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Tempe, AZ, April 29 -- Arizona State University has earned 14 National Science Foundation early career faculty awards, ranking second among all university recipients of...

When the smoke clears… tobacco control in post-conflict settings

In new research published today by King's College London - Institute of Cancer Policy and the Conflict & Health Research Group in the journal ecancermedicalscience,...

Single gene encourages growth of intestinal stem cells, supporting ‘niche’ cells — and cancer

A gene previously identified as critical for tumor growth in many human cancers also maintains intestinal stem cells and encourages the growth of cells that...

Mineral resources: Exhaustion is just a myth

Credit: copyright: UNIGE Recent articles have declared that deposits of mineral raw materials (copper, zinc, etc.) will be exhausted within a few decades. An international...

First global simulation yields new insights into ring system

Credit: Shugo Michikoshi, Eiichiro Kokubo, Hirotaka Nakayama, 4D2U Project, NAOJ A team of researchers in Japan modeled the two rings around Chariklo, the smallest body...

England’s Cancer Drugs Fund ‘failed to deliver meaningful value to patients and society’

Analysis of the drugs that were approved for use by the NHS Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) in England has shown that the fund was not...

Weather extremes and trade policies were main drivers of wheat price peaks

Price peaks of wheat on the world market are mainly caused by production shocks such as induced for example by droughts, researchers found. These shocks...

Follow-up colonoscopies associated with a significantly lower incidence of bowel cancer

Patients at risk of developing bowel cancer can significantly benefit from a follow-up colonoscopy, finds research published today in Lancet Oncology. Currently, everyone in the...

NOAA funds UM coral restoration research

Credit: Dalton Hesley MIAMI--The University of Miami's (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science announced today a two-year award from the National Oceanic and...

NJIT graduate student wins IBM fellowship to develop brain-inspired computing systems

S. R. Nandakumar, a graduate student in electrical engineering, has won a coveted IBM Ph.D. fellowship to support his work on computer systems that mimic...

Emerging companies aim to treat conditions that medication cannot relieve

EDINBURGH, Scotland - Autism, paralysis, and persistent, medication-resistant pain are among the challenges that emerging companies and organizations hope to alleviate through neuromodulation therapy...

Grant to model human memory and learning for machines

Much of what scientists know about human memory comes from studies involving relatively simple acts of recollection--remembering lists of words or associations between names and...

Sidney Kimmel Foundation concludes cancer research grant program with final recipients

PHILADELPHIA, PA--(April 19, 2017)--After two decades and just under 300 award winners, The Sidney Kimmel Foundation has selected the final 15 research scientists and medical...

Mouse teeth providing new insights into tissue regeneration

Credit: Klein Lab / UCSF Researchers hope to one day use stem cells to heal burns, patch damaged heart tissue, even grow kidneys and other...

VUMC to study potential approach to reverse precancerous stomach lesions