How improved valves let grasses ‘breathe,’ cope with climate change
Loading video... Credit: Dominique Bergmann and Michael Raissig Palo Alto, CA--New work from a joint team of plant biologists and ecologists from Carnegie and Stanford...
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New analysis method of metabolites accurately predicts whether a child has autism
Credit: Daniel P. Howsmon, CCBY Scientists have developed a new, highly accurate method that analyzes metabolic biomarkers to assess whether a child is on the...
Call-to-action to improve + extend lives of patients with advanced breast cancer by 2025
Credit: European School of Oncology VIENNA, Austria, March 16, 2017 - The European School of Oncology (ESO) today announced the preliminary Global mBC Vision 2025...
Three Harvard experts explain how economics can shape precision medicines
Author affiliations: Harvard Business School, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Harvard Kennedy School Many public and private efforts focus on research in...
NASA’s GPM analyzed rainfall in ex-Tropical Cyclone 11S
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA Ex-tropical cyclone 11S was still generating some heavy rainfall, despite losing its tropical status and becoming a sub-tropical storm when...
Climate had a hand in shaping the human nose
Credit: Daniel P. Howsmon, CCBY The size and shape of the nose in different human populations is not simply the result of chance, but evolved,...
Earth’s first example of recycling — its own crust!
Credit: Photo by Rick Carlson. Washington, DC--Rock samples from northeastern Canada retain chemical signals that help explain what Earth's crust was like more than 4...
Operation of ancient biological clock uncovered
Credit: Philip Lossl, Utrecht University Ten years ago, researchers discovered that the biological clock in cyanobacteria consists of only three protein components: KaiA, KaiB and...
Next-gen steel under the microscope
Credit: Photo credit Frank Schulenburg. Next-generation steel and metal alloys are a step closer to reality, thanks to an international research project involving a University...
NJIT alumnus is named one of the country’s ‘new faces of civil engineering’
Credit: NJIT Muhammad Elgammal, P.E., PMP, a 27-year-old associate civil engineer at The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, will be honored tonight...
Prostate cancer trial shows treating with precision radiotherapy cuts course of treatment by 50 percent
Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - March 16, 2017) - An Ontario-led international clinical trial with 1,206 men with localized prostate cancer shows that compressing radiation...
Genetic association with aggressive prostate cancer discovered
Credit: Courtesy of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada March 16, 2017 (Toronto) - An international study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...
Dietary anti-cancer compound may work by influence on cellular genetics
Credit: Photo courtesy of Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have discovered one of the reasons why broccoli may be good for your health....
UC researchers use gold coating to control luminescence of nanowires
Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services In electronics, the race for smaller is huge. Physicists at the University of Cincinnati are working to harness the power...
Preventing lead spread
Credit: Courtesy: Biswas Lab While lead pipes were banned decades ago, they still supply millions of American households daily with drinking water amid risks of...
