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Fires in Australia pop up in places already burned
Credit: NOAA/NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team. Fires that span across the Northern Territory and Western Australia...
Assembly of nanoparticles proceeds like a zipper
Credit: Dr. Nonappa and Ville Liljeström It has always been the Holy Grail of materials science to describe and control...
NYU dentistry study pinpoints role of proteins that produce pearls
Pearls are among nature's most beautiful creations, and have been treasured for countless centuries. Beneath one's iridescent surface lies a...
Leopoldina Annual Assembly focuses on genome editing issues
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina today opened its 2017 Annual Assembly in Halle (Saale), with this year's theme...
UCI scientists identify important aspect of the brain’s navigational system
The ability to successfully navigate in the environment is essential both for animals searching for food or escaping predators, as...
Breathing dirty air may harm kidneys
Outdoor air pollution has long been linked to major health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma and chronic...
Alternative splicing, an important mechanism for cancer
Barcelona, 21 September 2017 - Cancer, which is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, arises from the disruption...
When good immune cells turn bad
Investigators at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have identified new findings about...
Smoking negatively impacts long-term survival after breast cancer
A new study published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum finds that smoking negatively impacts long-term survival after breast cancer. Quitting smoking...
A rapid alternative to standard safety tests for lentiviral vectors
A new, publicly available test to assess the safety of cell therapy products altered by lentivirus generates results within a...
International conference on molecular targets & cancer therapeutics to be Held Oct. 26-30
PHILADELPHIA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the National Cancer Institute, and the European Organisation for Research and...
Study shows diet and exercise improve treatment outcomes for obese pediatric cancer patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Diet and exercise may improve treatment outcomes in pediatric cancer patients, according to a study...
‘Capicua’ gene plays a key role in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered a genetic alteration that is directly involved in at...
Mitochondria drive cell survival in times of need
Credit: Facility for Electron Microscopy Research/McGill University Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology McGill University researchers have discovered a mechanism...
Penn First in world to treat patient with new radiation technology
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Doctors at Penn Medicine have become the first in the world to treat a patient...
Whole food diet may help prevent colon cancer, other chronic conditions
Credit: Patrick Mansell A diet that includes plenty of colorful vegetables and fruits may contain compounds that can stop colon...
An extraordinary cave animal found in Eastern Turkmenistan
Credit: Aleksandr Degtyarev A remote cave in Eastern Turkmenistan was found to shelter a marvelous cave-adapted inhabitant that turned out...
Big herbivorous dinosaurs ate crustaceans as a side dish, says CU Boulder study
Credit: University of Colorado Some big plant-eating dinosaurs roaming present-day Utah some 75 million years ago were slurping up crustaceans...
Tiny Brazilian frogs are deaf to their own calls
Credit: Sandra Goutte Pumpkin toadlets, found on the leaf litter of Brazil's Atlantic forest, are among the smallest frogs in...
Broad swath of US deemed environmentally suitable for mosquitoes that transmit disease
Credit: CDC/Journal of Medical Entomology Annapolis, MD; September 21, 2017--Three-quarters of counties in the contiguous United States present suitable environmental...
