Global shark attacks drop to recent average in 2016
After 2015's record-busting 98 shark attacks, calmer waters prevailed in 2016. The University of Florida's International Shark Attack File reported 81 unprovoked attacks worldwide, in...
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Invasive sedge protects dunes better than native grass, Penn-led study finds
Credit: Bianca Charbonneau The invasive species Carex kobomugi, or Asiatic sand sedge, was first found along the East Coast of the United States at New...
Getting by with a little help from their friends
After big winter storms, clumps of kelp forests often wash ashore along the Southern California coast. Contrary to the devastation these massive piles of seaweed...
Are social networking sites good platforms for providing social support?
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 25, 2017--A critical review of 10 years of research on social support via social networking...
Murine study finds potential boost for ovarian cancer drug Olaparib
Credit: Qu et al., 2017 Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered that the metabolic enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase 1 (PGAM1) helps cancer cells...
Advances prompt release of new recommendations for diagnosis, management of adult AML
Columbus, Ohio - An international panel of experts has released updated evidence-based and expert-opinion-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...
Research: Aerobic exercise shows promise for treatment of wounded warriors with mild traumatic brain
LAWRENCE -- Improvised explosive devices and associated blast injuries have left over 350,000 U.S. service members in Iraq and Afghanistan with an invisible wound: traumatic...
100% renewable energy sources require overcapacity
Germany decided to go nuclear-free by 2022. A CO2-emission-free electricity supply system based on intermittent sources, such as wind and solar - or photovoltaic (PV)...
Hospitals can rapidly identify life-threatening bacteria
Credit: IPC PAS Soon in virtually every hospital it will be possible to identify the bacterial species responsible for an infection developing in a patient...
NASA restarts rigorous vibration testing on the James Webb Space Telescope
Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn Testing on the James Webb Space Telescope successfully resumed last week at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, Maryland. On...
Physicists patent detonation technique to mass-produce graphene
Loading video... Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Forget chemicals, catalysts and expensive machinery -- a Kansas State University team of physicists has discovered...
Diabetes drug takes aim at cancer’s fuel source
PHILADELPHIA -- In the last three years, researchers have shown that diabetic patients with head and neck cancer, may have better outcomes than non-diabetic patients...
Expanding point-of-care disease diagnostics with ultrasound (video)
Credit: Credit: American Chemical Society Fast, accurate and inexpensive medical tests in a doctor's office are only possible for some conditions. To create new in-office...
Lifting the fog on China’s unwieldy air pollution problem
The new year in many northern Chinese cities kicked off with a blanket of thick, choking smog -- that's despite the anti-pollution efforts that have...
Scientists determine a molecular mechanism of anti-cancer therapeutic candidate
Credit: MIPT Press Office An international team of scientists, including MIPT researchers, has defined the way their promising anti-cancer molecules work. The research findings will...
