The psychology of smartphones, movies, music, and AI to be featured at APS Convention
How do smartphones affect our relationships? How do filmmakers adapt movies to take advantage of our capacity for vision, hearing and memory? How can public...
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$4.6 million grant funds clinical trial of stem cell immunotherapy for metastatic sarcoma and other hard-to-treat cancers
Credit: Photo courtesy of: UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientists at the UCLA Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research...
Lines blurring between human herpes simplex viruses
HSV-1, which mostly infects the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital sores, are forming recombinants in present-day humansCredit: Greg Pepper The line between the human...
Do ‘microglia’ hold the key to stop Alzheimer’s disease?
A Leuven research team led by Prof. Bart De Strooper (VIB-KU Leuven, UK DRI) studied how specialized brain cells called microglia respond to the accumulation...
Research decodes one way cancer survives treatment, proposes a way to prevent it
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Cancer cells have various tricks up their metaphorical sleeves to survive in the face of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and other cancer treatments. Now...
Unraveling cannabinoids
Harvard Medical School receives $4.5 million for cannabinoid research from Harvard University alum Charles R. Broderick, an alumnus of Harvard University and MIT, has made...
Amid genomic data explosion, scientists find proliferating errors
Credit: WSU Pullman, Wash. - Washington State University researchers found a troubling number of errors in publicly available genomic data as they conducted a large-scale...
Star with strange chemistry is from out of town
Credit: NAOJ Astronomers have discovered a star in the Milky Way Galaxy with a chemical composition unlike any other star in our Galaxy. This chemical...
Study: Health care providers split on who should prescribe HIV prevention drug
Some say primary care doctors should take the lead on PrEP; others feel any provider can, according to new UB researchCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO,...
Work 4.0: In full flow thanks to artificial intelligence
AI-based competence assistance systems are to help achieve phases of concentrated work and to actively unfold personal and professional competencesCredit: (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT) Not...
Breaking open the gates of antibiotic resistance
Creating a defect in tRNA molecules could weaken bacteria's two-pronged defense and help make faster-acting antibiotics PHILADELPHIA - Antibiotic resistance is a major health threat,...
A third of type one diabetes is misdiagnosed in the over 30s
More than a third of people over the age of 30 who are initially diagnosed with type 2 diabetes actually have type 1, meaning they...
Chloride-channel in muscle cells provides new insights for muscle diseases
Small molecules such as hormones and ions are constantly transported in and out from our cells. This regulates what the cells do in our bodies....
Twelve-year follow-up after peptide receptor radionuclide therapy
Twelve-year retrospective study demonstrates efficacy of peptide receptor radionuclide therapyCredit: Dr. Irene Virgolini A 12-year retrospective clinical study of patients who received peptide receptor radionuclide...
Almost half of World Heritage sites could lose their glaciers by 2100
Credit: IUCN/Martin Price WASHINGTON-- Glaciers are set to disappear completely from almost half of World Heritage sites if business-as-usual emissions continue, according to the first-ever...
