Ancient wetlands offer window into climate change
Credit: University of Adelaide Environmental researchers have uncovered a wealth of information about a unique part of Australia that offers never-before-seen insights into climate change...
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Desert locusts: New risks in the light of climate change
Credit: © CIRAD - A. Foucart Desert locusts, a pest under close scrutiny Desert locusts are a major pest on numerous crops and pastures throughout...
A biosensor detects adulteration of horse in beef meat within 1 hour
Credit: Nate Stelner. The identification of horse meat adulterating others as beef meat is possible thanks to an electrochemical biosensor developed by the Complutense University...
MSU biologist learned what Przewalski’s horse ate more than a century ago
Credit: Natalia Spasskaya A scientist from the Lomonosov Moscow State University's Faculty of Biology together with her colleagues has explained the changes in modern Przewalski's...
Brain Composer: ‘Thinking’ melodies onto a musical score
(Graz University of Technology) TU Graz researchers develop new brain-computer interface application which allows music to be composed by the power of thought. How this...
New method for monitoring fetal heartbeat
Researchers have developed a technique to accurately isolate fetal heart sounds from background noise in acoustic recordings, allowing them to distinguish between different segments of...
Fire ant venom compounds may lead to skin treatments
Credit: From Arbiser et al Scientific Reports (2017). Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation in a mouse model of...
Neck mass in adults: Guideline for evaluation provides framework for timely diagnosis
CHICAGO, IL --With the development of the Clinical Practice Guideline: Evaluation of the Neck Mass in Adults, published today in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and...
Abdominal fat a key cancer driver for postmenopausal women
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Body fat distribution in the trunk is more important than body weight when it comes to cancer risk in postmenopausal...
Cancer patients struggle with key aspects of clinical trial methodology
LUGANO-MADRID, 10 September, 2017 - Clinical trials are fundamental to the development of new treatments for cancer, yet the annual accrual to cancer clinical trials...
Incidence of acute myocardial infarction may increase the day after Asian dust exposure
(Kumamoto University) A recent environmental epidemiological study has shown that Asian sand particles from desert areas of the Asian continent are associated with the onset...
E-cigarettes linked to increased arterial stiffness, blood pressure and heart rate in humans
Milan, Italy: New research has shown for the first time that e-cigarettes with nicotine cause a stiffening of the arteries in humans. This has important...
Patients feel psycho-social impact of chemo more acutely than physical side effects
LUGANO-MADRID, 09 September, 2017 -The preliminary results of a study to be presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid (1) show that socio-psychological factors...
‘Triggers’: A new tool to assess cancer patients’ palliative needs
LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September, 2017 - A new tool to identify patients who would benefit from early palliative care will be presented at the ESMO 2017...
Study identifies factors that limit work ability of young adult cancer survivors
LUGANO-MADRID, 9 September 2017 - Factors that limit the work ability of young adult cancer survivors are reported today at the ESMO 2017 Congress in...
