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Bacteria eradication reduces gastric cancer risk by 22 percent in over-60s, new research shows
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, Oct. 31, 2017) Treating Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection of the stomach could lead to a marked...
How a $10 microchip turns 2-D ultrasound machines to 3-D imaging devices
Credit: Shawn Rocco/ Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now...
MSU biologists discovered the pathways of groups of the lophophore
Credit: Aleksander Semenov Scientists from Moscow State University have proved that lophophorates - the invertebrates with special tentacular apparatus -...
Aliens may be more like us than we think
Hollywood films and science fiction literature fuel the belief that aliens are other-worldly, monster-like beings, who are very different to...
Energy efficiency labeling for homes has little effect on purchase price
Most buyers aren't thinking about energy performance certification when they're house shopping. That's the conclusion of a team of researchers...
Chromosome organization emerges from 1-D patterns
Credit: Ryan Cheng/Michele Di Pierro HOUSTON - (Oct. 31, 2017) - The DNA in a human cell is 2 yards...
Genome scientists use UK Salmonella cases to shed light on African epidemic
Credit: Siân Owen and Rocío Canals Scientists at the University of Liverpool and Public Health England have used Salmonella genome...
Prenatal exposure to BPA at low levels can affect gene expression in developing rat brain
New research from North Carolina State University reveals that prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) at levels below those currently...
Elderly chromosomes activate genes differently than in the young
Grey hair, wisdom, and wrinkles on our skin mark us as we age, but it's the more subtle changes beneath...
Aging has distinct and opposite effects on tendon in males and females
New research from the University of Liverpool, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has identified that in tendon ageing has...
Air pollution is associated with cancer mortality beyond lung cancer
Air pollution is classified as carcinogenic to humans given its association with lung cancer, but there is little evidence for...
New toolkit reveals novel cancer genes
A new statistical model has enabled researchers to pinpoint 27 novel genes thought to prevent cancer from forming, in an...
Future climate change may not adversely affect seafood quality
Credit: Anaelle Lemasson/University of Plymouth The eating qualities of UK oysters may not be adversely affected by future ocean acidification...
Orphaned elephants’ social lives substantially altered by poaching
Credit: Shifra Goldenberg/Save the Elephants, Colorado State University Elephants live in a social structure with a level of complexity that...
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