Researchers pinpoint watery past on Mars
Credit: Dr Mary Bourke (Trinity College Dublin). Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have discovered a patch of land in an ancient valley on Mars that...
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Smoking cessation counseling successful when paired with lung cancer screening
WASHINGTON -- In the first successful randomized trial of its kind, researchers have provided preliminary evidence that telephone-based smoking cessation counseling given to smokers shortly...
UTA researcher earns TxDOT contract to use geocells to improve pavement infrastructure
Credit: UT Arlington A researcher at The University of Texas at Arlington is working to determine the benefits of using recycled materials and geocells to...
Level up and learn: Team teaches science through video game
A University of Texas at Dallas team is exploring whether teaching real-world science through a popular computer game may offer a more engaging and effective...
Tumor-targeting system uses cancer’s own mechanisms to betray its location
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By hijacking a cancer cell's own metabolism, researchers have found a way to tag and target...
Research on dementia needs new approach say scientists at 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting
BOSTON--Nutrition researcher Neal D. Barnard, M.D., and other speakers at the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Annual Meeting call for a new approach...
A new contrast agent for MRI
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A new, specially coated iron oxide nanoparticle developed by a team at MIT and elsewhere could provide an alternative to conventional gadolinium-based...