What do Netflix, Google and planetary systems have in common?
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Machine learning is a powerful tool used for a variety of tasks in modern life, from fraud detection and sorting spam in Google,...
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Study examines association of asbestos exposure, mesothelioma in Eastern China
A new research letter published online by JAMA Oncology looks at asbestos exposure and malignant mesothelioma in Eastern China. The study examined tumors diagnosed as...
Could ambulatory surgical centers help bend the cost curve in US health care?
ROSEMONT, Ill. (December 1, 2016)--U.S. healthcare costs have more than tripled since the 1960s1. Nearly one of every five dollars of national expenses1,2 are spent...
Disabling critical ‘node’ revs up attack when cancer immunotherapies fall short
PHILADELPHIA--An existing drug known as a JAK inhibitor may help patients who don't respond to the so-called checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy drugs overcome that resistance, suggests...
Tufts and Johns Hopkins win $25 million NIH award to build new trial innovation center
BOSTON, MA (December 1, 2016) - Investigators at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) at Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC) and...
First structural map of cystic fibrosis protein sheds light on how mutations cause disease
Credit: Laboratory of Membrane Biology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University/Cell Rockefeller scientists have created the first three-dimensional map of the protein responsible for cystic...
Breaking the backbone
Polymerization by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a simple method for modifying surfaces by which topologically challenging substrates can be evenly coated with polymers. In...
The latest advances in the study of blood diseases presented at annual meeting of ASH
Tuesday (Dec.6), Charles Mullighan, MD, MBBS, of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, will be awarded the 2016 William Dameshek Prize. The award recognizes Mullighan's internationally...
FSU professor designs new material to better store hydrogen fuel
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University researcher has designed new materials that could be used to store hydrogen fuel more efficiently in vehicles or...
Researcher receives $2.78 million to explore and exploit bacterial immune systems
Researchers at the University of Georgia have received a $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study CRISPR-Cas, a powerful gene editing...
Scripps Florida scientists identify novel compound to alleviate pain and itch
Credit: James McEntee JUPITER, FL- December 1, 2016 - In a new study, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have...
Multi-institutional collaboration uncovers how molecular machines assemble
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 1, 2016) Ribosomes--macromolecular machines consisting of RNA and proteins that twist, fold and turn--are responsible for making all of the...
Study shows many lakes getting murkier, but gives hope for improvement
Credit: Adam Hinterthuer, UW-Madison Center for Limnology MADISON, Wis. -- A study of more than 5,000 Wisconsin lakes shows that nearly a quarter of them...
Natural alternatives to protect plants inspired by pharmaceutical research
Credit: Rey and Dumas/Trends in Plant Science 2016 The bacteria Streptomyces--which is commonly used in human antibiotics and found in the natural environments of wild...
Study: Restaurants not good at explaining risks of undercooked meat to customers
Front-line staff, such as servers in restaurants, are often trusted with providing customers with food safety information regarding their meals. A challenge to the food-service...
