NASA team explores using LISA Pathfinder as ‘comet crumb’ detector
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) with contributions from NASA, has successfully demonstrated critical...
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Guideline sets standard of care for treatment of oropharynx cancer with radiation therapy
ARLINGTON, Va., April 17, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued a new clinical guideline for the management of oropharyngeal cancer....
Do BAT receptors hold the key to treating obesity and diabetes?
According to research published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists have discovered a way to increase the amount of metabolism-boosting brown adipose tissue (BAT) ("good"...
Assay of nearly 5,000 mutations reveals roots of genetic splicing errors
It's not so hard anymore to find genetic variations in patients, said Brown University genomics expert William Fairbrother, but it remains difficult to understand whether...
High-resolution imaging with conventional microscopes
Credit: The Researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have developed a way to make extremely high-resolution images of tissue samples, at a fraction of the...
Researchers working toward indoor location detection
Credit: Carlyn Chatfield/Rice University Rice University computer scientists are mapping a new solution for interior navigational location detection by linking it to existing sensors in...
NASA spots short-lived Tropical Cyclone Maarutha
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response On Saturday, April 15, Tropical Cyclone 1B formed in the Northern Indian Ocean and it made landfall in...
Breakdown of neutrophil protein causes severe autoimmune disease of blood vessels
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Neutrophils are key players of the innate immune system that help fight off infection. These white blood cells attack in...
Time-lapse shows how anticancer and antiviral drugs get into cells
Credit: Marscha Hirschi, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Some of the most effective treatments against viral infections and cancer belong to a class of drugs...
Tweaking a molecule’s structure can send it down a different path to crystallization
Credit: Jim De Yoreo/PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. -- Silky chocolate, a better medical drug, or solar panels all require the same thing: just the right crystals...
Scientists work to strengthen the synergy of chemotherapy and immunotherapy against cancer
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 17, 2017) - In the war on cancer, powerful chemotherapy agents are increasingly packaged with immunotherapy that primes a...
Columbia engineers invent method to control light propagation in waveguides
Credit: Nanfang Yu/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--April 17, 2017--A team of Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Applied Physics Assistant Professor Nanfang Yu, has invented a...
Nano-SPEARs gently measure electrical signals in small animals
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 17, 2017) - Microscopic probes developed at Rice University have simplified the process of measuring electrical activity in...
Electroacupuncture may improve regulation of blood sugar in overweight and obese women
For women who are overweight or obese and are unable to exercise, new research appearing online in The FASEB Journal suggests combining acupuncture with an...
Pancreatic cancer project scores in research ‘lightning round’
Credit: Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- Scientists get funded for their ideas through a marathon grant-writing process, scores of collaborators, weeks of information gathering...
