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UMass Amherst scientist awarded American Cancer Society Grant for immunotherapy study
Research aims to outsmart cancer by reprogramming immune system cellsCredit: UMass Amherst Biomedical engineer Ashish Kulkarni, assistant professor of chemical...
Bentham Science announces the launch of new journal, Venoms and Toxins
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of a new subscription-based journal, Venoms and Toxins. The first issue of...
NASA’s aqua satellite documents the brief life of tropical depression 4E
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) The Eastern Pacific Ocean generated the fourth tropical cyclone...
Bentham Science launches new journal, ‘Current Dentistry’
Bentham Science is pleased to announce the launch of new subscription-based journal, Current Dentistry. The first issue of the journal...
Bureau of Reclamation awards $5.1 million in research for new ways to desalinate water
Thirty projects were selected for laboratory-scale and pilot-scale research to determine viability of a novel process or determine the technical,...
Paleontology: New light on cichlid evolution in Africa
A collaborative research project carried out under the auspices of the GeoBio-Center at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich has developed an...
Combined breast and gynecologic surgery: Study says not so fast
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Breast cancer patients and women undergoing cancer-preventive breast surgeries may consider combining these procedures...
Study shows widespread global implementation of WHO’s ‘Treat All’ HIV recommendation
Credit: CUNY ISPH A new study published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society shows that the World Health...
Child psychiatry telephone programs help increase mental health services for children
First national study of phone programs shows program details matter Telephone hotlines that allow primary care doctors to immediately consult...
Pitt engineers receive $1 million to improve 3D printed turbine components
Researchers receive DOE funding to develop better quality control for 3D printing turbine componentsCredit: University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (July 11,...
Lower than expected risk of bone density decline with Truvada PrEP
Credit: (c) 2019, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 15, 2019--Researchers have shown that among users of...
Invasive parrots have varying impacts on European biodiversity, citizens and economy
Credit: ParrotNet Non-native parrots can cause substantial agricultural damage and threaten native biodiversity, although impacts vary strongly depending on where...
Cholesterol-lowering drugs under-prescribed for prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
In a large retrospective study, investigators identify a significant treatment gap in managing patients with and at risk for clinical...
MSU biofilm researchers help doctors understand, treat chronic wounds
BOZEMAN -- Like doctors around the world, Randy Wolcott was confounded by diabetic foot ulcers. When patients would come into...
Maternal secrets of our earliest ancestors unlocked
Credit: Jose Garcia and Renaud Joannes-Boyau, Southern Cross University. New research brings to light for the first time the evolution...
Can videogames promote emotional intelligence in teenagers?
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 15, 2019--A new study has shown that videogames,...
UCI researchers’ deep learning algorithm solves Rubik’s Cube faster than any human
Work is step toward advanced AI systems that can think, reason, plan and make decisionsCredit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine,...
Study documents impacts of selective logging on Congo’s intact forest landscapes
Credit: GTAP/LCZ/WCS BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (July 15, 2019) - A new study says that the tropical forests of Western...
Study shows advantages for stress urinary incontinence surgery
ROCHESTER, Minn. ÂÂÂ-- One of the most commonly performed surgeries to treat stress urinary incontinence in women may have better...
Mastering a prickly problem in ferrofluids
KAUST researchers Dominik Michels and Libo Huang have performed computer simulations to accurately capture the behavior of ferrofluids. Ferrofluids, with...
