Impact of cocoa agroforestry on bird diversity
Smithsonian conservation research brief Did you know chocolate comes from cocoa beans grown in some of the most biodiverse tropical landscapes on the planet? The...
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Defect and interface engineering for e-NRR under ambient conditions
The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (e-NRR) under ambient conditions is an emerging strategy to tackle the hydrogen- and energy-intensive processes entailed in industrial ammonia (NH3)...
Newly discovered sperm movement could help diagnose, treat male infertility
UToledo research shows the centriole's role in sperm evolved from a shock absorber to a transmission system Scientists at The University of Toledo discovered new...
Edible Cholera vaccine made of powdered rice proves safe in phase 1 human trials
Study points towards role of gut microbiome in vaccine effectiveness A new vaccine to protect against deadly cholera has been made by grinding up genetically...
Researchers engineer cells to destroy malignant tumor cells but leave the rest alone
HAMILTON, ON June 28, 2021 -- Researchers at McMaster University have developed a promising new cancer immunotherapy that uses cancer-killing cells genetically engineered outside the...
Oncotarget: Glucocorticoid receptor antagonism promotes apoptosis in solid tumor cells
Support recently reported findings of clinical benefit when relacorilant is added to paclitaxel-containing therapy in patients with ovarian and pancreatic cancers and provide a new...
Carl F. Ware receives ICIS Honorary Lifetime Membership Award
LA JOLLA, CALIF. - June 29, 2021 - Carl F. Ware, Ph.D., director of the Inflammatory Diseases Center at Sanford Burhnam Prebys, has received the...
Oncotarget: Treatment outcomes in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
In CTP class A patients, IGF/CTP score B was associated with shorter PFS and OS Oncotarget published "Insulin-like growth factor 1/Child-Turcotte-Pugh composite score as a...
Oncotarget: Novel markers of colorectal tumors exhibiting microsatellite instability
By incorporating cell composition into their regression model, they identified 3,193 differentially expressed genes, of which 556 were deemed novel Oncotarget published "The presence of...
Oncotarget: Predicting clinical outcomes using cancer progression associated signatures
The P142 panel of metrics successfully predicted cancer progression status in patients with some, but not all cancer types analyzed. Oncotarget published "Predicting clinical outcomes...
Elephants solve problems with personality
Just as humans have their own individual personalities, new research in the Journal of Comparative Psychology shows that elephants have personalities, too. Moreover, an elephant's...
Pitt faculty, students capture top awards at 2021 CALPHAD Global Conference
Assistant Professor Wei Xiong honored with inaugural CALPHAD Young Leader Award PITTSBURGH (June 25, 2021) ... CALPHAD (CALculation of PHAse Diagrams) is one of the...
Differences in human, mouse brain cells have important implications for disease research
FINDINGS A UCLA-led study comparing brain cells known as astrocytes in humans and mice found that mouse astrocytes are more resilient to oxidative stress, a...
NASA completes additional tests to diagnose computer problem on Hubble space telescope
NASA is continuing to diagnose a problem with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope after completing another set of tests on June 23...
Backscatter breakthrough runs near-zero-power IoT communicators at 5G speeds everywhere
Low-cost, low-power devices work over mmWave and use a single transistor to transfer high-volume data anywhere The promise of 5G Internet of Things (IoT) networks...
