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...
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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...
Deep brain stimulation without implants
Credit: Nir Grossman, Ph.D., Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah, Ph.D., and Andrii Rudenko, Ph.D. MIT researchers have developed a method that excites neurons deep within the brain...
A noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Delivering an electrical current to a part of the brain involved in movement control has proven successful in treating many Parkinson's disease...
Researchers uncover clues about how HIV virus mutates
SEATTLE - June 1, 2017 - A new study published in Cell Host & Microbe led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center completely...
NASA sees Tropical Depression 2E moving over Mexican state of Oaxaca
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Depression 2E in infrared, visible and microwave light as it began its...
LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, demonstrating that a new window in...
Third gravitational wave detection offers new insight into black holes
Credit: LSC/OzGrav An international team of researchers has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, in a discovery that provides...
