Common class of chemicals cause cancer by breaking down DNA repair mechanisms
A common class of chemicals found everywhere from car exhausts, smoke, building materials and furniture to cosmetics and shampoos could increase cancer risk because of...
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A protein that stem cells require could be a target in killing breast cancer cells
Credit: Dos Santos Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - For years, cancer experts have realized that cancerous cells behave in certain ways like stem...
Combined optical and molecular imaging could guide breast-conserving surgery
Credit: A. D. Purushotham, MD, King's College London, UK RESTON, Va. - Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is the primary treatment for early-stage breast cancer, but more...
Deep brain stimulation without implants
Credit: Nir Grossman, Ph.D., Suhasa B. Kodandaramaiah, Ph.D., and Andrii Rudenko, Ph.D. MIT researchers have developed a method that excites neurons deep within the brain...
A noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Delivering an electrical current to a part of the brain involved in movement control has proven successful in treating many Parkinson's disease...
Researchers uncover clues about how HIV virus mutates
SEATTLE - June 1, 2017 - A new study published in Cell Host & Microbe led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center completely...
NASA sees Tropical Depression 2E moving over Mexican state of Oaxaca
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Depression 2E in infrared, visible and microwave light as it began its...
LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, demonstrating that a new window in...
Third gravitational wave detection offers new insight into black holes
Credit: LSC/OzGrav An international team of researchers has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, in a discovery that provides...
Gravitational waves detected a third time
Credit: Image Credit: Numerical-relativistic Simulation: S. Ossokine, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) and the Simulating eXtreme Spacetime project Scientific Visualization..
Ramin Golestanian awarded the EPJE Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Lecture Prize for 2017
The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter and Biological Physics (EPJE) has awarded Iranian physicist Ramin Golestanian the 2017 EPJE Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Lecture...
NASA to launch first-ever neutron-star mission
Credit: Credits: NASA Multi-Purpose NICER Also to Demonstrate Pulsar-Based Navigation Nearly 50 years after British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell discovered the existence of rapidly spinning neutro..
Who has better mental health: Public or private college students?
Using information gleaned from social media, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a mental health index for the nation's highest-ranked colleges and...
UNH research finds seacoast roads under new threat from rising sea level
Credit: Rebecca Zeiber/N.H. Sea Grant DURHAM, N.H. - Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some roads, as far as two...
‘Expert in a suitcase’ cuts power bills 10 percent in small commercial buildings
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash./BERKELEY, Calif. - The knowledge and expertise of a seasoned energy efficiency professional has been packed into a high-tech...
