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UC3M heads cooperation project to promote renewable energies in Cuba and Haiti
Credit: UC3M The project, carried out within the framework of Objective 7 of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030...
Large-scale study of adaptation in yeast could help explain the evolution of cancer
Credit: Lehigh University Genes provide instructions to cells in the body telling them what to do and not do in...
At the cellular level, a child’s loss of a father is associated with increased stress
The absence of a father -- due to incarceration, death, separation or divorce -- has adverse physical and behavioral consequences...
CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia leads to remissions in clinical trial
SEATTLE -- July 17, 2017 -- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center showed about 70 percent of patients with...
Microscopy technique could enable more informative biopsies
Credit: Jimmy Day/MIT Media Lab CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- MIT and Harvard Medical School researchers have devised a way to image...
T-cells lacking HDAC11 enzyme perform more effectively in destroying cancer cells
WASHINGTON (July 17, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center have discovered a new role for...
New device detects tumor cells in blood
Credit: © URV Researchers at the URV's Department of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry, led by the ICREA researcher, Ramon Álvarez...
CNIC scientists find the key to improved cancer immunotherapy
Credit: CNIC Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.) have investigated how different subtypes of essential...
Climatic stability resulted in the evolution of more bird species
Credit: Lars Edenius More species of birds have accumulated in genera inhabiting climatically stable areas. This is shown by a...
Kim earns GSA’s 2017 Baltes Foundation Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
NIH scientists find rare disease clues in cell’s recycling system
Scientists have demonstrated how an investigational drug works against a rare, fatal genetic disease, Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1). They found...
Team develops fast, cheap method to make supercapacitor electrodes
Credit: William Kuykendall UW team develops fast, cheap method to make supercapacitor electrodes for electric cars, high-powered lasers Supercapacitors are...
Estrogen therapy may prevent gum disease in women over 50
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Treatment for osteoporosis may also help prevent gum disease, according to new University at Buffalo research that...
New study of brain circuits finds key links to symptoms of depression
University of California San Diego scientists have linked specific wiring in the brain to distinct behavioral symptoms of depression. In...
Record-breaking marine heatwave powered by climate change cooks Tasmania’s fisheries
Climate change was almost certainly responsible for a marine heatwave off Tasmania's east coast in 2015/16 that lasted 251 days...
Martin to receive GSA’s 2017 Distinguished Career Contribution to Gerontology Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Key to speeding up carbon sequestration discovered
Credit: Adam Subhas/Caltech Scientists at Caltech and USC have discovered a way to speed up the slow part of the...
Earlier blood testing for iron deficiency, anemia recommended for young women
Physicians should consider blood testing of female adolescents for iron deficiency within a few years of starting menses, according to...
Artificial sweeteners linked to risk of weight gain, heart disease and other health issues
Artificial sweeteners may be associated with long-term weight gain and increased risk of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart...
Screening those at risk of psychosis may help prevent violence, reduce stigma
A new study of young persons at clinical high-risk of developing psychosis has identified measures of violence potential that may...
