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Researchers discover how breast cancer mutation in BRCA1 causes protein to self-destruct
Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Carilion Of the more than 3 million people with breast cancer in the United Stated, about...
Sustainable ceramics without a kiln
Credit: ETH Zurich / Peter Rüegg The manufacture of cement, bricks, bathroom tiles and porcelain crockery normally requires a great...
Tanning devices cost US healthcare $343 million a year
Tanning devices cost the US $343.1 million a year in medical costs because of the skin cancers their use is...
Biofuel produced by microalgae
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology In the modern society, energy generation heavily relies on fossil fuels, which, however, lead to...
Mammography trends show improved cancer detection, more biopsies
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - The shift from film to digital technology appears to have...
Existence of a new quasiparticle demonstrated
Credit: IST Austria How do molecules rotate in a solvent? Answering this question is a complicated task since the molecular...
Chemoselective acetalization by a bifuncional cerium phosphate catalyst
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Acid-base bifunctional catalysts exhibit wide applicability for atom-efficient functional group transformation, tandem reactions, and asymmetric...
Hitgen and Cancer Research UK’s Manchester Institute enter licence agreement in lung cancer
CANCER RESEARCH UK, Cancer Research Technology (CRT), the charity's commercial arm, and HitGen Ltd, a privately held biotech company focused...
Kids want parental help with online risk, but fear parental freak outs
PORTLAND, Ore. -- Although it may come as no surprise to the Fresh Prince, kids think that parents just don't...
Scientists reach back in time to discover some of the most power-packed galaxies
Credit: Courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio CLEMSON, South Carolina -- When the universe was young,...
Transforming the carbon economy
Credit: Princeton University Most strategies to combat climate change concentrate on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by substituting non-carbon energy sources...
Statins do not benefit patients with lung cancer, new study shows
Cholesterol-lowering drugs used alongside chemotherapy have no effect on treatment outcomes for lung cancer patients, according to a new study....
Frequent, personalized CA125 testing may help detect ovarian cancer in high-risk women
The combined results of two ovarian cancer screening trials suggest that a personalized strategy involving frequent screening of high-risk women...
Matching up fruit flies, mushroom toxins and human health
Credit: Thomas Werner Pulling data from 180 different lines of fruit flies, researchers from Michigan Technological University compared resistance to...