Scientists reveal non-addictive pathway to pain relief
OHSU research suggests an avenue for developing treatments for chronic pain that harness the medicinal properties of cannabis while minimizing the threat of addiction. The...
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Blended galaxies
Credit: Hai Fu, University of Iowa In roughly four billion years, the Milky Way will be no more. Indeed, our home galaxy is on course...
Seeing the quantum future… literally
Credit: University of Sydney. Scientists at the University of Sydney have demonstrated the ability to "see" the future of quantum systems, and used that knowledge...
New drug in development shows improved survival for patients with advanced metastat
TAMPA, Fla. - A new therapy in development for the treatment of midgut neuroendocrine tumors, a rare type of cancer that occurs in the small...
Inhibition of EZH2 might be new therapy of multiple myeloma
In a study published in the scientific journal Oncotarget, researchers from Uppsala University show how the protein EZH2 affects the development of multiple myeloma, and...
Medical imaging innovator Christine Hendon wins Presidential honor
Credit: Jeffrey Schifman/Columbia Engineering Christine Hendon, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won the Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), the high..
Does recent randomized prostate cancer trial provide insights on best treatment?
For the first time, we now have a randomized trial comparing active monitoring, surgery, and radiation therapy for the management of localized prostate cancer. In...
Recent Alzheimer’s drug disappointment illuminates pathway for progress against the disease
Credit: UsA2 In a letter released today by UsAgainstAlzheimer's, Co-Founder and Chairman George Vradenburg said the negative clinical trial of a once-promising Alzheimer's drug, Solanezumab..
How well do we understand the relation between incorrect chromosome number & cancer?
Credit: CSHL Public Affairs Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Over a century ago, a German-born scientist experimenting with impregnated sea urchin eggs had an insight...
New Caltech instrument poised to image the cosmic web
Credit: Caltech An instrument designed to image the vast web of gas that connects galaxies in the universe has been shipped from Los Angeles to...
Researchers quantify in high speed a viper’s strike in nature for the first time
Credit: Higham lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Feeding is paramount to the survival of almost every animal, and just about every living organism is...
CO2, the philosopher’s stone to obtain valuable pharmaceuticals
Credit: ICIQ Researchers at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona have developed a method that transforms cyclic carbonates -that can be...
Kazan University research may help speed up express testing
This new method detects nitrated derivatives up to 8 times faster. New sorption materials may soon facilitate the establishment of a new express test production...
Building London’s Houses of Parliament helped create clean-air laws
Britain's dazzling Houses of Parliament building, constructed from 1840 until 1870, is an international icon. But the building's greatest legacy may be something politicians and...
3-D printing could transform future membrane technology
Credit: University of Bath Researchers at the University of Bath suggest developments in 3D printing techniques could open the door to the advancement of membrane...
