New finding could lead to earlier liver cancer diagnosis
Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT In many parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, exposure to a fungal product called aflatoxin is believed to...
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Kessler Foundation renews collaboration with Children’s Specialized Hospital
Credit: Kessler Foundation March 27, East Hanover, NJ/New Brunswick, NJ--Kessler Foundation, a global leader in rehabilitation research, and Children's Specialized Hospital, the nation's l..
Researchers show p300 protein may suppress leukemia in MDS patients
Credit: The website of the National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov). MIAMI, March 27, 2017 - Scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami...
Renewable energy has robust future in much of Africa
Credit: UC Berkeley As Africa gears up for a tripling of electricity demand by 2030, a new Berkeley study maps out a viable strategy for...
The economic case for wind and solar energy in Africa
Credit: Grace Wu/Berkeley Lab To meet skyrocketing demand for electricity, African countries may have to triple their energy output by 2030. While hydropower and fossil...
Researchers create artificial materials atom-by-atom
Credit: Ella Maru Studio & Aalto University Researchers at Aalto University have manufactured artificial materials with engineered electronic properties. By moving individual atoms under their...
Basic microbiology research study unexpectedly uncovers practical findings for growers
Credit: The American Phytopathological Soceity St. Paul, Minn. (March 2017)--Cover cropping, or the practice of growing unharvested crops to protect and enrich the soil during...
Cookbooks give readers (mostly) bad advice on food safety
A recent study finds that bestselling cookbooks offer readers little useful advice about reducing food-safety risks, and that much of the advice they do provide...
Timing a space laser with a NASA-style stopwatch
Loading video... Credit: NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center/Ryan Fitzgibbons To time how long it takes a pulse of laser light to travel from space to...
For the birds: New prediction method sheds brighter light on flight
Credit: (Photo: Lentink Lab, Stanford University) ARLINGTON, Va.--Resembling a feathered flying ace with his miniature protective goggles and chinstrap, the parrotlet named Obie stood ready...
Minority colorectal cancer patients report higher burden of poor quality-of-life
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A study of racial disparities in health-related quality of life of colorectal cancer patients revealed among several findings,...
Public-private research to develop more accurate ways of measuring cancer progression
New York, NY March 27, 2017 - Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian, in coordination with the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)...
NASA sees tiny Tropical Cyclone Caleb fading
Credit: Credit: NASA / NRL Tropical Cyclone Caleb is weakening in the Southern Indian Ocean and NASA's Aqua satellite caught one of the last bursts...
More than 100 years of flooding and erosion in 1 event
Credit: Images in D and E are from Google Earth™ Boulder, Colo., USA: Sara Rathburn of Colorado State University and colleagues have developed an integrated...
How do some opioids cause severe itching?
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Opioids have long been an important tool in the world of pain management, but the side effects of these drugs -...
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