Year delay between abnormal, at-home screening and colonoscopy increases cancer risk
Study finds risk of late-stage colon cancer increased at 16 months by approximately 33%Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Colorectal cancer is the second most...
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Tread tester
Sandia Labs and Goodyear develop means to test tires before they're builtCredit: Photo by Jennifer Plante, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Simulating how a...
Cancer research expands body’s own immune system to kill tumors
Scientists are working to expand the way they have made immune cells fight tumors from a small handful of cancers to a wide array of...
Regenstrief partners with Boomerang Ventures to maximize impact of healthcare discoveries
Credit: Regenstrief Institute Regenstrief Institute and Boomerang Ventures are announcing a partnership to develop and disseminate healthcare solutions to improve the well-being of people around...
American Gastroenterological Association announces 2021 AGA recognition prizes
Dr. Michael Camilleri of the Mayo Clinic receives the highest honor of the Julius Friedenwald MedalCredit: American Gastroenterological Association Bethesda, MD (February 2, 2021) --...
New tool at Sandia brings some West Texas wind to the Duke City — virtually
Credit: Photo by Bret Latter, courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have a new tool that allows them...
Opioid prescriptions remained elevated two years after critical care
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Nearly 11 percent of people admitted to an intensive care unit in Sweden between 2010 and 2018 received opioid prescriptions on a...
Toward safer steroids: Scientists devise method for improving safety of drug used to treat COVID-19, autoimmune disorders and more
Credit: Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - A collaboration led by Scripps Research has developed a way to separate the beneficial anti-inflammatory properties of a group...
Highly deformable piezoelectric nanotruss for tactile electronics
Credit: KAIST With the importance of non-contact environments growing due to COVID-19, tactile electronic devices using haptic technology are gaining traction as new mediums of...
Study indicates US cities underestimate their GHG emissions by nearly 20%
Some cities' self-reported emissions are as much as 145% below standardized estimates, distorting data on which climate change policy actions are basedCredit: Courtesy Northern Arizona...
Tracking cells with omnidirectional visible laser particles
Credit: by Shui-Jing Tang, Paul H. Dannenberg, Andreas C. Liapis, Nicola Martino, Yue Zhuo, Yun-Feng Xiao, and Seok-Hyun Yun Laser particles are micrometre and nanometre...
Venus flytraps found to produce magnetic fields
Physicists use atomic magnetometers to measure the biomagnetic signals of the carnivorous plantCredit: photo/©: Anne Fabricant The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant...
Generation of conjunctivae in a dish
Researchers from Osaka University generate functional conjunctival tissue in a dishCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Conjunctival tissue is perhaps most recognizable to the average...
Temperature, humidity, wind predict second wave of pandemic
Weather parameters, typically excluded from pandemic modeling, improve prediction capabilitiesCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis, University of Nicosia WASHINGTON, February 2, 2021 -- The "second...
How do electrons close to Earth reach almost the speed of light?
New study found that electrons can reach ultra-relativistic energies for very special conditions in the magnetosphere when space is devoid of plasma.Credit: Ingo Michaelis and...
