Cancer mortality continues steady decline, driven by progress against lung cancer
Drop of 2.2% from 2016 to 2017 is largest ever reportedCredit: American Cancer Society The cancer death rate declined by 29% from 1991 to 2017,...
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LED lighting in greenhouses helps but standards are needed
Rutgers research reveals information gaps on LED lighting for indoor cropsCredit: A.J. Both/Rutgers University-New Brunswick While LED lighting can enhance plant growth in greenhouses, standards...
Nano antennas for data transfer
Credit: Department of Physics / JMU Directional antennas convert electrical signals to radio waves and emit them in a particular direction, allowing increased performance and...
Bacterial link in celiac disease
Credit: Artist in residence Erica Tandori, from the Rossjohn laboratory at Monash University Bacterial exposure has been identified as a potential environmental risk factor in...
Drones effective tools for fruit farmers
Credit: Olga Walsh People have used the phrase "drone on and on" for a long time. Webster's dictionary defines this figure of speech as "to...
Research team traces evolution of the domesticated tomato
UMass Amherst biologists led evolutionary detective work on fruit's originsCredit: University of Georgia/Alexis Ramos AMHERST, Mass. - In a new paper, a team of evolutionary...
Cosmic bubbles reveal the first stars
Astronomers detect first stars 'bubbling out' from the cosmic dark agesCredit: V. Tilvi et al./NSF's National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory/KPNO/AURA Astronomers using the Mayall telescope...
The Milky Way’s impending galactic collision is already birthing new stars
Newborn stars on the outskirts of our galaxy probably formed from material from two dwarf galaxies called the Magellanic CloudsCredit: D. Nidever; NASA Honolulu --...
New map of Milky Way reveals giant wave of stellar nurseries
Interconnected stellar nurseries form the largest gaseous structure ever observed in the Milky Way galaxyCredit: Alyssa Goodman / Harvard University Astronomers at Harvard University have...
Army selects 20 small businesses, research partners for tech development
Credit: US Army RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- The U.S. Army selected 20 small businesses and their nonprofit research institution partners to receive 22 Small...
Kangaroo Island shows burn scars on one third of the land mass
Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite provided before and after imagery that showed the extent of the fires that have been ravaging Australia's Kangaroo Island....
Scientists capture for first time, light flashes from human eye during radiotherapy
What are the flashes of light patients report seeing during brain radiotherapy? Dartmouth scientists capture this phenomenon for the first time and provide an explanation.Credit:...
Geographers find tipping point in deforestation
Global satellite imagery shows transitions occur quickly after blocks of forest are cut in halfCredit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC University of Cincinnati geography researchers have identified a...
Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana
Credit: Virginia Tech In 2006, more than 400 children under the age of 5 died during an outbreak of diarrheal disease in Botswana. In what...
New recommendations released on bedsharing to promote breastfeeding
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 7, 2020--Leading experts representing The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) have released new evidence-based recommendations...
