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NASA tracks Tropical Cyclone Trevor approaching Australia’s Cape York Peninsula
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Tropical Cyclone Trevor appeared to have a cloud-filled...
UIC researchers find hidden proteins in bacteria
Science overturns longstanding assumption Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to identify the beginning...
New study reshapes understanding of how the brain recovers from injury
Researchers to incorporate data into new, open access platform for exploration of the human brainCredit: Schneider et al. Each year,...
As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations
LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz....
Generic advice doesn’t help patients drop pounds
Patients shed more weight when doctors give specific tips, study findsCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When it comes to...
NASA’s Aqua Satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Veronica develop off western Australia’s coast
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System NASA's Aqua satellite provided a view of Tropical Cyclone...
Stroke risk drops in both black and white older adults
March 20, 2019 - Recent reductions in hospitalization and death due to stroke extend to both black and white Medicare...
Older immigrants living in US more satisfied with life than native-born counterparts
Credit: FSU Photo/Bruce Palmer Most people who immigrated to the United States for a chance to live the "American Dream"...
Active investigation
Physicist Zvonimir Dogic receives grant to study fundamentals of 3D active matter If you think about it, our bodies are...
Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Chemistry researchers at Oregon State University have patented a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now...
Protein BRCA1 as a stress coach
Credit: Photographs: Christina Klotz, JMUW Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard...
Precision-targeted liposomes curb triple-negative breast cancer, metastases in mice
Rational design improves cancer drug delivery, minimizes side effectsCredit: KRISTIN JOHNSON / VASCULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAM, BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Some 15...
Tracing the genetic origins of insecticide resistance in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes
Researchers have identified a single genetic alteration in a malaria-transmitting mosquito species that confers resistance to a widely-used insecticide, according...
Pushing MYC inhibition closer to the clinic
Credit: VHIO VHIO-born spin-off Peptomyc S.L. has developed and preclinically validated mini-protein MYC inhibitor as effective and tolerable against notoriously...
Princeton scientists discover chiral crystals exhibiting exotic quantum effects
Credit: Hasan Lab, Princeton University Crystals possessing "handedness" exhibit unusual properties. New evidence suggests that they can host electrons moving...
Premature babies could benefit from combined glucocorticoid and antioxidant therapy
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have suggested that subtle changes to the drugs administered to mothers threatened with preterm...
Complex societies gave birth to big gods, not the other way around
Big data analyses suggest that moralizing gods are rather the product than the drivers of social complexityCredit: (c) the authors...
Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure getting ready to begin commercialization
Researchers developed the seats to measure biometrics during 'natural' processesCredit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT With 1 million new cases of congestive...
To abort or not to abort — making difficult choices alone
Women contemplating abortion say they would like more support from the health care communityCredit: Photo: NTNU Almost half of all...
New mobile element found in mosquito parasite has potential for disease control
Credit: Dennis Kunkel, Sarah Bordenstein and Robert Brucker WOODS HOLE, Mass. — Controlling mosquito-borne illnesses, such as Dengue or West...
