Hydropower in China impacts the flow of the Mekong River
Credit: Timo Räsänen A study led by researchers from Aalto University in Finland reveals that the hydropower projects in China have caused major river flow...
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MD Anderson and EMD Serono enter 3-year strategic collaboration to accelerate development of investigational oncology/immuno-oncology compounds
HOUSTON - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and EMD Serono, the healthcare business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in the U.S. and...
Mayo Clinic researchers identify new potential treatment for cancer metastasis
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Breast cancer metastasis, the process by which cancer spreads, may be prevented through the new use of a class of drugs already...
WSU researchers discover unique microbial photosynthesis
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University have discovered a new type of cooperative photosynthesis that could be used in...
Has the Affordable Care Act reduced socioeconomic disparities in cancer screening?
Out-of-pocket expenditures are thought to be a significant barrier to receiving cancer preventive services, especially for individuals of lower socioeconomic status. A new study looks...
UTSA study shows how phishing scams thrive on overconfidence
A new study by H.R. Rao, AT&T Distinguished Chair in Infrastructure Assurance and Security at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), examines overconfidence...
Where is heavy air pollution in Beijing from?
Credit: IAP Beijing's latest smog alert has dragged on into the first week of 2017. In fact, the joint prevention and control policy for atmospheric...
Species diversity reduces chances of crop failure in algal biofuel systems
ANN ARBOR--When growing algae in outdoor ponds as a next-generation biofuel, a naturally diverse mix of species will help reduce the chance of crop failure,...
Gut microbes and bird’s breath from the U at #SICB2017
University of Utah researchers will be among the scientists convening in New Orleans for the 2017 Annual Meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative...
Brazilian study compiles data on 958 types of South American jellyfish
Credit: Cebimar/USP Jellyfish are a highly diverse group of aquatic animals. Their diameters range from 1 mm to over 1 m. Most have long tentacles,...
While not necessarily reality, perception can cause reality to evolve
New Orleans, LA - In an invited perspective published January 6, 2017, in Science, Hamilton Farris, PhD, Associate Professor-Research at LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience...
Research supports role of supernovas in measuring pace at which the universe expands
A team of research scientists led by David Cinabro, professor of physics and astronomy in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State...
USDA announces $2.9 million available for biorefinery research
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $2.9 million...
The U joins national sustainable manufacturing alliance for recycling and remanufacturing
Rochester Institute of Technology's Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS) was selected this week by the U.S. Department of Energy, as part of its Manufacturing USA...
Hubble detects ‘exocomets’ taking the plunge into a young star
Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild and G. Bacon (STScI) Interstellar forecast for a nearby star: Raining comets! NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered comets...
