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Biology’s need for speed tolerates a few mistakes
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 2, 2017) - Biology must be in a hurry. In balancing speed and...
PET/CT helps predict therapy effectiveness in pediatric brain tumors
Credit: Sophie Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Marc Jansen, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Brain cancers are difficult to...
Study reveals first recording of cuttlefish fighting over a mate in the wild
Credit: Justine Allen, Derya Akkaynak PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On a research dive in 2011 off the Aegean Sea coast of...
UTIA chancellor recognized with national award for extension and land grant leadership
Credit: Photo courtesy ASRED. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tim Cross is well respected for his leadership of the University of Tennessee...
Fierce mating battle between wild cuttlefish is captured on video for first time
Credit: Credit: Justine Allen and Derya Akkaynak WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- It sounds like Shakespearean drama: A male fights to...
Not even the Himalayas are immune to traffic smog
Credit: Brooke Crowley Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the...
Putting students closer to explosive solar events
NJIT has a long-established reputation as a leader in researching phenomena originating on the star closest to Earth -- the...
USC Viterbi School of Engineering faculty awarded multiple MURI grants
USC Viterbi School of Engineering faculty teams were the recipients of three different 2017 Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative grants (MURI)...
Reserach supports new criteria for evaluating urologic cancer in women
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--Experts in women's health are recommending physicians follow new guidelines to determine when women warrant further...
Lyncean Technologies announces a 3x flux increase from the Munich Compact Light Source
The Munich Compact Light Source (MuCLS) is a mini synchrotron capable of creating a nearly monochromatic, energy tunable X-ray beam....
Wayne State receives $7.5 NIH renewal for environmental center
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT - Wayne State University received notice from the National Institute of Environmental Health...
Period tracking apps failing users in basic ways, study finds
Loading video... Credit: University of Washington A new study finds that smartphone apps to track menstrual cycles often disappoint users...
Scientists find giant wave rolling through the Perseus galaxy cluster
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Combining data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations and computer simulations, an...
At last, a clue to where cancer metastases are born
Credit: Elena Deryugina and William Kiosses LA JOLLA, CA - May 2, 2017 - Even in remission, cancer looms. Former...
Some — but not all — corals adapting to warming climate
Credit: CREDIT: Tim McClanahan/WCS NEW YORK (May 2, 2017) - A new WCS study reveals evidence that some corals are...
Scientists say agriculture is good for honey bees
Credit: Scott Stewart JACKSON, Tenn. - While recent media reports have condemned a commonly used agricultural pesticide as detrimental to...
New data shows avocado consumers have improved nutrient intakes
Mission Viejo, Calif. (May 2, 2017) - A new analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data,...
Stool microbes predict advanced liver disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) -- a condition that can lead to liver cirrhosis and cancer -- isn't typically detected...
NIH discovery in mice could lead to new class of medications to fight mid-life obesity
Credit: NHLBI NIH discovery in mice could lead to new class of medications to fight mid-life obesity A team of...
Origin of milky way’s hypothetical dark matter signal may not be so dark
Credit: NASA/CXC/University of Massachusetts/D. Wang et al.; Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Menlo Park, Calif. -- A mysterious gamma-ray glow...
