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November 4, 2025

ASM to launch mSphereDirect, a new, innovative science publishing pathway

Washington, DC - Dec. 12, 2016 - After much discussion of the new opportunities in publishing, ASM is proud to...

Integrated approach vital for fisheries management

Evolutionary and ecological factors interact to influence the growth and size of fish, according to a new study published in...

Bioanalysis publishes special issue on methods and techniques for metabolic phenotyping

Credit: Future Science Group Bioanalysis, a leading MEDLINE indexed journal for bioanalysts, has published a Special Focus Issue on Methods...

Remote sensing is becoming increasingly important in biodiversity research

Credit: DLR CC-BY3.0 The consequences of climate change are evidenced, inter alia, by changes in biodiversity. A key task of...

New diamond harder than ring bling

Credit: Jamie Kidston, ANU The Australian National University (ANU) has led an international project to make a diamond that's predicted...

Socially isolated breast cancer patients face higher recurrence and mortality rates

A new study found that more socially isolated breast cancer survivors had higher rates of recurrence and mortality, while women...

TCORS study shows effectiveness of testimonial warning labels on tobacco products

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. Cigarette packaging has required textual...

High school football players, 1956-1970, did not have increase of neurodegenerative diseases

ROCHESTER, Minn. - A Mayo Clinic study published online today in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found that varsity football players from...

New study finds arginine deprivation may be a useful strategy for treating bladder cancers

Philadelphia, PA, December 12, 2016 - With few treatment options available to patients with advanced bladder cancer, investigators are looking...

What else comes with a college degree? An extra 10 pounds, says new study

Credit: Sally McCay College students are carrying more than a diploma across the stage at graduation. They're lugging an extra...

Surge in methane emissions threatens efforts to slow climate change

Credit: Global Carbon Project of Future Earth Global concentrations of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and cause of climate change,...

Wind farms play key role in cutting carbon emissions, study finds

Wind farms have made a significant impact in limiting carbon emissions from other sources of power generation in Great Britain,...

Next-generation accelerators get boost from new beam physics

Credit: UNIST UNIST has taken a major step toward laying the technical groundwork for developing next-generation high-intensity accelerators by providing...

Breast cancer mortality rates decline in many countries

SAN ANTONIO -- Breast cancer mortality rates continue to decline in many nations, but a review of mortality trends in...

Untreated effects of breast cancer care increase depression and anxiety among survivors

SAN ANTONIO - Treatment advances have increased the five-year survival rate for breast cancer to 90 percent. But, for many...

Penn study begins to shed light on racial disparities of cancer-causing genetic mutations

PHILADELPHIA -- Most studies reporting the prevalence of breast- and ovarian-cancer causing genes have been conducted with Caucasian women, leaving...

Exploring the evolutionary history of the immune system

The enzyme known as ALOX15 plays a crucial role in the production of anti-inflammatory and pro-resolving lipid mediators. As mammals...

New book on The Cytoskeleton from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Credit: The specimen was prepared and imaged by Rosmarie Suetterlin and Cora-Ann Schoenenberger at the Maurice E. Muller Institute for...

Study finds capuchin monkeys produce sharp stone flakes similar to tools

In addition to using rocks for various purposes, such as cracking open a seed or fruit to extract the edible...

UH receives $66 million in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software