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Will there be enough water in the future?
Credit: Water Scarcity Atlas The average person in Europe uses 3000-5000 litres of water per day, of which the lion's...
Ring-shaped protein complex wrangles DNA
Credit: Dana Krepel/Rice University Biological physicists at Rice University have a new cellular mechanics theory that rings true. The Rice...
HKUST-Beijing Tiantan Hospital scientists bring new hope to brain tumor patients
Credit: HKUST sGBM is a rare type of brain cancer in adults. The incidence varies from 2 to 5 per...
Lateral inhibition keeps similar memories apart
Credit: Espinoza et al When you park in the office car park, you usually have no problem finding your car...
Nature of immune cells in the human brain disclosed
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have disclosed the nature of how T cells protect the...
Scientists find a ‘switch’ to increase starch accumulation in algae
Credit: Sousuke Imamura Results from a collaborative study by Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University, Japan, raise prospects for...
A prognostic model may predict survival in African-American women with breast cancer
A prognostic model developed using a machine learning approach could identify African-American breast cancer patients with increased risk of death,...
Coverage of hormonal breast cancer therapies increased in states that expanded Medicaid
NEW ORLEANS -- An evaluation of breast cancer patients enrolled in Medicaid showed that states that expanded Medicaid during 2011...
A culturally tailored intervention increased HPV vaccination of Asian-American adolescents
NEW ORLEANS -- A culturally tailored multilevel strategy designed to remove barriers to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among low-income, mostly...
Oncologists’ LGBT-related knowledge & practices improved after cultural competency training
NEW ORLEANS -- An interactive online LGBT cultural competency training program for oncologists may be acceptable, feasible, and improve LGBT-related...
Risk of cancer mortality may increase for successive generations of Latino immigrants
NEW ORLEANS --Latinos in the United States experienced an overall increased risk of cancer death with each generation born in...
African-American caregivers report better mental health outcomes than white caregivers
NEW ORLEANS -- African-Americans caring for loved ones with cancer were less likely than their white peers to report distress...
Can chocolate, tea, coffee and zinc help make you more healthy?
Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. A team of researchers led by...
The Lancet Oncology: For new HPV DNA test, study finds there may be little benefit in screening women aged 55 with a negative test
Regular cytology screening (pap or smear test) is still the most commonly used HPV screening method, and can prevent cancers...
Molecular virologist fights influenza at the molecular level
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Molecular virologist Chad Petit, Ph.D., uses basic science to fight influenza -- through experiments at...
Online program helps prevent teen depression
Credit: UIC/Monika Marko and TJ Crawford Although up to 20 percent of adolescents experience a depressive episode each year, the...
Roanoke-based Virginia Tech graduate student selected as a Society for Neuroscience fellow
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Ubadah Sabbagh, a doctoral student in Virginia Tech's Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health (TBMH)...
Physicists explain how large spherical viruses form
Credit: Zandi lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A virus, the simplest physical object in biology, consists of a protein...
Allen Institute announces 2018 Next Generation Leaders
The Allen Institute today debuted the 2018 Next Generation Leaders, a group of six early-career neuroscientists who will participate in...
‘Human brain’ supercomputer with 1million processors being switched on for first time
The world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been...
