‘Digistain’ technology offers revolution in detailed cancer diagnosis
Credit: Imperial College London New cutting edge technology can be used to grade cancer tumours, eradicating human subjectivity and ensuring patients get the right treatment....
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Moffitt researchers use single-cell imaging & math models to find effect drug properties
TAMPA, Fla. - Drug therapies that target a specific molecule have changed the way patients are treated for cancer and greatly improved survival rates. However,...
Toilet-to-tap: Gross to think about, but how does it taste?
RIVERSIDE, CA. - Here's a blind test taste like Pepsi never imagined. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, recently published a study of recycled...
Taking the jab (and the chill) out of vaccination
Scientists in Cairns (Australia) and Cardiff (Wales) have taken an important first step towards solving two problems that hinder access to vaccines: they need to...
Researchers issue first annual sea-level report cards
Credit: © D. Loftis/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based "report cards" to monitor and forecast changes...
How the color-changing hogfish ‘sees’ with its skin
Credit: Dean Kimberly and Lori Schweikert DURHAM, N.C. -- Some animals are quick-change artists. Take the hogfish, a pointy-snouted reef fish that can go from...
More homes built near wild lands leading to greater wildfire risk
Credit: UW-Madison MADISON - More than 10 million acres burned across the country during the 2017 U.S. wildfire season at a cost of more than...
Crisis or self-correction: Rethinking how the media cover science
One of the recurring media narratives about the nature of science today is that it is "broken" or "in crisis." In the mainstream press, some...
Female researchers publish childcare recommendations for conference organizers
Many women in science are raising concerns over the fact that parents with young children are often excluded from fully participating in academic conference activities....
A new cross-coupling simplifies the synthesis of drug-like molecules
LA JOLLA, CA - March 12, 2018 - Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have designed a new molecule-building method that uses sulfones as...
Elephant declines imperil Africa’s forests
Credit: John Poulsen, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Poaching and habitat loss have reduced forest elephant populations in Central Africa by 63 percent since 2001....
Water troughs are key to E. coli contamination in cattle
ITHACA, N.Y. - A major study led by Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine researchers reveals for the first time that water troughs on farms...
Researchers issue first-annual sea-level report cards
Credit: © D. Loftis/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science are launching new web-based "report cards" to monitor and forecast changes...
Glass matters
Better known as glass, silica is a versatile material used in myriad industrial processes, from catalysis and filtration, to chromatography and nanofabrication. Yet despite its...
Response of new cotton variety (rassafa) to nitrogen fertilizer
Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), as the greatest source of natural fibre, is one of the most valuable crops grown worldwide. Like most major field crops,...
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