New model improves staging and risk predictions for esophageal cancer patients
Risk-stratification with new nomogram could improve delivery of appropriate therapy to patients with a high risk of nodal metastasesCredit: AATS TORONTO - May 6, 2019...
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Cancer cells have a problem with junk RNA that makes them vulnerable
The unexpected role of junk nucleic acids in cancerCredit: InsideOutBio In an article just published by Trends in Cancer online, Dr. Alan Herbert, founder at...
Shambhala helps understand the ‘decoding’ of RNA
A new tool created to simplify the comparison of RNA-Seq dataCredit: Courtesy of Nicolas Borisov Scientists at Sechenov University, together with their Russian and American...
Smart pill bottle keeps drugs safe
Credit: © 2019 Muhammad M. Hussain A smart pill bottle that sends wireless alerts when it detects tampering, overdose or unsafe storage conditions is just...
New research uncovers how life-threatening fungal diseases adapt to survive in humans
A new study from The Westmead Institute for Medical Research has uncovered how serious fungal infections grow in humans by conserving phosphate, highlighting a possible...
Researchers develop better way to determine coastal flooding risk
Credit: Photo courtesy Earthustice. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have developed a new methodology for building computer models that paves the way...
A step closer to future 5G smartphones with the world’s first Antenna-on-Display
Completed OTA (Over-the-Air) tests of 5G Antenna-on-Displays at 28GHz, shedding new light on how to incorporate dozens of 5G antenna within foldable, rollable, wearable future...
Rice husks can remove microcystin toxins from water
UToledo research identifies another potential -- and renewable -- tool to fight harmful algal bloomsCredit: Dan Miller / The University of Toledo Scientists at The...
The winter weather window that is costing rapeseed growers millions
Credit: Phil Robinson UK rapeseed growers are losing up to a quarter of their crop yield each year because of temperature rises during an early-winter...
IPBES: Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’
Current global response insufficient; 'transformative changes' needed to restore and protect nature; opposition from vested interests can be overcome for public good; most comprehensive assessment...
UNH researchers discover new strain of canine distemper in wild animals in NH, VT
Virus highly contagious to domesticated dogsCredit: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department DURHAM, N.H.--A distinct strain of canine distemper virus, which is a widespread virus of...
Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning
Neuroscience, computer vision collaborate to better understand visual information processing PITTSBURGH--Neuroscientists and computer vision scientists say a new dataset of unprecedented size -- comprising brain...
Taming defective porous materials for robust and selective heterogeneous catalysis
Credit: Manuel A. Ortuño (ICIQ) The production of 1-butene via ethylene dimerization is one of the few industrial processes that employs homogeneous catalysis due to...
Filming how our immune system kill bacteria
To kill bacteria in the blood, our immune system relies on nanomachines that can open deadly holes in their targets. UCL scientists have now filmed...
Hopping bacteria
New look at behavior upends common assumptions about bacteriaCredit: Courtesy of the researchers Current biological models assume that many bacteria spread in a run-and-tumble pattern...
