Anti-cancer drug gets a boost when combined with antirheumatic
Credit: Paul Dyson/EPFL Scientists at EPFL and NTU have discovered that combining an anticancer drug with an antirheumatic produces improved effects against tumors. The discovery...
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Testing effects of ‘noise’ on the decision-making abilities of slime mold
Credit: Jerry Kirkhart, Flickr Foraging abilities of the amoeboid slime mold Physarum polycephalum may be improved by "noise" in the form of intermittent light exposure,...
A faster single-pixel camera
Compressed sensing is an exciting new computational technique for extracting large amounts of information from a signal. In one high-profile demonstration, for instance, researchers at...
Researchers track perfluorinated chemicals in the body
Credit: University of Notre Dame They are the chemicals that made consumers think twice about using nonstick cookware. New research in the journal Environmental Science...
Study finds 1 in 8 Calgary homes exceed Health Canada’s acceptable radon level
Credit: Riley Brandt Radon gas is a colourless, odourless radioactive gas that has been linked to lung cancer. Now, University of Calgary, Cumming School of...
Brain scans show dopamine levels fall during migraine attacks
ANN ARBOR--Using PET scans of the brain, University of Michigan researchers showed that dopamine falls and fluctuates at different times during a migraine headache. This...
Officials dedicate OSC’s newest, most powerful supercomputer
Credit: OSC J.C. "Jesse" Owens possessed both elite speed and raw power, which he honed and blended on his way to winning four Olympic gold...
Team highlights work on tuning block polymers for nanostructured systems
High-performance materials are enabling major advances in a wide range of applications from energy generation and digital information storage to disease screening and medical devices....
Fred Hutch scientists to cover advances in immunotherapy, proteomics at AACR
Scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle are scheduled to present and discuss the latest developments in immunotherapy and proteomics at the...
Case comprehensive cancer center analyzes brain tumor data, doubles known risk factors for glioma
A massive new study involving blood samples from over 30,000 individuals has identified 13 new genetic risk factors for glioma, the most common type of...
NASA laser communications to provide Orion faster connections
Credit: NASA NASA is working to forever change the way astronauts communicate to and from space using an advanced laser communications system called LEMNOS, which...
Reusable carbon nanotubes could be the water filter of the future, says RIT study
Credit: John-David Rocha and Reginald Rogers A new class of carbon nanotubes could be the next-generation clean-up crew for toxic sludge and contaminated water, say...
Social bees have kept their gut microbes for 80 million years
Credit: Eunice Soh About 80 million years ago, a group of bees began exhibiting social behavior, which includes raising young together, sharing food resources and...
11 percent of disappearing groundwater used to grow internationally traded food
Loading video... Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Kathryn Mersmann Wheat, rice, sugar, cotton and maize are among the essential internationally traded crops in the global...
Tackling resilience: Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change
Credit: South Florida Water Management District "Resilience" is a buzzword often used in scientific literature to describe how animals, plants and landscapes can persist under...
