Five years before brain cancer diagnosis, changes detectable in blood
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Changes in immune activity appear to signal a growing brain tumor five years before symptoms arise, new research has found. Interactions among...
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‘Instantly rechargeable’ battery could change the future of electric and hybrid automobiles
A technology developed by Purdue researchers could provide an "instantly rechargeable" method that is safe, affordable and environmentally friendly for recharging electric and hybrid vehicle...
How the Nazis invented nerve agents like sarin (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 1, 2017 -- Nerve agents are arguably the most brutal chemical weapons. These infamous compounds, which include sarin...
What’s powering your devices?
Credit: StockSnap/Jason Blackeye PULLMAN, Wash. - Do Americans want to use more renewable energy? Yes they do - regardless of whether they're Democrats or Republicans,...
Why antibiotics fail
When a patient is prescribed the wrong antibiotic to treat a bacterial infection, it's not necessarily the physician who is at fault. The current antibiotic...
Prevention to precision, SWOG presents a raft of research at ASCO 2017
PORTLAND, OR - Researchers from SWOG, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute, will participate in 32 presentations to be made...
Get to know the omentum: The apron of fat that protects your abdomen
The quirkiest organ in the human body may be a large sheet of fat that stretches over the intestines, liver, and stomach like an elastic...
Why was a teenager with bone cancer buried on Witch Hill in Panama?
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) Likely the first bone tumor from an ancient skeleton in Central America is reported by Smithsonian archaeologists and colleagues. The starburst-shaped...
Rice U. scientists slash computations for deep learning
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University computer scientists have adapted a widely used technique for rapid data lookup to slash the amount of computation --...
RIT scientists measure black hole’s tilt and spin for clues to how massive stars die
Rochester Institute of Technology researchers continue to make significant contributions to gravitational wave astronomy, with the third detection of gravitational waves and a new black...
Flying metal detectors? Navy tests new unmanned mine-detection system
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released) ARLINGTON, Va.--During a recent technology demonstration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Dr. Rosemarie Oelrich and Dr....
Muon magnet’s moment has arrived
Credit: Reidar Hahn/Fermilab What do you get when you revive a beautiful 20-year-old physics machine, carefully transport it 3,200 miles over land and sea to...
Common class of chemicals cause cancer by breaking down DNA repair mechanisms
A common class of chemicals found everywhere from car exhausts, smoke, building materials and furniture to cosmetics and shampoos could increase cancer risk because of...
A protein that stem cells require could be a target in killing breast cancer cells
Credit: Dos Santos Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - For years, cancer experts have realized that cancerous cells behave in certain ways like stem...
Combined optical and molecular imaging could guide breast-conserving surgery
Credit: A. D. Purushotham, MD, King's College London, UK RESTON, Va. - Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is the primary treatment for early-stage breast cancer, but more...
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