Tiny bacterium provides window into whole ecosystems
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- William Blake may have seen a world in a grain of sand, but for scientists at MIT the smallest of all photosynthetic...
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Fighting world hunger: Robotics aid in the study of corn and drought tolerance
Loading video... Credit: MU News Bureau Developing drought tolerant corn that makes efficient use of available water will be vital to sustain the estimated 9...
New method heats up ultrasonic approach to treating tumors
WASHINGTON D.C., March 28, 2017 -- High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a breakthrough therapeutic technique used to treat tumors. The principle of this noninvasive, targeted...
Night lights, big data
Credit: (Image courtesy of NASA) When the Earth is dark, human activity sparkles across the globe. As seen from space, night-time lights tell a story...
Vitamin D, calcium supplementation among older women does not significantly reduce risk of cancer
Among healthy postmenopausal women, supplementation with vitamin D3 and calcium compared with placebo did not result in a significantly lower risk of cancer after four...
Findings support use of less invasive hysterectomy for early-stage endometrial cancer
Researchers found similar rates of disease-free survival and no difference in overall survival among women who received a laparoscopic or abdominal total hysterectomy for stage...
Female menstrual cycle in a dish
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