Blood-collection device makes radiation testing quick and easy
Credit: Photo by Tabbitha Mosier PHOENIX - A University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix research team has developed a blood self-collection device to...
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Study helps pinpoint what makes species vulnerable to environmental change
Credit: (Photo by Umesh Srinivasan, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) The fabled use of canaries in coal mines as an early warning...
UMass Amherst scientists developing small device to improve understanding of schizophrenia
NIH-funded study aims to create objective assessment tool and personalized treatment options for patientsCredit: UMass Amherst Two high-tech health researchers at the University of Massachusetts...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches last burst before demise of Tropical Depression 17E
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Mexico and found two small areas of very strong thunderstorms near two different coastlines. One area...
Digital breast tomosynthesis increases cancer detection over full-field mammography
American Journal of Roentgenology research comparing digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography finds that DBT results in 'significantly increased cancer detection rates'--irrespective of tumor...
New augmented reality system lets smartphone users get hands-on with virtual objects
Credit: Huang lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A new software system developed by Brown University researchers turns cell phones into augmented reality portals,...
Rapamycin for longevity — Opinion article
Credit: Mikhail V. Blagosklonny [email protected] The scientist discusses several reasons, including fear of the actual and fictional side effects of rapamycin, everolimus and other clinically-approved...
Respiratory diseases linked with high blood pressure in lungs
MU researcher examines underlying conditions causing pulmonary hypertensionCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects...
‘The ethics of human genome editing’ special issue published in The CRISPR Journal
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 15, 2019--The Ethics of Human Genome Editing is the subject of intensive discussion and debate...
A secret in saliva: Food and germs helped humans evolve into unique member of great apes
Researchers say human and primate saliva 'could be overlooked hotbeds of evolutionary activity'Credit: Photo: Stefan Ruhl BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Two million years of eating meat...
X marks the spot: recombination in structurally distinct chromosomes
Credit: Hawley Lab KANSAS CITY, MO-Two years ago, scientists from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research reported the 3D structure of the synaptonemal complex in...
Scientists discover skin keeps time independent of the brain
Skin expresses its own photoreceptors using a previously mysterious member of the opsin gene family, neuroposinCredit: Alice Gray Squids, octopuses, cuttlefish, amphibians, and chameleon lizards...
New marker for tumor aggression in neurofibromatosis type 1
New molecular insights could mean more accurate prognoses and better selection of therapiesCredit: Acta Neuropathologica Communications Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report...
NASA’s Terra satellite catches end of Atlantic Tropical Depression 15
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Depression Fifteen or TD15, developed off the west coast of Africa on Oct. 14 by 5 p.m. EDT. The depression...
New international exercise guidelines for cancer survivors
Credit: Martin Dee/University of British Columbia For the rising number of cancer survivors worldwide, there's growing evidence that exercise is an important part of recovery....