Secret new weapon of insect-transmitted viruses exposed
Credit: UCANR RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Findings by a team of scientists, including two from the University of California, Riverside, could provide critical knowledge to...
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Report from international workshop on reducing animal use for acute toxicity testing published
Washington -- A report outlining the findings of the international expert workshop "Alternative Approaches for Identifying Acute Systemic Toxicity: Moving From Research to Regulatory Testing"...
Place matters in late diagnosis of colorectal cancer, study finds
In addition to a person's race or ethnicity, where they live can matter in terms of whether they are diagnosed at a late stage for...
Crohn’s disease risk and prognosis determined by different genes, study finds
Researchers have identified a series of genetic variants that affect the severity of Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease - but surprisingly, none of these...
NASA sees storms affecting the western US
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA GOES Project Extreme rain events have been affecting California and snow has blanketed the Pacific Northwest. NASA/NOAA's GOES Project created...
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...
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...
