Special journal issue looks for new clues about old life
Credit: Scott Evans Riverside Calif. --Hundreds of millions of years before there was a chicken or an egg to debate, ...
Study finds availability of nitrogen to plants is declining as climate warms
Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Andrew Elmore FROSTBURG, MD (October 22, 2018)--Researchers have found that global changes, including ...
Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels’ shells
Credit: Westcott Phillip Elevated concentrations of strontium, an element associated with oil and gas wastewaters, have accumulated in the shells ...
Pelvic lymph node radiation provides significant benefit for prostate cancer patients
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- The first report of a large international clinical trial shows that, for men who ...
Radiation therapy outcomes better for African-American than Caucasian prostate cancer patients
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- While popular beliefs and population data suggest that African-American men are at higher risk ...
Men with low-/intermediate-risk prostate cancer benefit from fewer, higher-dose radiation treatments
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) is a safe and effective treatment for men with ...
High-dose, high-precision radiation therapy safe, effective for solitary kidney cancer patients with only one kidney
SAN ANTONIO, October 22, 2018 -- Treatment of renal cell carcinoma with stereotactic radiation therapy is as safe and effective ...
RNA thought to spread cancer shows ability to suppress breast cancer metastasis
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that a form ...
Losing control of gene activity in Alzheimer’s disease
Pioneering research into the mechanisms controlling gene activity in the brain could hold the key to understanding Alzheimer's disease and ...
New protein sequencing method could transform biological research
Credit: David Steadman/University of Texas at Austin A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has demonstrated ...
Monitoring electromagnetic signals in the brain with MRI
Credit: Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Researchers commonly study brain function by monitoring two types of electromagnetism -- electric fields ...
New tool gives deeper understanding of glioblastoma
ITHACA, N.Y. - Researchers in the lab of Charles Danko at the Baker Institute for Animal Health have developed a ...
Ancient enzymes the catalysts for new discoveries
Credit: The University of Queensland University of Queensland-led research recreating 450 million-year-old enzymes has resulted in a biochemical engineering 'hack' ...
Researchers wake-up DNA from soil bacteria to discover novel acid antibiotic
Credit: University of Warwick Scleric Acid has been discovered by capturing and engineering a DNA fragment from soil bacteria Streptomyces ...
Asian elephants could be the maths kings of the jungle
Credit: Ethological Society and Springer Japan KK, part of Springer Nature 2018 Asian elephants demonstrate numeric ability which is closer ...
Optoelectronic interface for stimulating neural networks in the brain
Credit: Lobachevsky University In the past few decades, research aimed at finding approaches to restoring brain function has increased exponentially. ...
Research finds NJ numerical nutrient criterion used to protect streams is too high
Credit: Thomas Belton, research associate at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. A new way of measuring the ...
Researchers have discovered a new cell structure
A new structure in human cells has been discovered by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden in collaboration with colleagues ...
Scientists make new ‘green’ electronic polymer-based films with protein nanowires
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has produced a ...
Recipients of inaugural $100k Jean Mayer Prize in Nutrition Science & Policy announced
BOSTON (Oct. 22, 2018)--The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University has ...
