A mission to Mars could make its own oxygen thanks to plasma technology
Plasma technology could hold the key to creating a sustainable oxygen supply on Mars, a new study has found. It suggests that Mars, with its...
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Superior vena cava(SVC)-derived atrial fibrillation attributes clinical and genetic factor
Credit: Life Science and Bioethics Research Center,TMDU Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) recognize the clinical and genetic factors associated with quivering or irregular...
Battling flames increases firefighters’ exposure to carcinogens
The threat of getting burned by roaring flames is an obvious danger of firefighting, but other health risks are more subtle. For example, firefighters have...
Gentle touch soothes the pain of social rejection
The gentle touch of another individual soothes the effects of social exclusion, one of the most emotionally painful human experiences, according to new UCL research....
Healthy coral populations produce a surprising number of offspring
Healthy coral populations can produce up to 200 times more juvenile corals than degraded coral populations nearby, according to a new study in Conservation Letters....
Study: New simple method determines rate at which we burn calories walking up, down, flat
Credit: SMU Locomotor Lab When military strategists plan a mission, one of many factors is the toll it takes on the Army's foot soldiers. A...
Nice ice, maybe: Study finds water-repelling surfaces ease ice removal
Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA Water-repellent surfaces and coatings could make ice removal a literal breeze by forcing ice to grow...
Researchers show the potential of precision medicine for treating rare cancers
For the first time, researchers have been able to identify effective treatments for patients with rare cancers by analyzing genes and proteins in their blood...
TGen develops processing procedures for ‘single-cell’ sequencing
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Oct. 16, 2017 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) today announced grant support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) donor advised...
Therapeutic form of arsenic is a potential treatment for deadly type of brain cancer
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Oct. 17, 2017 -- From Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie, arsenic is often the poison of choice in popular whodunits. But in...
New bowel cancer drug target discovered
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered a new drug target for bowel cancer that is specific to tumour cells and therefore less toxic...
Three of the most deadly cancers get critical funding for research
Credit: Fred Hutch News Services Immunotherapy for leukemia patients has been nothing short of a miracle. Now scientists hope to use that science and other...
Researchers release the brakes on the immune system
Credit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Many tumors possess mechanisms to avoid destruction by the immune system. For instance, they misuse the natural "brakes" in...
Breast cancer treatments today — and tomorrow (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society AMES, Iowa - The concept of "collective intelligence" is simple - it asserts that if a team performs well on...
A new compound targets energy generation, thereby killing metastatic cells
Cancer can most often be successfully treated when confined to one organ. But a greater challenge lies in treating cancer that has metastasized, or spread,...
