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Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?
Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning...
Climate change could mean more weight restrictions and higher costs for airlines
As air temperatures rise at constant pressure, the density of air declines and this makes it harder for an airplane...
UCSF Health affiliates with Golden Gate Urgent Care
UCSF Health has signed an affiliation with Golden Gate Urgent Care (GGUC) to collaborate in providing top-quality urgent care in...
Researchers revolutionize vital conservation tool with use of gold nanotechnology and lasers
Credit: University of Minnesota/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to successfully cryopreserve (or freeze)...
Endangered Cuban crocodiles come home
Credit: André Baumgarten/WCS HAVANA, Cuba (July 13, 2017) - Experts from WCS's Global Conservation Programs and WCS's Bronx Zoo assisted...
How to cryopreserve fish embryos and bring them back to life (video)
Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and reanimate zebrafish embryos. The method, appearing in...
A hit love song for toads
James Cook University researchers in Australia say they now know exactly what makes horny cane toads boogie. And the toad...
Ancient plankton-like microfossils span 2 continents
Credit: by Dorothy Oehler on a sample provided by Maud Walsh (Louisiana State University Large, robust, lens-shaped microfossils from the...
Cancer may metastasize without lymph node involvement
(Bethesda, MD, July 13, 2017) Research by several leading scientists including Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele...
Research as Art Awards 2017: Fifteen extraordinary images shed light on the beauty and diversity of research
Credit: Ruth Callaway, Swansea University Fifteen stunning images, and the fascinating stories behind them -- such as how a barn...
ASTRO updates insurance coverage recommendations for proton therapy
ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations...
Getting to the roots of Sahara mustard invasion in the American Southwest
Credit: Susan Gilliland In 2015, a rural community in southeastern California approached Daniel Winkler and his doctoral advisor, Travis Huxman,...
Squirrels have long memory for problem solving
Squirrels can remember problem-solving techniques for long periods and can apply them to new situations, researchers have discovered. University of...
Newly discovered elovanoids called a ‘transformative new concept of biology’
Credit: Darryl Schmitt for LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas...
UNC Health Care honored as ‘Most Wired Advanced’ by American Hospital Association
Credit: American Hospital Association CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - July 13, 2017 -- UNC Health Care is one of only 27...
IPM’s dapivirine vaginal ring now under review by European Medicines Agency
SILVER SPRING, Md. (July 13, 2017) -- The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is pleased to announce that its...
Tiny cellular antennae key to fat formation in muscle
Credit: Daniel Kopinke Like it or not, as we age, our muscle cells are slowly exchanged, one by one, for...
BASF unveils new class of insecticide for malaria prevention
Credit: BASF WHO recommendation for game-changing mosquito net First bed net to contain non-pyrethroid chemistry Collaboration with IVCC and London...
Laser-cooled ions contribute to better understanding of friction
Credit: PTB Friction: what you want from car brakes, otherwise rather a nuisance. In any case, it is useful to...
DFG Senate Commission presents 53rd list of maximum workplace concentrations and biological tolerance values
The Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche...
