Potential drug candidates halt prostate and breast cancer growth
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - March 9, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have designed...
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Unexpected oxidation state for molecular plutonium discovered
Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 9, 2017--Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the University of California - Irvine (UCI) have uncovered...
Chinese famine data show no long-term health effects except for schizophrenia
March 8, 2017 -- A new systematic re-analysis of all previous studies of long-term health effects of prenatal exposure to the Chinese Famine of 1959-61...
Fish and mercury: Detailed consumption advisories would better serve women across US
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Among women of childbearing age in the U.S., fish consumption has increased in recent years while blood mercury concentrations have decreased, suggesting...
Researchers discover how neurons tell each other to die under trauma, disease
A major contributor to most neurological diseases is the degeneration of a wire-like part of nerve cells called an axon, which electrically transmits information from...
Targeting cancer stem cells improves treatment effectiveness and prevents metastasis
Targeting cancer stem cells may be a more effective way to overcome cancer resistance and prevent the spread of squamous cell carcinoma -- the most...
The intestine has a reservoir of stem cells that are resistant to chemotherapy
Credit: Franscisco Barriga, IRB Barcelona The intestine has a high rate of cellular regeneration due to the wear and tear originated by its function degrading...
Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly
Loading video... Credit: Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido Lab, University of Cambridge A small fly the size of a grain of rice could be the Top Gun of...
Launchpad Leicestar: Multi-million pound investment gives ‘space city’ project lift-off
Credit: University of Leicester Academic leaders at the University of Leicester have hailed the Government's announcement of multi-million pound investment in space science and Earth...
OU professor receives NSF Early CAREER Award
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma Gallogly College of Engineering professor, Steven P. Crossley, is the recipient of a five-year, National Science Foundation...
Opioids before surgery means higher costs, more problems afterward, U-M study finds
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - Surgery patients often go home from the hospital with a prescription for painkillers to take as they...
Six weeks left to register for The International Liver CongressTM 2017
The 52nd Annual Congress of The European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), is being held from 19-23 April, at the RAI Congress...
FRED database gathers root traits to advance understanding of below-ground plant ecology
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy March 9, 2017--Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) scientists have released a new global, centralized database of plant root...
Guiding light: Sandia creates 3-D metasurfaces with optical possibilities
Credit: (Illustration courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Metamaterials don't exist in nature, but their ability to make ultra-thin lenses and ultra-efficient cell...
Using nature to build nanomachines
Credit: Osaka University Flagella are tiny rotary motors that move bacteria. A research team led by Keiichi Namba, professor at Osaka University has used electron...
