Research uncovers a potential new strategy to fight ovarian cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new discovery opens the possibility of developing a novel way to fight ovarian cancer. Researchers at Baylor College of...
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2018 HFSP postdoctoral fellowships
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) announced today the 91 fellowship awards to the world's most outstanding young life scientists, chosen through rigorous...
Early growth after preterm birth is linked to cognitive functioning in adulthood
(University of Helsinki) M.Psych., B.Med. Sara Sammallahti from University of Helsinki showed in her doctoral study that early growth during the first months of life...
Increase in heart rate as blood pressure falls could be early sign of neurological disease
A simple bedside test that matches a change in heart rate with a drop in blood pressure after a patient stands may help doctors diagnose...
Sensors to prevent Parkinson’s patients from falling
A groundbreaking project for Parkinson's patients from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology Health (EIT Health) titled 'MoveIT' has now been launched under the...
Automated electric taxis could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and costs
Word on the street is that self-driving cars are the next big thing. But current vehicles emit a lot of greenhouse gases, and self-driving cars...
Monterey Bay Aquarium study finds sea turtles use flippers to manipulate food
Credit: Copyright Fujii et al. shared under Creative Commons CC BY Sea turtles use their flippers to handle prey despite the limbs being evolutionarily designed...
Heart disease, stroke less widespread among foreign-born vs. US-born adults
DALLAS, March 28, 2018 -- Foreign-born adults living in the United States had a lower prevalence of coronary heart disease and stroke than U.S.-born adults...
Finding the Achilles heel of cancer
Credit: Gaëlle Marteil, IGC. A research team led by Monica Bettencourt Dias, from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC, Portugal), discovered important features of cancer cells...
Liver cancer caused by alcohol consumption may have worse prognosis than other forms
A new study indicates that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as patients with liver cancer that is not associated...
‘Fog harp’ increases collection capacity for clean water
Credit: Virginia Tech Fog harvesting may look like whimsical work. After all, installing giant nets along hillsides and mountaintops to catch water out of thin...
Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs
Credit: Christian Sidor/University of Washington After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life outside of the ocean began...
Ragweed casts shade on soy production
Credit: Amit Jhala Ragweed, its pollen potent to allergy sufferers, might be more than a source of sneezes. In the Midwest, the plant may pose...
Mandatory nutrition policies may impact sugar consumption
Mandatory nutrition policies could be a valuable tool in helping high school students to lower their sugar intake, a University of Waterloo study has found....
Surgeons transform static ‘Mona Lisa’ smiles to joyous ones
Credit: Kofi Bohene By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic facial expressions of joy -- wide...
