Can we see beginnings of state failure in the US and Europe?
The United States and Europe face an increasing risk of state failure in coming years due to the escalation of interlinked environmental, energy and economic...
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Ion treatments for cardiac arrhythmia
Credit: Picture: Blausen.com staff. CC BY 3.0, remix by GSI Approximately 350,000 patients in Germany suffer from various forms of cardiac arrhythmia. The condition can...
Half of breast cancer patients experience severe side effects
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Nearly half of women treated for early stage breast cancer reported at least one side effect from their...
Breast density research edges closer to cancer prevention
Credit: University of Adelaide Adelaide researchers are one step closer to breast cancer prevention after finding a new driver for breast density, an identified risk...
New organ culture system reveals effects of BPA exposure on fetal mammary glands
BOSTON (January 24, 2017)--A new organ culture system developed by scientists from Tufts University School of Medicine now enables tests of the direct effects of...
Southern Italy: Earthquake hazard due to active plate boundary
Credit: Heidrun Kopp, GEOMAR Since the early civilizations, the lives of people in Europe, in the Middle East, and in North Africa have been closely...
Finnish biopharmaceutical company Desentum closes financial round totalling nearly EUR 2 Million
ESPOO, Finland, Jan. 23, 2017- Today, Desentum, a biopharmaceutical company developing next generation immunotherapy to fight allergies, announced that it has completed a Series A...
Small proteins help deliver receptors to the surface of our cells, ensuring their function and helpi
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2017) - Receptors on the surface of our cells enable a wide variety of functions from our sense...
Natural compound could improve treatment of triple-negative breast cancer
Credit: MU News Bureau More than 100 women die from breast cancer every day in the United States. Triple-negative breast cancers, which comprise 15 to...
Study shows how a dog’s diet shapes its gut microbiome
Washington, DC - January 24, 2017 - Studies of the gut microbiome have gone to the dogs -- and pets around the world could benefit...
First of a kind footage of a living stylodactylid shrimp filter-feeding at depth of 4826 m
Credit: Dr. Mary Wicksten Depths such as those at the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument are an extreme challenge for explorers, providing scarce information about...
Chinese scientists discover a new species of catfish in Myanmar
Credit: Xiao-Yong Chen During a survey of the freshwater fishes of the Mali Hka River drainage in the Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary, Myanmar, scientists Xiao-Yong Chen,...
The universe in a cup of coffee (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2017 -- Reactions, the ACS YouTube channel that covers the chemistry of everyday life, is joining PBS...
Two who enabled El Niño forecasts win 2017 Vetlesen Prize
(The Earth Institute at Columbia University) Two scientists who untangled the complex forces that drive El Niño, the world's most powerful weather cycle, have won...
Why some drivers slow down when using mobile phones: QUT research
Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication With mobile phone distracted driving a growing road safety issue, a QUT study reveals why some drivers slow down when...
