Weather extremes and trade policies were main drivers of wheat price peaks
Price peaks of wheat on the world market are mainly caused by production shocks such as induced for example by droughts, researchers found. These shocks...
NEWS INDEX
Follow-up colonoscopies associated with a significantly lower incidence of bowel cancer
Patients at risk of developing bowel cancer can significantly benefit from a follow-up colonoscopy, finds research published today in Lancet Oncology. Currently, everyone in the...
NOAA funds UM coral restoration research
Credit: Dalton Hesley MIAMI--The University of Miami's (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science announced today a two-year award from the National Oceanic and...
NJIT graduate student wins IBM fellowship to develop brain-inspired computing systems
S. R. Nandakumar, a graduate student in electrical engineering, has won a coveted IBM Ph.D. fellowship to support his work on computer systems that mimic...
Emerging companies aim to treat conditions that medication cannot relieve
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Autism, paralysis, and persistent, medication-resistant pain are among the challenges that emerging companies and organizations hope to alleviate through neuromodulation therapy...
Grant to model human memory and learning for machines
Much of what scientists know about human memory comes from studies involving relatively simple acts of recollection--remembering lists of words or associations between names and...
Sidney Kimmel Foundation concludes cancer research grant program with final recipients
PHILADELPHIA, PA--(April 19, 2017)--After two decades and just under 300 award winners, The Sidney Kimmel Foundation has selected the final 15 research scientists and medical...
Mouse teeth providing new insights into tissue regeneration
Credit: Klein Lab / UCSF Researchers hope to one day use stem cells to heal burns, patch damaged heart tissue, even grow kidneys and other...
VUMC to study potential approach to reverse precancerous stomach lesions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) cancer researcher James Goldenring, M.D., Ph.D., has received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the DeGregorio Family Foundation in Pleasantville, New...
Treatment improved overall survival in elderly patients with early-stage esophageal cancer
DENVER - Elderly patients with early-stage esophageal cancer that received treatment had an increased 5-year overall survival when compared to patients who received observation with...
Allina Health shares LifeCourse model at the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
MINNEAPOLIS - (April 27, 2017) - A small portion of Medicare beneficiaries account for half of Medicare spending, and forty percent of that spending is...
NASA sees vertical wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Muifa
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Vertical wind shear can weaken a tropical cyclone and that's what's happening to the now weaker Tropical Depression Muifa in...
Crime and virtual punishment
Credit: University of Utah When it comes to crime and punishment, how judges dish out prison sentences is anything but a game. But students from...
NRL breakthrough enables safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries
Credit: U.S. Navy / Matthew Poynor WASHINGTON -- Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Chemistry Division have developed a safer alternative to fire-prone...
Neurons’ faulty wiring leads to serotonin imbalance, depression-like behavior in mice
Credit: Tom Maniatis/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Columbia scientists have identified a gene that allows neurons that release serotonin -- a neurotransmitter that regulates...
