Public funding essential for advances in biomedical research
BOSTON, March 30, 2017 -- In the budget President Trump recently submitted to Congress, he asked for a reduction in the 2018 funding of the...
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NASA examines the rainfall left behind from ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Tropical Cyclone Debbie generated a lot of rainfall before and after it made landfall in Queensland, Australia, and NASA analyzed...
New clinical trial for early-stage eye melanoma offers study of targeted therapy
Credit: Photo courtesy: Roger Barone/Wills Eye Hospital March 30, 2017, Philadelphia, Pa - A first-of-its-kind, potentially groundbreaking new option for treating a form of eye...
Proteins that can take the heat
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ancient proteins may offer clues on how to engineer proteins that can withstand the high temperatures required in industrial applications, according...
Sculpting optical microstructures with slight changes in chemistry
Credit: (Credit Wim L. Noorduin/ C. Nadir Kaplan/ Harvard University) In 2013, materials scientists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied...
Rotating molecules create a brighter future
Scientists have discovered a group of materials which could pave the way for a new generation of high-efficiency lighting, solving a quandary which has inhibited...
Wispy remains of supernova explosion hide possible ‘survivor’
Credit: NASA, ESA and H.-Y. Chu (Academia Sinica, Taipei) Of all the varieties of exploding stars, the ones called Type Ia are perhaps the most...
Researchers reveal atomic-level activity of green catalyst used in PVC production
An international group of scientists has unlocked the secret of a gold-based catalyst that is responsible for a new, environmentally friendly method of producing the...
UAB creates triple-threat cancer-fighting polymer capsules for guided drug delivery
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Chemists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have designed triple-threat cancer-fighting polymer capsules that bring the promise of guided...
Different databases, differing statistics on racial disparities in immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy
March 30, 2017 - Three major national databases include varying estimates of racial gaps in the use of immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) after mastectomy for...
This timid little fish escapes predators by injecting them with opioid-laced venom
Credit: Richard Smith/OceanRealmImages Fang blennies are small fish with big teeth. Specifically, they have two large canine teeth that jut out of their lower jaw....
Even short-duration heat waves could lead to failure of coffee crops
CORVALLIS - "Hot coffee" is not a good thing for java enthusiasts when it refers to plants beset by the high-temperature stress that this century...
£3 million awarded to Oxford-led consortium for national machine learning computing facility
(University of Oxford) A consortium of eight UK universities, led by the University of Oxford, has been awarded £3 million by the Engineering and Physical...
Newly characterized protein has potential to save US farmers millions annually
Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois Instead of turning carbon into food, many plants accidentally make a plant-toxic compound during photosynthesis that is recycled through a...
High doses of vitamin C to improve cancer treatment passes human safety trial
Credit: Schoenfeld, et al. Clinical trials found that it is safe to regularly infuse brain and lung cancer patients with 800 -- 1000 times the...
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