Study of complex genetic region finds hidden role of NCF1 in multiple autoimmune diseases
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This Week from AGU: Greenland Ice Sheet melting can cool subtropics and alter climate
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An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwart cancer
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Refined method offers new piece in the cancer puzzle
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Patient self checks are critical to avoid potentially deadly melanoma recurrence
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Collapsed chloroplasts are targeted in self-eating process
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Carnivores more seriously threatened by roads than previously acknowledged
Credit: raincarnation40 / Pixabay.com / CC0 Public Domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.de) Leipzig/Halle (Saale)/Porto. The effects of roads on carnivores have obviously ..
Bright spots of resilience to climate disturbance
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UA hosts conference on science diplomacy and policy
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Office-based test developed to identify amyloidosis-related heart failure
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Study provides new insight into different forms of heart failure
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Large groups of photons on demand — an equivalent of photonic ‘integrated circuit’
Credit: Source: UW Physics, Mateusz Mazelanik Holographic atomic memory, invented and constructed by physicists from the Faculty of Physics at ...
Hidden lakes drain below West Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
Credit: Ben Smith/University of Washington Thwaites Glacier on the edge of West Antarctica is one of the planet's fastest-moving glaciers. ...
How to decrease the mass of aircrafts
Credit: Aleksander Babkin Members of the Department of Chemistry of Lomonosov Moscow State University have created unique polymer matrices for ...
Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation to bestow annual awards
FAIRFAX, VA (Feb. 8, 2017) -- Riad Salem, M.D., MBA, FSIR, will receive the Society of Interventional Radiology Foundation Leaders ...
Mayo Clinic researchers quantify immune cells associated with future breast cancer risk
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NIH study reveals how melanoma spreads
Cancerous tumors are voracious. Once they have consumed all the oxygen and nutrients in the original tumor site, the cancer ...
Pioneering chip extends sensors’ battery life
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UMass Amherst boosts deep learning research with powerful new GPU cluster
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Diesel trains may expose passengers to exhaust
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