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To screen or not to screen for lung cancer?
GLENVIEW, IL, March 13, 2017 - Lung cancer screening using a low-dose CT scan can be a lifesaving test for...
New research on Northern Lights will improve satellite navigation accuracy
Credit: University of Bath Researchers at the University of Bath have gained new insights into the mechanisms of the Northern...
Pain in the neck
Credit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering For millions of sufferers, there is nothing more debilitating than chronic back...
One synthetic molecule, two doorways into cell
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Shuhei Furukawa from Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and colleagues in Japan synthesised...
CRUST adds new layer of defence against earthquakes and tsunamis
The first computer model to simulate the whole chain of events triggered by offshore mega subduction earthquakes could reduce losses...
Georgia State researcher Gets $4.1 million federal grant to develop drug to combat Ebola virus
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Christopher Basler, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, director...
Terahertz wave — evaluate emergency measures during red alert period
Credit: ©Science China Press In the Beijing-Tianjing-Hebei (BTH) region of China, haze has become especially serious in recent years, which...
New application of THz technique on water evaluation in crude oil
Credit: ©Science China Press Water content in crude oil is closely related to the prediction of water level of oil...
Hold-up in ventures for technology transfer
The transfer of technology brings ideas closer to commercialisation. The transformation happens in several steps, such as invention, innovation, building...
How to brew high-value fatty acids with brewer’s yeast
Credit: Copyright: Eckhard Boles und Martin Grininger FRANKFURT. Short-chain fatty acids are high-value constituents of cosmetics, active pharmaceutical ingredients, antimicrobial...
Environmentally friendly, almost electricity-free solar cooling
Demand and the need for cooling are growing as the effects of climate change intensify. VTT Technical Research Centre of...
Cebit 2017: Jump into your favorite movie scenes with multi-view video streaming
Credit: Oliver Dietze Now computer scientists from Saarland University will be presenting their solution at this year's Cebit computer fair....
Convenient and easy to use glucose monitoring and maintenance
Credit: Institute for Basic Science (IBS) A research group from the Center for Nanoparticle Research within the Institute for Basic...
Dramatic improvement in surface finishing of 3-D printing
Credit: Waseda University Tokyo, March 13 -- Waseda University researchers have developed a process to dramatically improve the quality of...
MEDLINE indexes Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology
Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, an important journal published by Benthm Science, is accepted to be included in MEDLINE. MEDLINE is the U.S....
Vicious circle of drought and forest loss in the Amazon
Logging that happens today and potential future rainfall reductions in the Amazon could push the region into a vicious dieback...
Stanford scientists map seawater threat to California Central Coast aquifers
Credit: Credit: Stacy Geiken Researchers from Stanford and the University of Calgary have transformed pulses of electrical current sent 1,000...
Two radio signals, one chip, open a new world for wireless communication
(Cornell University) Cornell engineers have devised a method for transmitting and receiving radio signals on a single chip, which could...
Effects of weather variability on maple syrup production studied
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University assistant professor of sustainable food systems who has...
Halting nearsightedness epidemic goal of UH vision scientist
Credit: Thomas Campbell HOUSTON, March 10, 2017 - Nearsightedness has become a global epidemic. With more than two billion people...
