Scientists develop spectacles for X-ray lasers
Credit: Credit: Frank Seiboth, DESY An international team of scientists has tailored special X-ray glasses to concentrate the beam of an X-ray laser stronger than...
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Poor adolescent, early adult diet associated with increased risk for premenopausal breast cancer
Bottom Line: Women who consumed a diet as adolescents or young adults associated with chronic inflammation had a higher risk for premenopausal breast cancer compared...
CIFAR’s quantum physicist Louis Taillefer first Canadian to win Simon Prize
Credit: Michel Caron, Université de Sherbrooke (Toronto - March 1, 2017) Canadian quantum physicist Louis Taillefer, Director of CIFAR's Quantum Materials program, has been named...
DNA from taxidermy specimens explains genetic structure of British and Irish goats
Credit: John Joyce. Intensive selective breeding over the past 200 years and high extinction rates among feral populations has greatly reduced the genetic diversity present...
Mollusk graveyards are time machines to oceans’ pristine past
Credit: Photo by Carrie Tyler A University of Florida study shows that mollusk fossils provide a reliable measure of human-driven changes in marine ecosystems and...
New test distinguishes ‘tigers’ from ‘pussycats’ in prostate cancer
Credit: University of East Anglia A new test has been developed to make the vital distinction between aggressive and less harmful forms of prostate cancer,...
Two migration proteins boost predictive value of pancreatic cancer biomarker
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Adding two blood-borne proteins associated with cancer cell migration increases the predictive ability of the current biomarker for pancreatic cancer...
NJIT alumnus offers a real meal deal
Six different cuisines with 30 combos all served hot within 90 seconds, and patrons need only pick, swipe and eat. That's what Frshly, a fully...
Study finds preliminary recovery of coastal sharks in southeast US
Credit: VIMS A new analysis of population trends among coastal sharks of the southeast U.S. shows that all but one of the seven species studied...
UNC Lineberger launches innovative cellular immunotherapy program
Credit: UNC Lineberger CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have achieved a major milestone with the launch of two...
UA researchers see promise in light therapy to treat chronic pain
Chronic pain afflicts over 100 million people across the United States. It diminishes their productivity and their quality of life and costs hundreds of billions...
Super plants need super ROOTS
Credit: (Photo by Randy Montoya) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Agriculture consumes about 80 percent of all U.S. water. Making fertilizers uses 1 to 2 percent of...
Game-theoretic model combines strategic and technical aspects of cyber attribution
A new article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences explores how cyber attack victims should best respond. The article presents a game-theoretic...
WSU mathematician breaks down how to defend against quantum computing attacks
The encryption codes that safeguard internet data today won't be secure forever. Future quantum computers may have the processing power and algorithms to crack them....
A better way to measure the stiffness of cancer cells
Credit: Adam Wax, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have discovered a way to detect signs of cancer on a cell-by-cell...
