Better health for women involved in clinical trials
Women who participate in obstetric and gynaecology clinical trials experience improved health outcomes compared to those who are not involved in trials, according to research...
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Two months left to register for The International Liver CongressTM 2017
With just over two months to go until The International Liver Congress™ (ILC) 2017, it's time to register for your seat! The 52nd Annual Congress...
Tiny magnetic implant offers new drug delivery method
Credit: UBC University of British Columbia researchers have developed a magnetic drug implant--the first of its kind in Canada--that could offer an alternative for patients...
Taking a high-priced cancer drug with a low-fat meal can cut cost by 75 percent
Taking one-fourth the standard dose of a widely used drug for prostate cancer with a low-fat breakfast can be as effective - and four times...
Using high-resolution satellites to measure African farm yields
(Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences ) By using high-res images taken by the latest generation of compact satellites, Stanford scientists have developed...
Mutant maize offers key to understanding plant growth
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- How plant cells divide and how that contributes to plant growth has been one of the longstanding unsolved...
Drug developed at University of Minnesota increases survival in dogs with cancer
Credit: University of Minnesota A breakthrough trial at the University of Minnesota testing a new UMN-developed drug resulted in improved survival rates for dogs diagnosed...
Chip could make voice control ubiquitous in electronics
The butt of jokes as little as 10 years ago, automatic speech recognition is now on the verge of becoming people's chief means of interacting...
New method to detect ultrasound with light
Credit: Cheng Sun A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping a range of scientific endeavors...
Perimeter Institute researchers apply machine learning to condensed matter physics
February 13, 2017 (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) - A machine learning algorithm designed to teach computers how to recognize photos, speech patterns, and hand-written digits has...
X-ray pulses reveal structure of viral cocoon
Credit: Credit: Dominik Oberthuer, CFEL/DESY An international team of scientists has used high-intensity X-ray pulses to determine the structure of the crystalline protein envelope of...
Researchers engineer ‘thubber,’ a stretchable rubber that packs a thermal conductive punch
Credit: Lisa Kulick PITTSBURGH -- Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen of Carnegie Mellon University have developed a thermally conductive rubber material that represents a breakthrough...
UH chemist honored for research, STEM education
Credit: University of Houston Molecules can move far too quickly to be captured by traditional imaging tools, as quickly as a femtosecond, or one quadrillionth...
Breaking sonic boundaries: DARE Art Prize winner announced
A composer working with sounds below the limits of human hearing has been announced as the winner of the inaugural £15,000 DARE Art Prize by...
Potential new treatment combats COPD and other lung diseases
New research published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a potential drug to combat the life-threatening effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Specifically, the...
