Next-gen steel under the microscope
Credit: Photo credit Frank Schulenburg. Next-generation steel and metal alloys are a step closer to reality, thanks to an international research project involving a University...
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NJIT alumnus is named one of the country’s ‘new faces of civil engineering’
Credit: NJIT Muhammad Elgammal, P.E., PMP, a 27-year-old associate civil engineer at The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will be honored tonight...
Prostate cancer trial shows treating with precision radiotherapy cuts course of treatment by 50 percent
Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - March 16, 2017) - An Ontario-led international clinical trial with 1,206 men with localized prostate cancer shows that compressing radiation...
Genetic association with aggressive prostate cancer discovered
Credit: Courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada March 16, 2017 (Toronto) - An international study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...
Dietary anti-cancer compound may work by influence on cellular genetics
Credit: Photo courtesy of Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have discovered one of the reasons why broccoli may be good for your health....
UC researchers use gold coating to control luminescence of nanowires
Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services In electronics, the race for smaller is huge. Physicists at the University of Cincinnati are working to harness the power...
Preventing lead spread
Credit: Courtesy: Biswas Lab While lead pipes were banned decades ago, they still supply millions of American households daily with drinking water amid risks of...
Genetic profile of treatment-resistant lung cancer more variable than previously thought
Credit: Zofia Piotrowska, M.D. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--The genetic mutations underlying treatment resistance in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are more complex and dynamic...
Proton therapy offers new treatment possibility for recurrent lung cancer
Credit: Jennifer Ho, M.D. SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--A new study offers hope for patients with recurrent lung cancer, who historically have been considered ineligible...
SBRT offers curative option for lung cancer patients age 80 and older
Credit: Richard J. Cassidy III, MD SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Patients in their 80s and 90s who have early stage lung cancer but cannot undergo...
Racial disparities persist in treatment and survival of early stage lung cancer
Credit: Andrew M. Farach, MD SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Analysis of the largest American cancer database indicates that racial disparities persist in the treatment and...
New plant research solves a colorful mystery
Credit: The John Innes Centre Research led by scientists at the John Innes Centre has solved a long-standing mystery by deducing how and why strange...
PETA science group promotes animal-free science at society of toxicology conference
Baltimore -- The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. is presenting two posters on animal-free methods for testing inhalation toxicity at the 56th annual Society of...
Prevention and prediction: Understanding how lung cancer progresses
PHILADELPHIA - Treating the brain with a preventative course of radiation may help Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) patients - whose tumors often spread to...
Biomarker blood test shows cancer recurrence months before CT scans
Credit: Chimbu Chinniah SAN FRANCISCO, March 16, 2017--Results from a prospective clinical trial showed that a blood test looking at specific biomarkers was able to...
