Igniting a solar flare in the corona with lower-atmosphere kindling
Credit: NJIT Scientists from NJIT's Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research are providing some of the first detailed views of the mechanisms that may trigger solar flares,...
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Researchers shoot for success with simulations of laser pulse-material interactions
Credit: ORNL With the advent of laser technology in the 1960s, materials scientists gained a new tool to both study and modify materials. Today, lasers...
Rarely studied gene USF3 plays role in predisposition to thyroid cancer
Credit: Cleveland Clinic March 27, 2017, Cleveland: Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic and her team have discovered that a faulty, rarely studied gene...
Tiny bacterium provides window into whole ecosystems
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- William Blake may have seen a world in a grain of sand, but for scientists at MIT the smallest of all photosynthetic...
Fighting world hunger: Robotics aid in the study of corn and drought tolerance
Loading video... Credit: MU News Bureau Developing drought tolerant corn that makes efficient use of available water will be vital to sustain the estimated 9...
New method heats up ultrasonic approach to treating tumors
WASHINGTON D.C., March 28, 2017 -- High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) is a breakthrough therapeutic technique used to treat tumors. The principle of this noninvasive, targeted...
Night lights, big data
Credit: (Image courtesy of NASA) When the Earth is dark, human activity sparkles across the globe. As seen from space, night-time lights tell a story...
Vitamin D, calcium supplementation among older women does not significantly reduce risk of cancer
Among healthy postmenopausal women, supplementation with vitamin D3 and calcium compared with placebo did not result in a significantly lower risk of cancer after four...
Findings support use of less invasive hysterectomy for early-stage endometrial cancer
Researchers found similar rates of disease-free survival and no difference in overall survival among women who received a laparoscopic or abdominal total hysterectomy for stage...
Female menstrual cycle in a dish
"It's the ultimate personalized medicine, a model of your body for testing drugs" Will help scientists understand diseases such as fibroids, endometriosis and cancer Part...
Prostate screening often occurs without discussion of benefits, risks
A new study finds that while a blood test that helps to screen for prostate cancer remains common, only 30 percent of men in a...
Desktop scanners can be hijacked to perpetrate cyberattacks
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...March 28, 2017 - A typical office scanner can be infiltrated and a company's network compromised using different light sources, according to a new...
A seismic mapping milestone
Credit: David Pugmire, ORNL Because of Earth's layered composition, scientists have often compared the basic arrangement of its interior to that of an onion. There's...
Dust contributes valuable nutrients to Sierra Nevada forest ecosystems
Credit: Chelsea Carey, Point Blue Conservation Science Collecting dust isn't usually considered a good thing. But dust from as close as California's Central Valley and...
Forests fight global warming in ways more important than previously understood
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Forests play a complex role in keeping the planet cool, one that goes far beyond the absorption of carbon dioxide, new research...
