Tracing a cancer’s family tree to its roots reveals how tumors grow
Over time, cancer cells can evolve to become resistant to treatment, more aggressive, and metastatic—capable of spreading to additional sites in the body and forming...
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Copper is effective against Sars-Cov-2 on surfaces – silver is not
Base material sacrifices itselfCredit: © RUB, Marquard Base material sacrifices itself As a result of corrosion, copper and silver release positively charged ions into their...
Researchers create flat magic window with liquid crystals
WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have used liquid crystals to create a flat magic window — a transparent device that produces a hidden...
New Curtin research resurrects ‘lost’ coral species
With about one-third of the world’s corals currently under threat of extinction due to climate change, Curtin researchers have made the encouraging discovery of a...
The fungal effector Rip 1 suppresses maize host defense responses
Plant colonisation by biotrophic pathogens requires sophisticated strategies for tissue invasion, defence suppression and metabolic manipulation to loot nutrients necessary for their growth and reproduction....
ARRS annual meeting presents emergency radiology cases of inattention blindness
New Orleans, LA, May 5, 2022—Significant imaging findings (cancer, infection, pseudoaneurysm, fracture, bowel perforation) can occur in emergency department (ED) patients undergoing imaging, an award-winning...
New discovery to improve malaria elimination strategies
WEHI researchers in Melbourne have made a crucial discovery about how asymptomatic malaria infections impact the body, informing potential strategies to control transmission and improve...
How a COVID-19 infection spurs antibodies against common colds
LA JOLLA, CA—Getting sick with a common cold doesn’t make you immune to COVID-19, but a COVID-19 infection might, at least temporarily, boost the number...
Pitt neuroscientists find multiple brain regions control speech, challenging common assumption
PITTSBURGH, May 4, 2022 – Neurobiologists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine give new meaning to the term “motor mouth” in a study...
MU grant boosts public health messaging to parents considering various vaccines for their children
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As a public health nurse for the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services department, Malaika Gallimore helped staff an immunization clinic...
Baby corals are just as susceptible as adults to deadly reef disease, study finds
Baby corals are just as susceptible as adults to a deadly disease that has been spreading across Florida’s reefs since 2014, according to a new...
UT Southwestern Voice Center study profiles hundreds of injured singers
An analysis of more than 400 singers who sought treatment at UT Southwestern Medical Center for vocal injuries provides a wealth of data on a topic...
Content and trigger warnings from 32 countries and 10 different sectors analyzed to produce a new framework of classification by theme (violence, language, flashing lights, etc.) and media type
Content and trigger warnings from 32 countries and 10 different sectors analyzed to produce a new framework of classification by theme (violence, language, flashing lights,...
ORNL’s Chi elected Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Miaofang Chi, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America, or...
Study identifies factors that shape vaccine preferences
A study involving hypothetical COVID-19 vaccines suggests that vaccine effectiveness and risk of side effects significantly influence people’s preferences for one vaccine over another, and...
