VLT to search for planets in Alpha Centauri system
Credit: Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO ESO has signed an agreement with the Breakthrough Initiatives to adapt the Very Large Telescope instrumentation in Chile to conduct a...
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Boston College and MIT chemists report E-selective macrocyclic ring-closing metathesis
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (Jan. 9, 2017) - Using ring-closing metathesis to exploit the properties of carbon-carbon double bonds, researchers from Boston College and the Massachusetts...
Researchers reveal how cancer cells cope with genetic chaos
Scientists have uncovered how tumours are able to grow despite significant damage to the structure and number of their chromosomes* - the storage units of...
Do weekend warriors reap any health benefits?
WASHINGTON, DC (January 9, 2017)--The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends getting at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise spread out during the...
High cholesterol intake and eggs do not increase risk of memory disorders
A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that a relatively high intake of dietary cholesterol, or eating one egg every day, are...
Rettsyndrome.org reaches milestone of $40 million in research funding
(Cincinnati, OH) The International Rett Syndrome Foundation, now doing business as Rettsyndrome.org, announces today that Rettsyndrome.org has reached a milestone in research funding. The leading...
Crystallization method offers new option for carbon capture from ambient air
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Genevieve Martin OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Jan. 9, 2017 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found...
Neural connection keeps instincts in check
Credit: EMBL/Livia Marrone Monterotondo, 9 January 2016 - From fighting the urge to hit someone to resisting the temptation to run off stage instead of...
Why high-dose vitamin C kills cancer cells
Vitamin C has a patchy history as a cancer therapy, but researchers at the University of Iowa believe that is because it has often been...
Prostate cancer researchers find genetic fingerprint identifying how, when disease spreads
Loading video... Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - Jan. 9, 2017) - Canadian prostate cancer researchers have discovered the genetic fingerprint that explains why up to...
New study: What do health plan deductibles really mean for people with chronic illness?
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- For tens of millions of Americans, the start of a new year means the counter has gone back to zero on...
‘Weekend warriors’ have lower risk of death from cancer, cardiovascular disease
The finding suggests that less frequent bouts of activity, which might fit more easily into a busy lifestyle, offer significant health benefits, even in the...
New insights into mechanisms of breast cancer development and resistance to therapy
Why does breast cancer develop and how come certain patients are resistant to established therapies? Researchers from the University of Basel have gained new insights...
How on earth does geotagging work?
Credit: John Ulan EDMONTON (Monday, January 9, 2017)--In an increasingly digital world, we don't always consider where on earth the information we find online comes...
For chemicals, mega is out and bio is in
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Ramon Gonzalez sees flares burning methane from the stacks above Houston's refineries and thinks, "What a waste." He believes that methane...
