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Mildly obese fare better after major heart attack
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 28, 2017 - People who survive a major heart attack often do better in...
Barrier Proteins in Tumors are Possible Key to Immunotherapy Success
By comparing variations in protein expression in tumor samples from a single melanoma patient, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg~Kimmel...
JHU alumni-run A-Level Capital to support AI-powered drug discovery at Insilico Medicine
Credit: Insilico Medicine June 28th 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, Inc, a big data analytics company applying latest advances...
A new weapon for the war on cancer
Cancerous tumors are formidable enemies, recruiting blood vessels to aid their voracious growth, damaging nearby tissues, and deploying numerous strategies...
Turning the climate tide by 2020
The world needs high-speed climate action for an immediate bending-down of the global greenhouse-gas emissions curve, leading experts caution. Aggressive...
Tackling iron and zinc deficiencies with ‘better’ bread
The health effects of zinc and iron deficiencies can be devastating, particularly in developing countries. One strategy for addressing this...
Four new beamlines get go ahead at the ESRF, opening new frontiers in X-ray science
Credit: ESRF/Jocelyn Chavy 27 June 2017 - The ESRF Council, representing the 22 partner nations of the ESRF, gave the...
Bristol’s Dr Gorochowski awarded Royal Society University Research Fellowship
Credit: University of Bristol Dr Thomas Gorochowski, from the University of Bristol's Bristol BioDesign Institute, has been awarded a prestigious...
Soybean rust study will allow breeders to tailor resistant varieties to local pathogens
Credit: Glen Hartman URBANA, Ill. - Midwestern growers don't worry much about soybean rust, but the fungal disease has been...
Indoor air in schools could add to children’s exposure to PCBs
The U.S. banned PCBs nearly four decades ago, but they persist in the environment and have been found in animals...
NUS researchers create novel probiotic beer that boosts immunity and improves gut health
Credit: National University of Singapore Beer lovers may soon have a gut-friendly drink to raise a toast to, thanks to...
Micron-sized hydrogel cubes show highly efficient delivery of a potent anti-cancer drug
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Many potent anti-cancer drugs have major drawbacks -- they fail to mix with water, which...
Nanopipette technology wins first place in NIH ‘Follow that Cell’ challenge
Credit: Nader Pourmand Nader Pourmand, professor of biomolecular engineering in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has...
Hacking the human brain — lab-made synapses for artificial intelligence
One of the greatest challenges facing artificial intelligence development is understanding the human brain and figuring out how to mimic...
Socioeconomic status in childhood linked with cardiac structure and function in adulthood
Credit: Young Finns Study The multicentre trial coordinated by the Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine at the...
Does symmetry matter for speed? Study finds Usain Bolt may have asymmetrical running gait
Credit: SMU Locomotor Lab World champion sprinter Usain Bolt may have an asymmetrical running gait, according to data recently presented...
This week from AGU: As climate stirs Arctic sea ice faster, pollution tags along
GeoSpace As climate stirs Arctic sea ice faster, pollution tags along A warming climate is not just melting the Arctic's...
Nanostructures taste the rainbow
Credit: Harry Atwater and Kelly Mauser/Caltech Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines...
First-of-its-kind Alzheimer’s disease prevention study extended
More than 5 million Americans are currently suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) and scientists expect this number to nearly triple...
Cheap, energy-efficient and clean reaction to make chemical feedstock
Credit: IBS They are all around you! Most plastics, conductive polymers, and even medicines derive from molecules with a double...
