New blood test detects early stage ovarian cancer
Research on a bacterial toxin first discovered in Adelaide has led to the development a new blood test for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer...
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Study: In-person, but not online, social contact may protect against psychiatric disorders
Credit: Michael Moody In-person social contact seems to offer some protection against depression and PTSD symptoms, but the same is not true of contact on...
Less pollution can add a year to the lives of Copenhageners in 2040
Copenhagen has been struggling with air pollution for many years now. Pollution from lorries, vans, busses and cars each year costs lives. Now research conducted...
Artificially intelligent food solutions reduce the waste of resources
Credit: Daniel Schultz Madsen Klavs Martin Sorensen is an associate professor in the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH FOOD), in...
Research focuses on a new frontier in circadian rhythms
Credit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- A new frontier in the science of circadian rhythms - whose disruption is linked to major diseases like cancer and...
A major step toward non-viral ocular gene therapy using laser and nanotechnology
(Polytechnique Montréal) Gold nanoparticles, which act like 'nanolenses,' concentrate the energy produced by the extremely short pulse of a femtosecond laser to create a nanoscale...
Scientists trained a computer to classify breast cancer tumors
Using technology similar to the type that powers facial and speech recognition on a smartphone, researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer...
Current climate models underestimate warming by black carbon aerosol
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Soot belches out of diesel engines, rises from wood- and dung-burning cookstoves and shoots out of oil refinery stacks....
Let’s draw!: New deep learning technique for realistic caricature art
Credit: Image courtesy of Kaidi Cao Caricature portrait drawing is a distinct art form where artists sketch a person's face in an exaggerated manner, most...
Powerful new map depicts environmental degradation across Earth
Credit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC A powerful new map by the University of Cincinnati illustrates one motivating force behind migrant caravans leaving Guatemala and Honduras to reach...
Research offers hope for simpler cancer diagnosis and treatment
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo Monitoring cancer can often be an intrusive and exhausting process for patients. But with Brigham Young University chemistry professor Ryan Kelly's...
Freeze-frame microscopy captures molecule’s ‘lock-and-load’ on DNA
Credit: Eva Nogales lab, UC Berkeley Pushing the limits of cryo-electron microscopy, University of California, Berkeley, scientists have captured freeze-frames of the changing shape of...
Stopping cancer with a smartphone
Credit: DK Kang Dongkyun "DK" Kang was in the shower a few years ago when inspiration struck, and he became interested in the idea of...
When it comes to love: Personality matters: QUT research
Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication Men with a greater range of personality traits, especially those deemed extraverted, emotionally stable, agreeable or conscientious, have sex more...
Researchers offer perspective on legal, ethical implications of lost eggs and embryos
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On March 3, 2018, a liquid nitrogen storage tank at the University Hospitals Fertility Center in Cleveland failed. Dr. Eli Adashi, a...
