Amino acids in diet could be key to starving cancer
Cutting out certain amino acids -- the building blocks of proteins -- from the diet of mice slows tumour growth and prolongs survival, according to...
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Graphene ‘copy machine’ may produce cheap semiconductor wafers
In 2016, annual global semiconductor sales reached their highest-ever point, at $339 billion worldwide. In that same year, the semiconductor industry spent about $7.2 billion...
New analysis finds Medicare program underestimates heart attack mortality rates
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (April 19, 2017) - New analysis of Medicare's Hospital Compare portal shows the statistical methodology used to rate and compare hospitals underestimates mortality...
Newly discovered exoplanet may be best candidate in search for signs of life
Credit: ESO/spaceengine.org The newly discovered super-Earth LHS 1140b orbits in the habitable zone around a faint red dwarf star named LHS 1140, in the constellation...
The foundations of parenting
Why is it that some species seem to be particularly attentive parents while others leave their young to fend for themselves? For years, scientists have...
3-D-printable implants may ease damaged knees
Credit: Feichen Yang DURHAM, N.C. -- A cartilage-mimicking material created by researchers at Duke University may one day allow surgeons to 3-D print replacement knee...
Earth’s little garbage people? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 19, 2017 -- If you're enjoying some tasty food today that has at least one ingredient that was...
Research paves way for improved colorectal cancer test
Credit: K. Prince/Texas Children's Hospital The type of bacteria in your gut may help diagnose colorectal cancer. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and other...
NASA sees a well-defined center in Ex-Tropical Depression 02W’s remnants
Credit: Credits: NASA NASA's Terra satellite passed over the remnants of Tropical Depression 02W as it continued to linger west of the northern Philippines on...
European Geosciences Union meeting: Press conferences live stream, on-site registration
Next week (23-28 April), some 14,000 scientists will gather in Vienna for the 2017 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). The meeting that...
U of I study ranks which production attributes are most important to consumers when buying beef, chicken
Credit: University of Illinois Consumers are increasingly interested in how their food is produced and look for claims such as no growth hormones, no GMOs,...
Cell biologists discover crucial ‘traffic regulator’ in neurons
Neurons are the main cells in the nervous system. They process information by sending, receiving, and combining signals from around the brain and the body....
Pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant therapy in certain breast cancer patients predicts low risk for local metastases
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Select breast cancer patients who achieved pathologic complete response (pCR) after chemotherapy may be able to avoid follow-up...
Collegiate inventors awarded Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 19, 2017 - The Lemelson-MIT Program today announced the winners of the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize after a nationwide search for the most...
USC team develops new method to create the next fuel-efficient renewable energy
Credit: via G. K. Surya Prakash Scientists have long struggled with generating and storing hydrogen, the kind that might one day provide the backbone for...
