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Amsterdam, March 30, 2017 - Scientists have uncovered how tumor cells in aggressive uterine cancer can switch disguises and spread so quickly to other parts...

Credit: Paul Dyson/EPFL Scientists at EPFL and NTU have discovered that combining an anticancer drug with an antirheumatic produces improved effects against tumors. The discovery...

Credit: Jerry Kirkhart, Flickr Foraging abilities of the amoeboid slime mold Physarum polycephalum may be improved by "noise" in the form of intermittent light exposure,...

Compressed sensing is an exciting new computational technique for extracting large amounts of information from a signal. In one high-profile demonstration, for instance, researchers at...

Credit: University of Notre Dame They are the chemicals that made consumers think twice about using nonstick cookware. New research in the journal Environmental Science...

Credit: Riley Brandt Radon gas is a colourless, odourless radioactive gas that has been linked to lung cancer. Now, University of Calgary, Cumming School of...

ANN ARBOR--Using PET scans of the brain, University of Michigan researchers showed that dopamine falls and fluctuates at different times during a migraine headache. This...

Credit: OSC J.C. "Jesse" Owens possessed both elite speed and raw power, which he honed and blended on his way to winning four Olympic gold...

High-performance materials are enabling major advances in a wide range of applications from energy generation and digital information storage to disease screening and medical devices....

Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle are scheduled to present and discuss the latest developments in immunotherapy and proteomics at the...

A massive new study involving blood samples from over 30,000 individuals has identified 13 new genetic risk factors for glioma, the most common type of...

Credit: NASA NASA is working to forever change the way astronauts communicate to and from space using an advanced laser communications system called LEMNOS, which...

Credit: John-David Rocha and Reginald Rogers A new class of carbon nanotubes could be the next-generation clean-up crew for toxic sludge and contaminated water, say...

Credit: Eunice Soh About 80 million years ago, a group of bees began exhibiting social behavior, which includes raising young together, sharing food resources and...

Loading video... Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Kathryn Mersmann Wheat, rice, sugar, cotton and maize are among the essential internationally traded crops in the global...