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Outcompeting cancer
A new way to stop cancer cells from killing their healthy neighbors One of the reasons cancer cells are so...
Disrupting immune cell behavior may contribute to heart disease and failure, study shows
Credit: X. Hou and D. Cihakova, Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine On an ice hockey team,...
Time heals all wounds, but this adhesive can help
Bioinspired wound dressing contracts in response to body heat to speed healing Cuts, scrapes, blisters, burns, splinters, and punctures -...
Cellular soldiers designed to kill cancer cells that get loose during surgery
Credit: Vanderbilt University Cellular soldiers created using the body's own defenses can track down and kill escaping cancer cells during...
University of Toronto researchers show kids widely exposed to smoking in movies
More than half of the top-grossing movies in Ontario in the past 16 years featured smoking, according to University of...
BU researchers say special mapping brain cells could inspire smarter self-driving vehicles
Could rat brains hold the secret to giving cars, robots better navigational skills? In a study published in Nature Communications,...
Unlocking therapies for hard-to-treat lung cancers
Salk scientists find that diabetes drug candidates may work against types of non-small-cell lung cancersCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 24,...
Exploring genetic ‘dark matter,’ researchers gain new insights into autism and stroke
With its elegant double helix and voluminous genetic script, DNA has become the of darling of nucleic acids. Yet, it...
Family experience influences diabetes risk, management for African Americans
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - African American families not only share a higher risk for Type 2 diabetes,...
Army project may advance quantum materials, efficient communication networks
Credit: Princeton University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (July 24, 2019) -- A U.S. Army project exploring novel applications of superconducting...
ADVANCE study provides evidence for shift to dolutegravir-containing ART in SA
The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute and partners have presented evidence for a shift to Dolutegravir-containing ART in SACredit:...
What do dragonflies teach us about missile defense?
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Be grateful you're not on a dragonfly's diet. You might be a fruit...
Closing the terahertz gap: Tiny laser is an important step toward new sensors
Credit: Sterczewski et al. In a major step toward developing portable scanners that can rapidly measure molecules in pharmaceuticals or...
Insilico Medicine to present at the XPOMET Medicinale Festival 2019
Alex Zhavoronkov, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine, to present at the XPOMET Medicinale Festival 2019 in Berlin on...
Found: Fastest eclipsing binary, a valuable target for gravitational wave studies
Credit: Caltech/IPAC Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at the 2.1-meter (84-inch) telescope at the National Science...
Visits to the dentist decline in old age, especially among minorities
Study also finds disparities in adult dental visits by race, immigration Visits to the dentist drop significantly after adults turn...
Developing technologies that run on light
The future of faster, more efficient information processing may come down to light rather than electricity. Mark Lawrence, a postdoctoral...
High blood pressure treatment and nursing home residents
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society research summary Although 27 percent of all older adults who live in nursing homes...
Suomi NPP satellite sees Tropical Depression Dalila fading
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of weakening Tropical Depression Dalila in the Eastern Pacific...
Designed protein switch allows unprecedented control over living cells
From modifying gene expression to cell signaling, dynamic designer proteins may usher in a new era of synthetic biologyCredit: UW...
