After Deepwater Horizon spill: Which animals weathered the disaster
A new study from a Coastal Waters Consortium team of researchers led by Rutgers University postdoctoral researcher, Michael McCann, has found which birds, fish, insects...
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Hodgkin lymphoma survivors at high risk of second cancers
Patients who are cured of Hodgkin lymphoma are at a high risk of developing a second type of cancer, particularly if they have a family...
CRUST adds new layer of defense against earthquakes and tsunamis
The first computer model to simulate the whole chain of events triggered by offshore mega subduction earthquakes could reduce losses to life and property caused...
New forensic tools will help identify children in child sexual exploitation material
BROOKLYN, New York - Researchers at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering and the digital intelligence tech company Griffeye have begun building a...
A novel protein regulates cancer immunity and could offer a therapeutic target
Credit: Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina In an article published online ahead of print on March 13, 2017 by the Journal of Clinical...
Enlarged prostate later in life could stem from fetal development early on
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- New research from Michigan State University indicates that embryonic tissue, key to the development of a baby's gender, could contribute to...
Mystery of memory cells answered through mouse study
Credit: MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (March 13, 2017) -- When an infection attacks the body for the first time, T cells of the immune system...
NASA, NOAA satellites see winter storm madness ‘March’ to the East
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project NASA and NOAA satellites are providing various views of the major winter storm marching toward the U.S. East...
Researchers develop new method to program nanoparticle organization in polymer thin films
Credit: The University of Akron Controlling the organization of nanoparticles into patterns in ultrathin polymer films can be accomplished with entropy instead of chemistry, according...
Profiting from the fight against corruption
It makes sense for non-governmental organizations to band together to fight government corruption; they get better results that way. But did you know it's also...
Solid metal has ‘structural memory’ of its liquid state
Credit: Image courtesy of Yu Shu and Guoyin Shen. Washington, DC-- New work from a team including Carnegie's Guoyin Shen and Yoshio Kono used high...
New method enables creation of better therapeutic antibodies
Credit: Tiezheng Li/Lai-Xi Wang/UMD Antibodies are the foot soldiers of our immune system. These specialized, Y-shaped proteins attach to bacteria and viruses, where they either...
Rapid decline of Arctic sea ice a combination of climate change and natural variability
Arctic sea ice in recent decades has declined even faster than predicted by most models of climate change. Many scientists have suspected that the trend...
Flowering times shift with loss of species from a grassland ecosystem
Credit: Amy Wolf Scientists have documented many cases in which the timing of seasonal events, such as the flowering of plants or the emergence of...
Genetic key to salt-tolerance discovered in tilapia fish
Most fish live either in fresh water or salt water, but others, including tilapia, have the remarkable ability to physiologically adjust to varying salinity levels...
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