USDA announces $3.8 million for organics research
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of up to...
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MIT Portugal Ph.D. student wins the Road Safety Innovation Award by ACP
(MIT Portugal Program) Francisco Duarte, a Ph.D. Student in Transportation Systems of the MIT Portugal Program at University of Coimbra, was honored today with the...
Oral bacterium related esophageal cancer prognosis in Japanese patients
Credit: Professor Hideo Baba A type of bacterium usually found in the human mouth, Fusobacterium nucleatum (F. nucleatum), has been found to be related to...
Naturally occurring symptoms may be mistaken for tamoxifen side-effects
Women taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer were less likely to continue taking the drug if they suffered nausea and vomiting, according to new data...
NTU launches new research lab to develop greener maritime energy solutions
Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) today launched a new marine research laboratory to develop innovative eco-friendly technologies for Singapore'..
Clarifying the behaviors of negative hydrogen ions
Credit: Dr. Masashi Kisaki Background to the Research The Neutral Beam Injection (NBI) is a method for increasing the plasma temperature and driving currents in...
EndoPredict outperforms Oncotype Dx in predicting the risk breast cancer recurrence
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec. 9, 2016 - Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in molecular diagnostics and personalized medicine, today announced results of...
Aggressive form of leukemia linked to defective ‘protein factory’
Credit: KU Leuven - Rob Stevens 20 to 40 percent of the patients with multiple myeloma - a type of leukaemia - have a defect...
UNIST receives Minister of Public Safety and Security commendation
Credit: UNIST A research team, led by Professor Joonbum Bae of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering has recently been honored with a commendation from the Minister...
Tasting garlic… with your feet!? Weird food chemistry tricks (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 8, 2016 -- Did you know you can "taste" garlic with your feet? Or that chocolate can instantly...
Tracking breast cancer cell genetics reveals longer potential treatment window
Breast cancer cells break away and spread to other parts of the body relatively late on in breast tumour development, an international team of scientists...
UH Seidman cancer center expert presents triple-negative breast cancer immunotherapy trial
CLEVELAND: A researcher from University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center will discuss his upcoming immunotherapy clinical trial for triple-negative breast cancer at the 2016 San Antonio...
Scientists produce a new roadmap for guiding development & conservation in the Amazon
Credit: CREDIT: Michael Goulding/WCS. Scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society), The Nature Conservancy, and several partners in Brazil and Peru have produced a geographic information...
How turtles and crocodiles lost parietal eye and differing color vision adaptations
The vertebrate eye is a remarkable evolutionary invention, displaying an incredible repertoire, from a soaring falcon's keen distance vision to the special night and near...
Study: Mobile money lifts Kenyan households out of poverty
Since 2008, MIT economist Tavneet Suri has studied the financial and social impacts of Kenyan mobile-money services, which allow users to store and exchange monetary...
