Nigeria: Clean-burning stoves improve health for new mothers
Credit: Christopher S. Olopade, MD, MPH, University of Chicago Medicine In a small clinical trial that replaced widely used biomass and kerosene cookstoves with clean-burning...
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Teens unlikely to be harmed by moderate digital screen use
Parents and pediatricians alike may worry about the effects of teens' screen time, but new findings from over 120,000 adolescents in the UK indicate that...
Scientists proposed a novel regional path tracking scheme for autonomous ground vehicles
Loading video... Credit: ©Science China Press For autonomous ground vehicles (AGVs), one of the most important issues is path tracking. Conventionally, steering and velocity control...
NUS researchers achieve major breakthrough in flexible electronics
Credit: Seah Zong Long Semiconductors, which are the very basic components of electronic devices, have improved our lives in many ways. They can be found...
Pig gene advance could boost sperm stocks from prized animals
Gene-editing techniques could help to improve stocks of farmed pigs by boosting supplies of sperm from prized sires. Scientists have created male pigs that could...
MIA transport protein no longer missing in action
Credit: The John Innes Centre John Innes Centre scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how valuable anti-cancer compounds are produced in the Madagascar Periwinkle...
Reducing the radioresistance of cancer
Credit: Dr. Yuichiro Matsuoka & Dr. Hideki Nakayama Most people recognize that many forms of cancer are treated with radiation therapy. However, some may not...
American Cancer Society honors exemplary cancer caregivers with Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award
Atlanta, GA - January 13, 2017 - Six outstanding individuals have been honored with the American Cancer Society Lane W. Adams Quality of Life Award,...
American Cancer Society awards Medal of Honor for contributions to saving more lives from cancer
Atlanta, GA - January 13, 2017 - Three outstanding individuals have been honored with the American Cancer Society Medal of Honor Award. The Medal of...
American Cancer Society honors Dr. William Breitbart with the Trish Greene Quality of Life Award
Atlanta, GA - January 13, 2017 - Outstanding volunteer William Breitbart, M.D. has been honored with the 2017 American Cancer Society Trish Greene Quality of...
American Cancer Society honors James W. Murray with the Volunteer Leadership Award
Atlanta, GA - January 13, 2017 - James W. Murray from Durham, NC has been honored with the Volunteer Leadership Award, a prestigious national honor...
Giant Middle East dust storm caused by a changing climate, not human conflict
Credit: Eli Bou-Zeid In August 2015, a dust storm blanketed large areas of seven Middle East nations in a haze of dust and sand thick...
3-D scans for the automotive industry
Credit: (Picture: Andreas Nüchter) The variety of car models has increased significantly over the past decades. Take Volkswagen: In 1950, the automaker produced just two...
NASA analyzes heavy rainfall over Southern Thailand
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Widespread flooding has recently caused the deaths of dozens of people in southern Thailand. Frequent and persistent downpours...
NASA’s Terra Satellite sees a spark of life in former Tropical Depression 01W’s remnants
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL NASA's Terra satellite recently analyzed the remnant low pressure area previously known as Tropical Depression 01W in infrared light as it showed...
