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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has, for the first time, performed all manufacturing stages for a flexible in-moulded LED foil -in roll-to-roll process. The...

Novel approach can reveal personalized breast cancer treatments

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The goal of cancer therapy is to destroy the tumor or stop it from growing and spreading to other parts...

Asian dust providing key nutrients for California’s giant sequoias

Credit: Chelsea Carey RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Dust from as far away as the Gobi Desert in Asia is providing more nutrients than previously thought for...

Study: Dust helps regulate Sierra Nevada ecosystems

Credit: UC Merced "Collecting dust" isn't usually considered a good thing. But dust from as near as the Central Valley and as far away as...

Zika virus protein mapped to speed search for cure

Credit: Cheng Kao, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A study published today shows how Indiana University scientists are speeding the path to new treatments for...

Astronomers probe swirling particles in halo of starburst galaxy

Credit: Credits: A.D. Kapinska, G. Meurer. ICRAR/UWA/CAASTRO. Astronomers have used a radio telescope in outback Western Australia to see the halo of a nearby starburst...

Using a method from Wall Street to track slow slipping of Earth’s crust

Stock traders have long used specialized trackers to decide when to buy or sell a stock, or when the market is beginning to make a...

Mouse in the house tells tale of human settlement

Credit: Photo by Lior Weissbrod. Long before the advent of agriculture, hunter-gatherers began putting down roots in the Middle East, building more permanent homes and...

New NIFA study shows capacity funding is a valued investment to states

WASHINGTON, D.C. - March 27, 2017 - Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) released a new report...

USDA announces $300,000 in funding available for youth farm safety

WASHINGTON, D.C. March 27, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced $300,000 in available funding to...

Psychologists enlist machine learning to help diagnose depression

Credit: David M Schnyer, Peter C. Clasen, Christopher Gonzalez and Christopher G. Beevers Depression affects more than 15 million American adults, or about 6.7 percent...

Kent State chemists create microscopic environment to study cancer cell growth

Credit: Photo provided by Kent State University According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920...

New finding could lead to earlier liver cancer diagnosis

Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT In many parts of the world, including Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, exposure to a fungal product called aflatoxin is believed to...

Kessler Foundation renews collaboration with Children’s Specialized Hospital

Credit: Kessler Foundation March 27, East Hanover, NJ/New Brunswick, NJ--Kessler Foundation, a global leader in rehabilitation research, and Children's Specialized Hospital, the nation's l..

Researchers show p300 protein may suppress leukemia in MDS patients