists achieve breakthrough in the production of three-dimensional molecular structures
New dimensions in organic chemistry through light-mediated synthesis; publication in 'Science'Credit: Peter Bellotti A major goal of organic and medicinal...
