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October 31, 2025

Getting to the heart of the matter: Nanogels for heart attack patients

Heart disease and heart-related illnesses are a leading cause of death around the world, but treatment options are limited. Now,...

Gender-open science

Credit: Foto: Peter Mesenholl Gender perspectives in mathematics, information sciences, natural sciences and technology: The Federal Ministry of Education and...

3-D analysis of dog fossils sheds light on domestication debate

ITHACA, N.Y. - In an effort to settle the debate about the origin of dog domestication, a technique that uses...

Cell phone data coupled with sewage testing show drug use patterns

The drugs people inhale, inject or ingest ultimately end up in some form down the toilet. So scientists have started...

Imagining a world without species

Credit: CC Even Charles Darwin, the author of "The Origin of Species", had a problem with species. "I was much...

Researchers stumped by plants with multiple chromosomes set January meeting to collaborate

Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) Some of the world's most beloved plants -- coffee, bananas, potatoes,...

Naked molecules dancing in liquid become visible

Credit: (K. Hima Nagamanasa, Huan Wang, and Steve Granick. Liquid-Cell Electron Microscopy of Adsorbed Polymers. Advanced Materials (2017) Copyright Wiley-VCH...

Lack of trust less of a barrier to clinical trial participation, say minority populations

Arlington, Va. - Sept. 19, 2017 - Significantly fewer African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and non-Hispanic whites say 'lack of trust' is...

Red cosmetic powder used in Hindu ceremonies contains unsafe lead levels

Sindoor -- a cosmetic powder sold in the United States and used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies -- has...

Cancer Health Disparities Conference set for Sept. 25-28 in Atlanta

ATLANTA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its 10th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer...

Screening for cervical abnormalities in women offered HPV vaccination

Human papillomavirus (HPV) testing detects a higher number of precancerous cervical lesions than cytology-based Pap smears in a female population...

Red cosmetic powder used in Hindu ceremonies contain unsafe lead levels

Sindoor -- a cosmetic powder sold in the United States and used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies -- has...

Tumor-infiltrating B lymphocytes promote melanoma progression & resistance to therapy

PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 19, 2017) -- In a multi-institutional collaborative study, scientists at The Wistar Institute and the Medical University...

Brain powered: Increased physical activity among breast cancer survivors boosts cognition

It is estimated that up to 75 percent of breast cancer survivors experience problems with cognitive difficulties following treatments, perhaps...

Future of legalized cannabis focus of expert panel discussion in cannabis journal

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 19, 2017--In the roundtable entitled "Expert Panel on Understanding Cannabis:...

Ludwig scientists discover complex axis of immune suppression exploited by cancers

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a new mechanism by which cancer cells evade destruction by the immune system....

PharmaMar starts clinical studies with a new compound -PM14- in patients with solid tumors

After its preclinical phase, where the compound has demonstrated its activity in solid tumors in animal models, this Phase I...

Cancer researcher wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Credit: QMUL Professor Jack Cuzick from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) has received the Cancer Research UK Lifetime Achievement...

Charities unite to award $2.5 million for breast and prostate cancer research

Credit: National Breast Cancer Foundation and the Movember Foundation. Leading Australian cancer researcher Professor Wayne Tilley has today been presented...

NYIT faculty members to research RNA variants under multi-year NIH grant