Study shows fewer kids enrolling in cancer clinical trials
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Historically, pediatric cancer patients have been much more likely than adult cancer patients to enroll in clinical trials as...
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Iron deficiency in corals?
When iron is limited, microalgae that live in coral cells may compensate with other metalsCredit: Todd LaJeunesse, Penn State When iron is limited, the tiny...
Helping a helper: Uncovering how different proteins cooperate in DNA repair
Credit: Tokyo Tech Background DNA contains the information essential for life. It is therefore critically important to maintain the integrity of DNA. However, due to...
SPIE to launch new Journal of Optical Microsystems in January, and JM3 to be renamed
The Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS to become two distinct journalsCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA - SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics,...
North Atlantic right whales are in much poorer condition than Southern right whales
Credit: Photos: Fredrik Christiansen (left & center-left), Stephen M. Dawson (center-right), John W. Durban and Holly Fearnbach (right). BOSTON, MASS. (April 23, 2020) - New...
Argonne scientists fashion new class of X-ray detector
Credit: Dave Tsai/Los Alamos New perovskite-based detectors can sense X-rays over a broad energy range. Getting an X-ray at the dentist or the doctor is...
Engineers share 3D-printed ventilator adapter design to help during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY -- Engineers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have made their designs for...
A cellular mechanism protecting against cancer
Bayreuth geneticists discover a mechanism that leads to the programmed death of potentially diseased cellsCredit: Image: Olaf Stemmann. Susanne Hellmuth and Olaf Stemmann from the...
Sensor detects biomarker of early-stage multiple sclerosis
Diagnostic strategy developed by Brazilian researchers can also be used to distinguish MS from neuromyelitis optica, another demyelinating disorder. The two diseases have similar symptoms...
New study takes the pulse of a sleeping supervolcano
Credit: Osvaldo González-Maurel Under the volcanoes in the Andes where Chile, Argentina and Bolivia meet, there is a gigantic reservoir of molten magma. For several...
Gene-editing protocol for whitefly pest opens door to control
Credit: Jason Rasgon, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Whiteflies are among the most important agricultural pests in the world, yet they have been difficult...
Following the insect meltdown, numbers of orb web spiders have drastically declined
Credit: Rainer Altenkamp The abundance of large orb web spiders in the Swiss midland has declined drastically over the last 40 years. The main reason...
Sensors woven into a shirt can monitor vital signs
Comfortable, form-fitting garments could be used to remotely track patients' healthCredit: MIT Media Lab CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have developed a way to incorporate...
Dramatic decrease in cold-water plankton during industrial era
Credit: Credit P. Spooner & D. Thornalley. There has been a dramatic decrease in cold-water plankton during the 20th century, in contrast to thousands of...
Giant teenage shark from the Dinosaur-era
Fossil vertebrae give insights into growth and extinction of an enigmatic shark groupCredit: © Patrick L. Jambura In 1996, palaeontologists found skeletal remains of a...
