Tropical Cyclone Savannah dissipating in Suomi NPP satellite imagery
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Savannah appeared as a wispy area of low pressure on imagery...
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Naltrexone implant helps HIV patients with opioid dependence prevent relapse
Slow-release drug also helped improved HIV outcomes compared to oral form of drug PHILADELPHIA--When patients with HIV who are also battling opioid dependence go without...
Organic semiconductors: One transistor for all purposes
In mobiles, fridges, planes - transistors are everywhere. But they often operate only within a restricted current range. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich physicists have now...
How ‘sleeper cell’ cancer stem cells are maintained in chronic myelogenous leukemia
This knowledge offers a strategy to target and eliminate these persistent leukemic stem cellsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Most patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia can...
Discovery may lead to precision-based strategy for triple negative breast cancer
Indiana University researcher develops promising nanotechnology approach for treatment of aggressive form of diseaseCredit: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS - Unlike the three most...
Developing a diverse scientific workforce to end the Alzheimer’s epidemic
Credit: UAHS BioCommunications TUCSON, Ariz. - Roberta Diaz Brinton, PhD, an internationally recognized expert on Alzheimer's disease and inaugural director of the Center for Innovation...
NIH to test experimental drug to curb drug cravings
Early-stage trial opens at clinical centerCredit: NIAID A clinical trial of an experimental drug designed to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) has...
African-Americans more likely to be misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, Rutgers study finds
The study suggests a bias in misdiagnosing blacks with major depression and schizophrenia African-Americans with severe depression are more likely to be misdiagnosed as having...
Study gives new perspective on production of blood cells and immune cells
Researchers tracked and quantified the production of different kinds of blood cells and immune cells to understand how the body maintains a balanced supply A...
Blue Brain solves a century-old neuroscience problem
Neuroscientists can now start building a formal catalogue for all the types of cells in the brain, with their role and functionCredit: EPFL / Blue...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Veronica affecting Australia’s Pilbara Coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone Veronica skirting the Pilbara coast...
Bacteria bide their time when antibiotics attack
Rice University study suggests strategies for better dosage to fight infectionsCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HOUSTON - (March 21, 2019) - If...
C-sections are seen as breastfeeding barrier in US, but not in other global communities
Indigenous Mexican mothers practice prolonged breastfeeding even after C-sections and their babies benefitCredit: Photo provided by Rosy Garibay WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The increase in...
First reputation-based blockchain guarantees security against 51 percent attacks
Researchers at the University of Luxembourg are part of an international team that has proposed the first blockchain system to guarantee proper performance even when...
Physicists reveal why matter dominates universe
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have confirmed that matter and antimatter decay differently for elementary particles...
