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Study finds that enzymes ‘partner up’ to accelerate cancer, aging diseases
Credit: Zach Donnell BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new study from molecular biologists at Indiana University has identified cellular processes that...
How leaves talk to roots
Credit: Katharina Markmann New findings show that a micro RNA from the shoot keeps legume roots susceptible to symbiotic infection...
Diversity in the brain — how millions of neurons become unique
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum How is it possible that so many different and highly specific neurons arise in...
The crazy dance of falling knots
Credit: Source: P. Szymczak, UW Physics Can the topology of microobjects influence the way they move in a fluid? Experiments...
NSF grant awarded to UTSA to train diverse leaders in environmental science and ecology
Developing the next generation of dynamic science leaders from diverse student populations is the goal of a three-year, $500,000 National...
Funded by new tax credits, US carbon-capture network could double global CO2 headed underground
Credit: Images by Ryan Edwards, Princeton University With the right public infrastructure investment, the United States could as much as...
Extracellular RNA in urine may provide useful biomarkers for muscular dystrophy
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have found that extracellular RNA (exRNA) in urine may be a source of biomarkers for...
NorthShore University HealthSystem, Ambry Genetics announce new prostate cancer risk test
Credit: Jon Hillenbrand (Evanston, IL) - September 25, 2018 - NorthShore University HealthSystem's (NorthShore) Center for Personalized Medicine and Ambry...
Retracing Antarctica’s glacial past
Credit: Phil Bart, LSU More than 26,000 years ago, sea level was much lower than it is today partly because...
Sun exposure gets personal with wearable UV sensors
Credit: RMIT University Keeping an eye on your personal ultraviolet (UV) exposure throughout the day could soon be as simple...
New American Cancer Society cookbook offers more than 130 recipes for cancer patients
Credit: American Cancer Society ATLANTA - September 25, 2018 - The American Cancer Society will release the second edition of...
Prostate cancer clinical trial seeking Rx approach answers for survival and quality of life
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans Scott Cancer Center has enrolled the first...
California Academy of Sciences discovers new species of dazzling, neon-colored fish
Credit: Mauritius Bell © 2018 California Academy of Sciences SAN FRANCISCO (September 25, 2018) - On a recent expedition to...
UCI researchers identify new cause of brain bleeds
Credit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, Calif. - September 25, 2018 - A team of researchers including UCI project scientist...
NTU Singapore receives S$9 million boost to attract top young Swedish scientists
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the largest private financier of research in Sweden, is making a S$9 million cash...
UN prioritizes tuberculosis prevention in high-risk occupations
New York, September 25, 2018 - The United Nations General Assembly is now calling for the establishment of prevention programs...
Establishing metastasis
Credit: Created by Paula Traktman from images appearing in Figure 5C of the September 4, 2018 article by Mon, MacKinnon...
Indoor HEPA filters significantly reduce pollution indoors when outside air unhealthy, study finds
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Outdoor air pollution is a major contributor to indoor air pollution -- but high-efficiency particulate air...
Keystone Symposia and Cancer Research UK announce multi-year collaboration
SILVERTHORNE, COLORADO, USA - September 24, 2018 - Keystone Symposia and Cancer Research UK are pleased to announce their new...
Hybrid operating room streamlines diagnosis, treatment of lung cancer
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (September 25, 2018) - Representing a paradigm shift in thoracic surgery,...
