Prostate cancer patients more likely to die of other diseases, say 15-year PLCO results
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Starting in 1993 and ending in 2001, ten academic medical centers in the United States screened 76,685 men and...
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Unraveling the secrets of cluster crystallization
Credit: ICIQ A team of researchers at ICIQ in Tarragona (Spain) and Oregon State University (US) combine experimental and computational strategies to understand the secrets...
Why cryptophyte algae are really good at harvesting light
Credit: Desmond Toa In an algae-eat-algae world, it's the single-celled photosynthetic organisms at the top (layer of the ocean) that absorb the most sunlight. Underneath,...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Vardah spinning near Andaman Islands
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team As NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Bay of Bengal, Tropical Cyclone 05B was renamed Vardah and...
What to do with the data?
Credit: Illustration by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Corinne Mucha Rapid advances in computing constantly translate into new technologies in our everyday lives. The same is...
Who needs a body? Not these larvae, which are basically swimming heads
Credit: Image credit: Paul Gonzalez, Hopkins Marine Station Graduate student Paul Gonzalez at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station recently became a hunter, breeder and farmer...
High altitudes hamper hummingbirds’ ability to manoeuvre: UBC research
Credit: Paolo Segre, University of British Columbia/ Stanford University. Hummingbirds' ability to accelerate and turn diminishes at high altitudes, but it isn't a lack of...
ABIVAX reports on ABX464 as HIV functional cure and treatment for inflammatory diseases
ABX464 Upregulates IL-22 and miR-124 Suggesting Strong Anti-Inflammatory Effect, Broadening Therapeutic Potential Announcing Proof-of-Concept Clinical Trial of ABX464 to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Dise..
DFG announces winners in second round of international research marketing competition
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) today announced the winners of the second round of an ideas competition in international research marketing. Awards will...
Queen’s researchers receive funding to track impact of climate change on polar bears
KINGSTON - Queen's University researchers Stephen C. Lougheed, Peter Van Coeverden de Groot and Graham Whitelaw have been awarded $9.5 million in total partner cash...
Mixed results
The results are in, and while the world's oceans show no significant decline over the past year, their condition should not be mistaken as a...
RNA modification important for brain function
Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have shown that a new way of regulating genes is vital...
Max Planck Neuroscience launches research and news site for scientific community
Credit: Max Planck Neuroscience From the world's most progressive researchers on the cusp of scientific discovery, the Max Planck Neuroscience (MP Neuro) website now brings...
Scientists track restoration of communication in minimally conscious patient
Credit: Nancy Worthen A severely brain injured woman, who recovered the ability to communicate using her left eye, restored connections and function of the areas...
Tumor found in a 255-million-year-old mammalian ancestor
A tumor in a 255-million-year-old mammalian ancestor called a gorgonopsian is detailed in a new research letter published online by JAMA Oncology. The research letter...
