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A solar-powered purification system could provide remote parts of India with clean drinking water for the first time. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are...

Researchers found that certain anti-influenza compounds also inhibit Zika virus infection

Globalization, environmental changes, population growth and urbanization make emerging virus diseases a major threat to public health. An example of such epidemics is the Zika...

Basel physicist Daniel Loss receives the King Faisal International Prize

Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Professor Daniel Loss from the University of Basel's Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute has been...

Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her...

Risk of tree species disappearing in central Africa ‘a major concern,’ say researchers

Credit: Morin-Rivat et al. Human disturbance may often be criticised for harming the environment, but new research suggests a persistent lack of human attention in...

Common heart drug repurposed to treat rare cancer in Europe

Loading video... Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso A drug that's commonly used to treat high blood pressure is being repurposed for...

Better diagnosis of fungal infections key to reducing antibiotic resistance

Poor diagnosis worldwide of fungal disease causes doctors to overprescribe antibiotics, increasing harmful resistance to antimicrobial drugs, according to a paper published today in Emerging...

Patients recovering from depression show improvements in memory from the drug modafinil

Modafinil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy -- excessive daytime sleepiness -- can improve memory in patients recovering from depression, according to new research from...

Protein identified by Mass. General team may protect tumor-initiating breast cancer cells

Massachusetts General Hospital investigators have identified a protein that may play an essential role in maintaining a population of tumor-initiating cells (TICs) -- treatment-resistant cells...

Steroid discovered in dogfish sharks attacks Parkinson’s-related toxin in animal model

Credit: Doug Costa, NOAA/SBNMS WASHINGTON -- A synthesized steroid mirroring one naturally made by the dogfish shark prevents the buildup of a lethal protein implicated...

New tools will drive greater understanding of wheat genes

Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have developed a much-needed genetic resource that will greatly accelerate the study of gene functions in wheat. The resource, a...

How China is poised for marine fisheries reform

As global fish stocks continue sinking to alarmingly low levels, a joint study by marine fisheries experts from within and outside of China concluded that...

Theory lends transparency to how glass breaks

Credit: Apiwat Wisitsorasak/ King Mongkut University of Technology HOUSTON - (Jan. 17, 2017) - Over time, when a metallic glass is put under stress, its...

A natural compound can block the formation of toxins associated with Parkinson’s disease

A naturally-occurring compound has been found to block a molecular process thought to underlie Parkinson's Disease, and to suppress its toxic products, scientists have reported....

Potentially reversible changes in gene control ‘prime’ pancreatic cancer cells to spread