New cancer immunotherapy drugs rapidly reach patients after approval
New Haven, Conn.-- The majority of patients eligible for cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors received treatment within a few months of FDA approval,...
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OSU researchers question conservation community’s acceptance of trophy hunting
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are challenging the premise that trophy hunting is an acceptable and effective tool for wildlife conservation and...
Mapping movements of ocean creatures great and small
A whale and a turtle differ in size, shape and lifestyle but their patterns of movement are surprisingly similar, reveals the largest collection of movement...
Mini tractor beams help arrange artificial cells into tissue structures
Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have used lasers to connect, arrange and merge artificial cells, paving the way for networks of artificial cells that act...
New phase of globalization could undermine efforts to reduce CO2 emissions
New research reveals the growth of carbon production from Chinese exports has slowed or reversed, reflecting a "new phase of globalisation" between developing countries that...
New research says location of protected areas vital to wildlife survival
Credit: Evan Richardson Location, location, location is not just a buzzword for homebuyers. A new study, by 17 conservation scientists and environmental scholars, say the...
Researchers may be underestimating roadkill numbers
A new study in the Journal of Urban Ecology, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that the number of wild animals killed by motor vehicles...
What financial markets, cancer cells, and global warming have in common
A team of biophysicists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) presents a mathematically concise method for comparing different pricing models in their latest publication in Natu..
WSU Tri-Cities team researching use of fungi to restore native plant populations
Credit: Washington State University RICHLAND, Wash. - Transplanting fungi to restore native plant populations in the Midwest and Northwest is the focus of efforts by...
New tool predicts eye, hair and skin color from a DNA sample of an unidentified individual
Credit: Walsh lab in School of Science at IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS - An international team, led by scientists from the School of Science at IUPUI and...
Eco-friendly water treatment works best with experienced bacterial flora
Sustainable, biological filters called slow sand filters have been used to filter drinking water since the 1800s. They don't use any chemicals, create no waste...
Even low concentrations of silver can foil wastewater treatment
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research at Oregon State University has shed new light how an increasingly common consumer product component - silver nanoparticles - can potentially...
Call for low-cost approach to tackle disease afflicting millions of the world’s poorest
Credit: Brighton and Sussex Medical School Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) are asking governments in the developing world to adopt a low-cost,...
Caring, accountability, and continuity: What patients and caregivers want during hospital care transition
(Boston)-- Hospitals are continuously working to improve care transitions, the time when patients are discharged from the hospital and moved to post-acute care facilities or...
Homeless veterans at increased risk of hospital readmission after surgery
May 14, 2018 - For veterans undergoing surgery in the VA healthcare system, homelessness is an important risk factor for unplanned hospital readmission, reports a...
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