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Credit: Credit: Gotthardt Lab, MDC The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin is participating as a research partner in the Human Cell...

Impact of Amazonian hydropower is ‘significantly underestimated’, study finds

Credit: University of Stirling The environmental impact of hydropower generation in the Amazon may be greater than predicted, according to new University of Stirling research....

Patients suffering injuries in low & middle-income countries have higher prevalence of HIV

Both HIV and injury are major public health problems, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs), where the majority of problems affect multiple millions of...

Phages are an effective alternative to the use of antibiotics in aquaculture

Credit: AZTI-Tecnalia Therapy with phages, instead of antibiotics, is a highly promising option in aquaculture to control the transfer of bacteria that cause important losses...

An international consortium identifies the breast cancer patients who would benefit from a treatment

Credit: IRB Barcelona Physicians currently have no tools to help them detect breast cancer patients who will suffer metastasis, a process that occurs in 15-20%...

Fossil coral reefs show sea level rose in bursts during last warming

Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute HOUSTON -- (Oct. 19, 2017) -- Scientists from Rice University and Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's Harte Research Institute for Gulf of...

Researchers demonstrate new ways to achieve selectivity for biomarkers in bioelectronics

Credit: University of Arizona Engineers at the University of Arizona have experimentally verified the electrochemical processes that control charge transfer rate from an organic polymer...

Benson Hill launches gene editing system

LONDON, UK. -- October 19, 2017 -- Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company dedicated to unlocking the natural genetic potential of plants, today announced...

Feel fuller, longer with mushrooms

Redwood Shores, CA (Oct. 19, 2017) - If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then mushrooms may be one of the most...

WSU researcher links salmon sex to geological change

Credit: Photo by Carson Jeffres PULLMAN, Wash. - It turns out that sex can move mountains. A Washington State University researcher has found that the...

Integrated lab-on-a-chip uses smartphone to quickly detect multiple pathogens

Credit: Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A multidisciplinary group that includes the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of..

New study reveals breast cancer cells recycle their own ammonia waste as fuel

At a glance: Breast cancer cells secrete ammonia as a byproduct of cellular metabolism, which accumulates in the tumor's surrounding environment. New study in mice...

Scientists reveal herbal remedies containing aristolochic acid may cause liver cancer

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Scientists from Singapore and Taiwan have revealed a decisive link between Aristolochic Acids (AA), a natural product of some plants used...

Researchers watch in real time as fat-encased drug nanoparticles invade skin cells

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Some anti-cancer drugs are encapsulated to allow gradual release, spreading their effect over a longer time. For example, one...

Genetic testing recommended for children considered at risk for most common eye cancer