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Mountaintop coal mining causes appalachian rivers to run ‘consistently saltier’
Credit: Fabian Nippgen Mountaintop-removal coal mining causes many streams and rivers in Appalachia to run consistently saltier for up to...
Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans
Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild...
On the way to a biological alternative
Credit: Graphic: Oliver Einsle The research team of Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Biochemistry...
Kessler Foundation researchers awarded grants by NJ Commission on Brain Injury Research
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, Peii Chen, PhD, Ekaterina Dobyrakova, PhD, and Soha Saleh, PhD, all of Kessler Foundation,...
Scientists develop imaging method for measuring glutathione in real time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Glutathione is the most abundant natural antioxidant in cells. It protects them from damage and...
50-year-old flu virus model revamped, revealing pandemic prediction possibilities
Credit: Seema S. Lakdawala/Pitt PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The scientific textbook depiction of the flu virus is about to...
Can sexual risk and behaviors among women help explain HIV disparities by race/ethnicity?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2017 -- Researchers examined the sexual behaviors of a...
Cancer researchers become first in UK to access latest genome sequencing technology
UK scientists now have access to a new kind of next-generation genome sequencing machine which could revolutionise their research to...
Stand Up To Cancer, St. Baldrick’s Foundation hail green light for CAR T cell therapy
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer Stand Up To Cancer and the St. Baldrick's Foundation welcomed the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee's...
Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?
Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning...
Climate change could mean more weight restrictions and higher costs for airlines
As air temperatures rise at constant pressure, the density of air declines and this makes it harder for an airplane...
UCSF Health affiliates with Golden Gate Urgent Care
UCSF Health has signed an affiliation with Golden Gate Urgent Care (GGUC) to collaborate in providing top-quality urgent care in...
Researchers revolutionize vital conservation tool with use of gold nanotechnology and lasers
Credit: University of Minnesota/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to successfully cryopreserve (or freeze)...
Endangered Cuban crocodiles come home
Credit: André Baumgarten/WCS HAVANA, Cuba (July 13, 2017) - Experts from WCS's Global Conservation Programs and WCS's Bronx Zoo assisted...
How to cryopreserve fish embryos and bring them back to life (video)
Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and reanimate zebrafish embryos. The method, appearing in...
A hit love song for toads
James Cook University researchers in Australia say they now know exactly what makes horny cane toads boogie. And the toad...
Ancient plankton-like microfossils span 2 continents
Credit: by Dorothy Oehler on a sample provided by Maud Walsh (Louisiana State University Large, robust, lens-shaped microfossils from the...
Cancer may metastasize without lymph node involvement
(Bethesda, MD, July 13, 2017) Research by several leading scientists including Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele...
Research as Art Awards 2017: Fifteen extraordinary images shed light on the beauty and diversity of research
Credit: Ruth Callaway, Swansea University Fifteen stunning images, and the fascinating stories behind them -- such as how a barn...
ASTRO updates insurance coverage recommendations for proton therapy
ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations...
