Predation on pollinating insects shaped the evolution of the orchid mantis
Credit: Jason Zhu Cleveland... A team of scientists at The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Australia, and Germany discovered that the orchid mantis looks like...
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New process produces hydrogen at much lower temperature
Credit: Waseda University Waseda University researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen, which is fast, irreversible, and takes place at much lower temperature...
Single dose of hallucinogenic drug psilocybin relieves anxiety and depression in patients with advanced cancer
Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center When combined with psychological counseling, a single dose of a mind-altering compound contained in psychedelic mushrooms significantly lessens mental anguish...
Patients with cancer history experiencing severe heart attacks benefit from cardiac care
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- One in 10 patients who come to the hospital with the most severe type of heart attack have a history of cancer,...
Alcohol intake associated with increased risk of melanoma
Bottom Line: Alcohol intake was associated with higher rates of invasive melanoma among white men and women. White wine carried the most significant association, and...
Study of thousands of operations finds overlapping surgeries are safe for Mayo Clinic patients
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A common way of scheduling surgeries to expand patient access to care and improve hospital efficiency, known as "overlapping surgeries," is as...
The first analysis of Ewing’s sarcoma methyloma opens doors to new treatments
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Sarcoma research group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Ã’scar MartÃnez-Tirado, have first described the methylation...
XROMM, an influential 3-D, X-ray technology for biomechanics, gains new capabilities
Credit: Stephen Crocker/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's right there in the word "discovery" -- the idea of removing whatever cover may obscure a particular...
Hallucinogenic drug psilocybin eases existential anxiety in people with life-threatening cancer
In a small double-blind study, Johns Hopkins researchers report that a substantial majority of people suffering cancer-related anxiety or depression found considerable relief for up...
‘Mic check’ for marine mammals
Credit: Danielle Harris Washington, D. C. November 30, 2016 -- Hearing is a vital sense for marine mammals who use it to forage, communicate and...
Shifts in mating strategies help herbicide-resistant ‘superweeds’ persist
ANN ARBOR -- Herbicide-resistant "superweeds" change their mating strategies over time, an evolutionary shift that helps them hold onto valuable genes and outcompete other plants,...
World AIDS Day — Liverpool leads research project to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV
(University of Liverpool) Researchers from the University of Liverpool's Institute of Translational Medicine have been awarded a grant of up to US$ 8.9 million (GBP...
£226 million UK investment in cancer research announced
(Cancer Research UK) Cancer Research UK has announced the largest investment to date into its network of Centres across the UK. £190 million has been...
How highs and lows in testosterone levels ‘shock’ prostate cancer cells to death
Munich, Germany: A strategy of alternately flooding and starving the body of testosterone is producing good results in patients who have metastatic prostate cancer that...
Results from 3 ground-breaking studies show early benefit to patients
Munich, Germany: The "revolution in the understanding of cancer at the molecular level" has led to dramatic responses in cancer patients to new therapies that...
