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Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery
ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, Barcelona, SpainCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 27 September...
Longest coral reef survey to date reveals major changes in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Marine biologist Prof. Maoz Fine: 'Following in the footsteps of the pioneers of coral reef biology and ecology was an...
Geometry goes viral: Researchers use maths to solve virus puzzle
Researchers have developed a new mathematical framework that changes the way we understand the structure of viruses such as Zika...
Why viruses like Herpes and Zika will need to be reclassified, and its biotech impact
New findings reveal many different structural models, which can eventually lead to developing more targeted antiviral vaccines.Credit: Antoni Luque, San...
A laser, a crystal and molecular structures
New tool uses wider light spectrum to identify moleculesCredit: Image by Takuro Ideguchi, CC BY-ND-4.0 Researchers have built a new...
Life’s building blocks may have formed in interstellar clouds
Credit: Hokkaido University An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life -- nucleobases -- could have originated...
Oldest galaxy protocluster forms ‘queen’s court’
Credit: NAOJ/Harikane et al. Using the Subaru, Keck, and Gemini Telescopes, an international team of astronomers has discovered a collection...
NIH awards contracts to advance tuberculosis immunology research
Research will help advance TB vaccine developmentCredit: NIAID WHAT: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of...
Machine learning at the quantum lab
Credit: Department of Physics, University of Basel For several years, the electron spin of individual electrons in a quantum dot...
Shocking heat waves stabilize single atoms
Credit: Zhennan Huang and Reza Shahbazian-Yassar, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago Single atoms work...
Nearly 1 in 3 patients with lupus use prescription opioids for pain
Credit: Michigan Medicine Although there is little evidence that opioids effectively reduce pain from rheumatic diseases, a new study finds...
Scientists finally find superconductivity in place they have been looking for decades
The Hubbard model, used to understand electron behavior in numerous quantum materials, now shows us its stripes, and superconductivity too,...
Researchers uncover molecular changes associated with treating lymphatic filariasis
Credit: Gary J. Weil (CC-BY 4.0) The Global Program to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis delivers mass drug administration to 500 million...
How to tie microscopic knots
Credit: Smalyukh lab Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have gone to creative lengths to earn their scouting merit...
Galaxy surrounded by a halo of tranquil gas
Credit: OzGrav, Swinburne University of Technology. Astronomers studying the outskirts of a distant galaxy have discovered the galaxy sits in...
Dog rabies vaccination programs affect human exposure, prophylaxis use
Credit: Javier Cabello Stom (CC BY 4.0) The World Health Organization has made it a goal to eliminate human rabies...
NASA finds Tropical Storm Karen’s strength on western side
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Karen on Sept. 26 and found the...
A planet that should not exist
Credit: © CARMENES/RenderArea/J. Bollaín/C. Gallego The red dwarf GJ 3512 is located 30 light-years from us. Although the star is...
Chemists clarify a chiral conundrum?
Rice scientists disentangle protein-nanoparticle interactions, suggest path to drug-sensing toolCredit: Rashad Baiyasi/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 26, 2019) - It's...
Black hole shreds star, UH astronomer on discovery team
Credit: Illustration by Robin Dienel courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science For the first time, astronomers have witnessed the...
