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Solar thermal energy will help China cut costs of climate action
Credit: IMAGE@SolarReserve China's power systems operators must invest in renewable energy to meet climate commitments. Wind power and PV are...
Origami-inspired device helps marine biologists study aliens
Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (NEW YORK, NY) --Scientists have tried to find the safest and most effective ways...
NSF-supported researchers to present new results on hurricanes and other extreme events
Credit: NASA The availability of water from underground aquifers is vital to the basic needs of more than 1.5 billion...
Lake bed reveals details about ancient Earth
Credit: Rice University Sleuthing by a Rice University postdoctoral fellow is part of a new Nature paper that gives credence...
In the ocean’s twilight zone, tiny organisms may have giant effect on Earth’s carbon cycle
Credit: Mike Stukel TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Deep in the ocean's twilight zone, swarms of ravenous single-celled organisms may be altering...
Study finds melanoma biomarkers predicting checkpoint blocker response
Scientists at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center (DF/BWCC) have identified biomarkers in melanoma that could help tailor immunotherapy treatments to...
Identified RNA molecules that regulate action of male hormone in prostate cancer
In most cases of prostate cancer, tumor cell growth is stimulated by the action of male hormones, or androgens, such...
Scientists uncover DNA ‘shield’ w/crucial roles in normal cell division
In immune cells, this is crucial to make antibodies In cancer, mutations in complex could lead to resistance to BRCA-targeting...
Glowing bacteria on deep-sea fish shed light on evolution, ‘third type’ of symbiosis
ITHACA, N.Y. - You may recognize the anglerfish from its dramatic appearance in the hit animated film Finding Nemo, as...
Researchers solve mystery of how ALL enters the central nervous system
Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - A deadly feature of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is its invasion...
Scientists discover a mechanism of drug resistance in breast and ovarian cancer
Credit: Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics at The Rockefeller University There is a highly sophisticated way to treat some...
A carcinogen at the gym
Gyms are places people go to get healthier. But nearly half the gyms in the U.S. contain a potentially addictive...
Cancer patients may experience delayed skin effects of anti-PD-1 therapy
PHILADELPHIA - Cancer patients receiving anti-PD-1 therapies who develop lesions, eczema, psoriasis, or other forms of auto-immune diseases affecting the...
Do stress balls or hand holding reduce anxiety during skin cancer surgery?
Bottom Line: Exploring whether hand-holding or squeezing a stress ball would reduce patient anxiety during skin cancer surgery under local...
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine impact factor increases by 12 percent
RESTON, VA - The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM)--the flagship publication of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging...
‘Nowcasting’ beach water quality
Arriving at your favorite beach only to discover it's closed because of bacterial contamination can be a bummer. But even...
Innate stress
A team of researchers from the Higher School of Economics and the RAS Vavilov Institute of General Genetics has been...
‘Greener’ ways to color clothes
When buying a new outfit, most people don't consider the process that went into tinting that vivid red shirt or...
Oxford University Press to publish two journals of the American Ornithological Society
The American Ornithological Society and Oxford University Press are pleased to announce their new partnership to publish The Auk: Ornithological...
Neurons can carry more than one signal at a time
Credit: Cruger Creations DURHAM, N.C. -- Back in the early days of telecommunications, engineers devised a clever way to send...
