Scientists unravel mechanism fueling growth of aggressive Rhabdoid tumors
Rhabdoid tumors are among the most recalcitrant childhood cancers, and scientists have long sought ways to understand what drives their resilience and makes them impervious...
NEWS INDEX
NIFA A=announces $5 million in funding for food, energy, and water systems research
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of up to...
Graduate School of Excellence MAINZ awards visiting professorships 2016
The Graduate School of Excellence "Materials Science in Mainz" (MAINZ) has again awarded visiting professorships to two outstanding scientists. The MAINZ Visiting Professorships 2016 were...
Health-Care Symposium covers handoffs, device and facility design, EHRs and health apps, and more
The preliminary program for the 2017 International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care is now available online. The 2.5-day program features more...
A look at the US cold snap from NASA infrared imagery
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen Imagery and an animation of infrared imagery from the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite showed the...
2016 Eastern Analytical Symposium Award awarded to Sandy Dasgupta
Credit: EAS A chemistry professor at The University of Texas at Arlington has been honored with a prestigious award for his groundbreaking contributions to the...
Mexico’s energy reform calls for new water policy
HOUSTON - (Dec. 13, 2016) - As the Mexican government oversees the implementation of the country's energy reform, it must consider how best to prioritize...
Researchers identify biochemical mechanism behind a rare, painful genetic disease
Researchers identify biochemical mechanism behind a rare, painful genetic disease NIH-supported study might open door to first effective treatment for ACDC disease WHAT: A team...
Water: Finding the normal within the weird
Credit: Wikimedia commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Iceberg#/media/File:SantaCruz-LosGlaciares-Tempano02.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0. File: SantaCruz-LosGlaciares-Tempano02.jpg. RICHLAND, Wash. -- Wate..
Cancer genomics continued: Triple negative breast cancer and cancer immunotherapy
Continuing PLOS Medicine's special issue on cancer genomics, Christos Hatzis of Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA and colleagues describe a new subtype of triple...
Follicular lymphoma: A tale of 2 cancers
Follicular lymphoma (FL), the second most common form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, is a largely incurable disease of B cells, yet in many cases, because of...
Garth Powisnamed as NAI Fellow
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 13, 2016 - Garth Powis, professor and director of Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery...
New technique switches key biomolecules on and off
A new technique that will allow scientists to determine the effects of turning on and off a set of molecules involved in almost every cellular...
UC Davis joins national effort on links between health and exercise
We know that exercise is good for you. But why, and how? The National Institutes of Health today (Dec. 13) announced a six-year, $170 million...
Eat and be eaten: Invasive scavengers in Hawaii alter island nutrient cycle
Credit: Erin F. Abernethy Aiken, S.C. - Researchers from the University of Georgia have found that invasive species on Hawaii Island, or the Big Island...
POPULAR NEWS
-
Breakthrough in Computer Hardware Advances Solves Complex Optimization Challenges
-
Physicists Develop Visible Time Crystal for the First Time
-
Tailored Gene-Editing Technology Emerges as a Promising Treatment for Fatal Pediatric Diseases
-
Scientists Achieve Ambient-Temperature Light-Induced Heterolytic Hydrogen Dissociation