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Understanding multi-decadal global warming rate changes
Credit: Gang Huang A long-standing mystery is that, despite the persistently increased greenhouse gases emissions throughout the twentieth and early...
The role of vitamin A in diabetes
There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A - until now. A new study suggests that the...
Research suggests seal oil could help people with Type 1 diabetes
(TORONTO, Canada - June 13, 2017) - A research team at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre in Toronto has published a...
RTI International addressing Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - With funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, RTI International is responding...
Hope for better lung cancer treatment on horizon
Credit: Richard Young and Dr Clare Weeden. A Melbourne study is set to improve treatment options for patients with the...
Immuno-PET shows promise for detecting and treating pancreatic tumors
Credit: Christian Lohrmann, Jason Lewis, Wolfgang Weber, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; MabVax Therapeutics DENVER, Colo. - Pancreatic cancer is...
Detroit research team to expand imaging technology to guide cancer treatment
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers recently received funding from the...
Researchers to address prenatal cannabis and substance use disorders at 10th annual
MONTREAL, CANADA-- Prenatal cannabis, opioid, and alcohol use is a fast-growing global issue that can have lasting negative effects on...
HKBU study finds Tianjiu therapy improves allergic rhinitis patients’ daily life quality
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a...
Does access to quality playgrounds vary with a child’s socioeconomic status & obesity risk?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2017--A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one...
Donor microbes persist 2 years after fecal transplant to treat C. difficile infection
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor...
£1.4M EPSRC Fellowship for physicist
(Lancaster University) A Lancaster University physicist has been awarded a £1.4M EPSRC Career Fellowship over five years.Dr Dmitry Zmeev is...
Nanoparticles: What is their fate and how do they change?
The purpose of the international research project NANOaers (= Fate of aerosolised nanoparticles: The influence of surface active substances on...
Battling the terrible toll of depression by ‘rewiring’ the brain
Credit: UCLA Health Americans spend billions of dollars each year on antidepressants, but the National Institutes of Health estimates that...
‘Big Food’ companies have less power than you might think
A Dartmouth study finds that "Big Food" companies are striving to make food more sustainable from farm to factory but...
Finland has the world’s most energy-saving supermarket
Savings are also being achieved by levelling out power consumption peaks Under VTT's leadership, Finland has the world's most energy-efficient...
Taking diabetes medications as prescribed, exercising and managing weight
People with diabetes who took their medications at least 80 percent of the time and people who exercised four or...
Researchers discover what may be earliest stage of Alzheimer’s disease
Older adults with elevated levels of brain-clogging plaques -- but otherwise normal cognition -- experience faster mental decline suggestive of...
E. coli bacteria’s defense secret revealed
Credit: Ace George Santiago, Cornell University By tagging a cell's proteins with fluorescent beacons, Cornell researchers have found out how...
New technology enables effective simultaneous testing for multiple blood-borne pathogens
Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific Philadelphia, PA, June 13, 2017 - The emergence of new pathogens like West Nile Virus, Ebola,...
