Scientists unearth green treasure — albeit rusty — in the soil
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University engineers have taken a step in understanding how iron in the soil may unlock naturally occurring phosphorus bound in organic...
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9,000 years ago, a community with modern urban problems
Çatalhöyük had overcrowding, violence, environmental troublesCredit: Scott Haddow COLUMBUS, Ohio - Some 9,000 years ago, residents of one of the world's first large farming communities...
Lumping all Hispanic Americans together masks the differences in cancer outcomes
Credit: San Diego State University A San Diego State University study is among the first to describe trends in cancer mortality by specific Hispanic group...
Study reveals new genomic roots of ecological adaptation in polar bear evolution
UMass Amherst genomicist explores how natural selection shaped gene copy numbersCredit: US Fish and Wildlife Service Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Vanderbilt University...
Tanning industry uses promos, cheap prices to lure adolescents and young adults
Everyone knows cigarette smoking causes cancer and as a result, prices and advertising are closely regulated to discourage youth from starting. But another cancer risk,...
Underenrollment in clinical trials: Patients not the problem
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - June 17, 2019 - The increasing sophistication of cancer treatments threatens to outpace the ability of health care providers to enroll...
Breakthrough paves way for new Lyme disease treatment
Credit: Virginia Tech Virginia Tech biochemist Brandon Jutras has discovered the cellular component that contributes to Lyme arthritis, a debilitating and extremely painful condition that...
Immuno-PET precisely diagnoses IBD inflammation without invasive procedures
Additional potential for diagnosing and treating other inflammatory diseasesCredit: Dmochowska N, Tieu W, Keller MD, et al. Inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can be...
Colorado enrolls first patient in clinical trial of HDAC inhibitor, OKI-179
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center OnKure, Inc. and the University of Colorado Cancer Center today announced enrollment of the first patient in a first-in-human...
Researchers call for personalized approach to aging brain health
People are living longer than ever before, but brain health isn't keeping up. To tackle this critical problem, a team of researchers has proposed a...
Researchers identify enzyme that suppresses immune system in breast cancer
Inhibiting this enzyme in mice triggers an immune attack on the tumor DURHAM, N.C. - Immunotherapies have transformed cancer care, but their successes have been...
3D printed tissues and organs without the scaffolding
Engineered tissues and organs have been grown with various degrees of success in labs for many years. Many of them have used a scaffolding approach...
NASA’s Webb Sunshield undergoes rocket fitting, more testing
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's spacecraft element, which consists of the observatory's spacecraft bus and the sunshield, was put in the same...
Dundee lab solves HOIL-1 mystery
The mysterious function of a key protein has been revealed following a breakthrough by University of Dundee scientists The mysterious function of a key protein...
Scientists reveal reversible super-glue inspired by snail mucus
Snails secrete a mucous that acts like super-glue, allowing them to adhere to rough surfaces like rocks. Inspired by this aspect of snail biology, scientists...
