Predicting the uphill battle
Geographers use big data to predict how slope affects human travel ratesCredit: Michael Campbell Have you ever been running on a sidewalk making pretty good...
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Global eradication of ‘fly of death’ not ethically justified, researchers conclude
Credit: Photo courtesy of Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - The tsetse fly, also known as the "fly of death" and the "poverty fly," is...
Older women have the highest risk of dying from cervical cancer
New research from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital shows that women aged 65 and older have a higher risk of dying from cervical cancer...
Urine test to evaluate immunotherapy success gets $1.8 million NIH research grant
Credit: Georgia Tech / EllaMaru Studios work for hire / press handout New immunotherapies can dramatically defeat cancer. But more often, cancer evades them, and...
Wild bees flock to forested areas affected by severe fire
Credit: Jim Rivers, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - A groundbreaking two-year study in southern Oregon found greater abundance and diversity of wild bees in areas that...
A new hope of quantum computers for factorizations of RSA with a thousand-fold excess
Credit: ©Science China Press There are two types of quantum computers: universal quantum computers and dedicated ones, the state-of-the-art one of which is the commercial...
Lithuanian researchers created special food for elderly patients
Researchers of Kaunas University of Technology and Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) developed innovative micronutrient rich food product for elderly people with swallowing difficultiesCredit:...
Elucidation of functional mechanism of ‘love hormone,’ oxytocin, at molecular level
Credit: Kanazawa University Oxytocin*1) is a cyclic peptide consisting of 9 amino acid residues. Oxytocin is primarily produced by the neurosecretory cells in paraventricular hypothalamic...
UBC research recommends graduated return to work after prostatectomy
Worker identity of being strong, providing for families should be redefined New UBC research cautions men recovering from a radical prostatectomy to take it easy...
Coral study traces excess nitrogen to Maui wastewater treatment facility
Nutrient pollution has been blamed for algal blooms and degradation of coral reefs along Maui's west coastCredit: Peter Swarzenski, USGS A new method for reconstructing...
Metal-free catalyst to convert aldehyde into ketone, a basic structure of pharmaceuticals
Credit: Kanazawa University Ketones are important organic compounds found in a variety of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and natural products. The synthesis of a ketone directly from...
Experimental Biology highlights — Cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and medical news
Studies offer insights on development, prevention and treatment of leading diseases Embargoed press materials are now available for the Experimental Biology (EB) 2019 meeting, to...
Experimental Biology highlights — Environment and public health
New research on the natural world, environmental exposures, opioids and pregnancy Embargoed press materials are now available for the Experimental Biology (EB) 2019 meeting, to...
Researchers discover why men are more likely to develop liver cancer
Credit: Manieri et al., 2019 Researchers in Spain have discovered that a hormone secreted by fat cells that is present at higher levels in women...
Adiponectin, the hormone that protects women against liver cancer
A team at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has found an explanation for the lower rate of liver cancer in womenCredit: CNIC A...
