Warm winds: New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves
Credit: Jenny Turton (British Antarctic Survey) New research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds play in influencing the behaviour of...
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Novel mode of antidepressant action may help patients unresponsive to SSRIs
Credit: Makoto Kondo Osaka - Antidepressants treat symptoms of depression by increasing levels of brain signaling molecules (neurotransmitters) such as serotonin, as with the most...
Artificial intelligence may help diagnose tuberculosis in remote areas
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Researchers are training artificial intelligence models to identify tuberculosis (TB) on chest X-rays, which may...
Frozen fruits and vegetables help Americans achieve nutrition goals
Credit: Frozen Food Foundation McLean, VA - New research presented today via poster presentation at the 2017 Experimental Biology meeting shows consumers who eat frozen...
Penn team identifies genetic target for growing hardier plants under stress
The function of a plant's roots go well beyond simply serving as an anchor in the ground. The roots act as the plant's mouth, absorbing,...
Ice plant to help fight global warming effects on bioenergy crops
Credit: Courtesy of the University of Nevada, Reno RENO, Nev. - The unassuming ice plant could become an ingenious weapon in the fight against a...
Synergistic immunotherapy approach offers improved efficacy in eliminating tumors
Radiation and chemotherapy treatments for cancers destroy tumors and healthy tissue alike, often leading to severe side effects. Cancer immunotherapy approaches, which stimulate the immune...
Implanted scaffold with T cells rapidly shrinks tumors
Credit: Image by Cognition Studio, courtesy of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. SEATTLE - Cellular therapy hasn't had much success in fighting solid tumors, partly...
3 small energy firms to collaborate with PNNL
Credit: ThermChem Corporation RICHLAND, Wash. - Three small businesses have been selected to collaborate with researchers at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...
Researchers invent process to make sustainable rubber, plastics
Credit: University of Delaware/ Jeffrey Chase Synthetic rubber and plastics - used for manufacturing tires, toys and myriad other products - are produced from butadiene,...
T cell revival correlates with lung cancer response to PD-1 immunotherapy
In lung cancer patients who were taking immunotherapy drugs targeting the PD-1 pathway, testing for CD8 T cell activation in their blood partially predicted whether...
Reducing down to one-third of thermal resistance by WOW technology for 3-D DRAM application
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Researcher team led by Professor Takayuki Ohba at Tokyo Institute of Technology, ICE Cube Center, in collaboration with the WOW...
Robot radiology: Low-cost AI could screen for cervical cancer better than humans
Artificial intelligence--commonly known as A.I.--is already exceeding human abilities. Self-driving cars use A.I. to perform some tasks more safely than people. E-commerce companies use A.I....
New book on Ion Channels from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Cover images courtesy of Dorothy M. Kim and Crina M. Nimigean, and Thomas G. Oertner. The propagation of information through the nervous system depends...
New strategy produces stronger polymers
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Plastic, rubber, and many other useful materials are made of polymers -- long chains arranged in a cross-linked network. At the molecular...
