How plants are grown beyond Earth?
(De Gruyter Open) Following a new NASA bill, passed in March by the US Congress and which authorizes $19.5 billion spending for space exploration in...
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Wrong-way asteroid plays ‘chicken’ with Jupiter
Credit: Western University, Ontario, Canada For at least a million years, an asteroid orbiting the "wrong" way around the sun has been playing a cosmic...
Adults with disabilities screened less often for colorectal cancer
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (March 29, 2017) -- Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in the United States, with...
New research explains why even targeted therapies eventually fail in lung cancer
Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Nearly 50 years into the "war" on cancer, doctors possess weapons that once would have seemed magical in their tumor-killing...
Analysis yields clues to chemical composition, natural aging of 100-year-old beer
Credit: Brewing Institute, Prague Stashed away and long-forgotten, a trio of century-old bottled beers recently discovered in the Czech Republic could help scientists better understand...
Surgery to remove unaffected breast in early breast cancer increases
ATLANTA - March 29, 2017 - The proportion of women in the United States undergoing surgery for early-stage breast cancer who have preventive mastectomy to...
Immunologic changes point to potential for clinical investigation of combination immunotherapy for deadly kidney cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Immunologic changes observed in an early study of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (MRCC) raised the possibility for a...
NSF and Popular Science announce winners of 15th annual ‘Vizzies’
Credit: Greg Dunn, Brian Edwards, Will Drinker Today, Popular Science magazine and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announce the winners of the 15th Annual Vizzies...
NASA sees ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie over Queensland
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over Ex-Tropical Cyclone Debbie after it made landfall in eastern Queensland and weakened. On March 29, 2017...
Reliable molecular toggle switch developed
Credit: (Photo: KIT) Nanotechnology constantly allows for new records in miniaturization. Reduction of the dimension of electronic components, however, has physical limits that will be...
Scientists discover new category of analgesic drugs that may treat neuropathic pain
New research published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that a novel therapeutic target called LPCAT2 may prove effective against pain that is not receptive...
Reading between the lines of highly turbulent plasmas
Plasma, the ionised state of matter found in stars, is still not fully understood, largely due to its instability. Astrophysicists have long-since sought to develop...
An led-based device for imaging radiation induced skin damage
Credit: Anaïs Leproux, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic SAN DIEGO -- To eradicate any cancer cells that may potentially remain after surgery or chemotherapy,...
Carnegie Mellon Power Sector Index tracks 24 percent decline in carbon emissions
PITTSBURGH--Yesterday during Carnegie Mellon Energy Week, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) Americas President & CEO Paul Browning unveiled the initial results of a new Carnegie...
Decorating single layer and bilayer graphene with useful chemical groups
Credit: IBS Researchers at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology...
