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(WASHINGTON, November 23, 2016) - The American Society of Hematology (ASH) today announced the recipients of its 2017 Scholar Awards....

Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Home-based telemental health for depression is well received by patients and delivers as good...

Montreal, November 23, 2016 -- In the age of WikiLeaks, Russian hacks and increased government surveillance, many computer users are...

A team of researchers led by Jiajun Cao, a PhD candidate in the College of Computer and Information Science (CCIS)...

Credit: Ames Laboratory, US Department of Energy Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are being credited with...

Reston, VA - According to a new study by the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute, the last two decades...

Deaths by suicide among the White Mountain Apache in Arizona dropped by nearly 40 percent between 2006 and 2012 compared...

Credit: Ryan Owens, MU College of Engineering COLUMBIA, Mo. - Piezoelectric sensors measure changes in pressure, acceleration, temperature, strain or...

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Nov. 23, 2016 -- Faster and more precise information about how best to treat cancer patients should...

Credit: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences With rapid industrialization and urbanization over the past decades, China has experienced...

Credit: Chan et al., 2016 Conventional, high-dose chemotherapy treatments can cause the fibroblast cells surrounding tumors to secrete proteins that...

Three independent methods of modelling climate change impact on yield display the same bleak tendency: When global temperature increases, wheat...

A broad range of microorganisms, including phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria, are capable of producing volatile compounds that encourage plant growth,...

When you are in the supermarket contemplating which vegetables to buy, nitrogen is hardly the first thing on your mind....

Credit: Ohio State University INDIANAPOLIS -- Peter J. Embi, MD, MS, who joins the Regenstrief Institute as president and CEO...

CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 22, 2016 - New Rhein Healthcare Investors LLC ("New Rhein"), an investment firm focused on healthcare therapeutics...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Laboratory rats will drink alcohol if it's available, and may even...

Credit: Bruno et al. Haptic interfaces have been readily adopted because of their intuitive ease of use and convenience. Obvious...

Birds prefer to fly between the gardens of leafy suburban neighbourhoods to visit bird feeders than city terraces or new-build...

A study co-led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has found that people with genes for high educational achievement...