Novel testing platform designed for breast cancer cells
Credit: Purdue University/Hyowon Lee WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University team has developed a novel testing platform to evaluate how breast cancer cells respond...
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Grant to help researchers prevent apple fire blight in U.S.
Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded a $779,000 grant to...
NASA infrared imagery reveals wind shear displacing Marie’s strongest storms
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite provided an infrared view of Tropical Storm Marie that revealed the effects of outside winds battering the storm. Wind shear...
Weill Cornell Medicine receives third consecutive HEED award for diversity and inclusion
Credit: Ashley Jones For the third year in a row, Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED)...
Advancing multiprincipal alloys
Team of materials researchers explores new domains of the compositionally complex metalsCredit: UC Santa Barbara The most significant advances in human civilization are marked by...
Seeking ancient rainforests through modern mammal diets
First study to compare dietary signatures of African and South American mammals in quest to reconstruct ancient ecosystems finds need for revisionsCredit: © University of...
Lighting the path to recycling carbon dioxide
Credit: © 2020 KAUST Semiconductive photocatalysts that efficiently absorb solar energy could help reduce the energy required to drive a bioelectrochemical process that converts CO2...
University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Michael Houghton discovered hepatitis C virus and now is developing a vaccineCredit: Photo: Michael Holly Michael Houghton was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
NASA imagery reveals Tropical Storm Gamma battered by wind shear
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Tropical Storm Gamma being battered...
‘Repliclones’ fuel perplexing persistence of HIV in the blood of some patients on therapy
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5, 2020 - Increasingly, UPMC's chief of infectious diseases--a well-regarded expert in HIV/AIDS--is contacted by a perplexed physician describing a patient...
NASA imagery reveals Tropical Storm Chan-hom’s skewed structure
Credit: Image Courtesy: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). NASA's Terra satellite obtained visible imagery of Tropical Storm Chan-hom as it...
Syracuse U. professor receives NSF grant for Internet of Things research
Credit: Syracuse University The growing capabilities of sensing, computing and communication devices are leading to an explosion of Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructures. Advances in...
Study defines risk factors for unemployment in working people with multiple sclerosis
Lauren Strober, PhD, of Kessler Foundation reports on first prospective study of employment in multiple sclerosis, identifying factors and behaviors that may be targets for...
Scientists find evidence of exotic state of matter in candidate material for quantum computers
Credit: Courtesy of Arkady Shekhter/ National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Using a novel technique, scientists working at the Florida State University-headquartered National High Magnetic Field...
How malaria parasites withstand a fever’s heat
Findings could lead to ways to maximize our existing antimalarial arsenalCredit: Kuan-Yi Lu, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Even when a person suffering from malaria...
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