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Mayo Clinic researchers uncover methods to quantify the yips and golfer’s cramp

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Almost every golfer knows the feeling. Minutes after a picture-perfect drive down the fairway, a cascade of...

The effectiveness of chlorhexidine is limited in preventing infections in oral procedures

Credit: Egoi Markaida. UPV/EHU. The human oral cavity is colonised by a huge variety of bacteria. When surgical procedures such...

Evidence of Salmonella Paratyphi C found for the first time in medieval northern Europe

Credit: Caroline Wilkinson, Mark Roughley, Ching Liu and Kathryn Smith at the Face Lab at Liverpool John Moores University for...

Cities as study proxies for climate change

Credit: Photo courtesy of Eleanor Lahr and Steve Frank. Cities can serve as useful proxies to study and predict the...

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