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It's time to take dingoes out of the doghouseCredit: Chontelle Burns / Nouveau Rise Photography. Almost all wild canines in Australia are genetically more than...

U-M Depression Center to be named for Eisenberg family, in recognition of $30M in giving

Nation's first center focused on depression and bipolar illnesses enters 20th year with transformational gift and enhanced capacity for scientific advances to improve knowledge and...

Leap forward’ in risk management of rectal cancer

Images from a probe, combined with deep learning, better differentiated residual cancerous tissue from recovered healthy tissue after chemoradiation treatmentCredit: (Image courtesy of Zhu lab)...

Salk scientists receive $1.5 million from The Conrad Prebys Foundation’s inaugural grant cycle

Credit: Salk Institute. LA JOLLA--(March 25, 2020) Salk Professor Thomas Albright has been awarded $1 million and Assistant Professor Edward Stites awarded $500,000 by The...

Risk prediction to reduce minority disparities in USPSTF lung cancer screening guidelines

Updated USPSTF LCS guidelines based solely on age, pack-years, and quit-years perpetuate eligibility disparities among racial and ethnic minorities, although incorporating certain risk prediction models...

Study exposes global ripple effects of regional water scarcity

Computer model shows how human economic activity can transmit and magnify climate change impactCredit: Drought.gov Water scarcity is often understood as a problem for regions...

Study reveals bias among doctors who classify X-rays for coal miner’s black lung claims

UIC researchers first to publish data on B-reader financial conflicts of interestCredit: UIC University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the first to report on the...

Wireless tech a ‘game changer’ for nuclear power plants

Rudy Shankar (Energy Systems Engineering, Lehigh University) leads team of global experts behind newly published IAEA report outlining benefits of wireless technology and guidelines for...

Eat me: The cell signal of death

An 'eat-me' signal displayed on cell surfaces requires activation of a lipid-scrambling protein by a nuclear protein fragmentCredit: Mindy Takamiya/Kyoto University iCeMS Scientists at the...

A T-cell stimulatory protein and interleukin-10 synergize to prevent gut inflammation

This study will aid the understanding of, and future research on, inflammatory bowel disease, which afflicts about 1.6 million AmericansCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers...

Researchers harvest energy from radio waves to power wearable devices

Credit: Larry Cheng, Penn State From microwave ovens to Wi-Fi connections, the radio waves that permeate the environment are not just signals of energy consumed...

Chemists achieve breakthrough in the production of three-dimensional molecular structures

New dimensions in organic chemistry through light-mediated synthesis; publication in 'Science'Credit: Peter Bellotti A major goal of organic and medicinal chemistry in recent decades has...

No evidence that people alter daily travel after having symptoms that could be COVID-19

New George Mason University College of Health and Human Services study is one of first individual-level studies to track movements and symptoms during the COVID-19...

Pediatric heart transplant method developed by U of A doctors allows for more surgeries, better outcomes: Study

Blood type-incompatible heart transplant surgery for infants under the age of two pioneered in Canada, now used worldwideCredit: Lindsey Kemp A pediatric heart transplant procedure...

New class of versatile, high-performance quantum dots primed for medical imaging, quantum computing