Scientific advances in thoracic oncology in 2016 highlighted by the IASLC
DENVER - Capturing and summarizing the remarkable progress in lung cancer prevention, diagnosis, staging and treatment in 2016, the International ...
Study of sisters helps explain dad’s influence on risky sexual behavior
What is it about a father that affects his teenage daughter's likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behavior? Researchers have ...
Nepal: 15 years after legalizing abortions, gaps in access, equity, quality continue to exist
(Boston)--Nepal is often heralded as a model of successful implementation and rapid scale-up of safe abortion services. Yet despite the ...
Sensitivity to inequity is in wolves’ and dogs’ blood
Credit: Robert Bayer Not only dogs but also wolves react to inequity - similar to humans or primates. This has ...
Autonomous machines edge towards greater independence
Cars that can drive autonomously have recently made headlines. In the near future, machines that can learn autonomously will become ...
SpaceX Dragon to deliver research to Space Station
Credit: NASA SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon spacecraft for its eleventh commercial resupply mission to the International Space ...
Nanotechnology reveals hidden depths of bacterial ‘machines’
Credit: Dr Luning Liu, University of Liverpool New research from the University of Liverpool, published in the journal Nanoscale, has ...
Where climate change is most likely to induce food violence
COLUMBUS, Ohio - While climate change is expected to lead to more violence related to food scarcity, new research suggests ...
Male sexual behavior linked to elevated male sex hormone receptors in muscles of sex-changing fish
Credit: Kory Gozjack ATLANTA--Sex-changing fish exhibit differences in androgen receptor (AR) expression in muscles that are highly sensitive to androgens ...
Study finds delayed food introduction increases risk of sensitization
Hamilton, ON, June 8, 2017 -- Delaying the introduction of potentially allergenic foods until after a baby's first year may ...
Self-learning robot hands
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University The system was developed as part of the large-scale research project Famula at Bielefeld University's Cluster ...
Why the marijuana and tobacco policy camps are on very different paths
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - The regulatory approaches to marijuana and tobacco in the United States are on ...
Study reveals sweetened drinks during pregnancy puts infants at higher risk for obesity
A recent Danish study of children born to women with gestational diabetes, found that maternal daily consumption of artificially-sweetened beverages ...
IDEAS study spurs related research to impact dementia care
Washington, DC and Chicago, June 8, 2017 -- The milestone Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study is ...
Revolutionary U of A biopsy-reading invention reaches the masses
Credit: University of Alberta A groundbreaking University of Alberta invention that will impact transplant patients' outcomes--and possibly cancer outcomes in ...
Culprit hidden in plain sight in Alzheimer disease development
Credit: Dr. Lilian Calderone Missoula, MT, June 8, 2017 -- A new study by researchers at the University of Montana, ...
Researchers identify immune component up-regulated in brain after viral infection
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--A new study of infection by a virus that ...
Carotid artery gives away human biological age
Credit: MIPT's Press office Russian researchers have provided a new method of determining human biological age. The group hails from ...
Cell cultures go for the gold
Credit: BioServe A wide variety of research relies on growing cells in culture on Earth, but handling these cells is ...
Report looks at liver cancer, fastest-growing cause of cancer deaths in US
A new report provides an overview of incidence, mortality, and survival rates and trends for liver cancer, a cancer for ...
