Castration-resistant prostate cancer cell growth impeded by endostatin
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Failure of hormone deprivation therapy, which is used to slow prostate cancer in patients, leads to castration-resistant prostate cancer, a...
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Mayo breast cancer study provides critical information on tumor sequencing and chemother
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Tumor sequencing is increasingly used to select treatment for patients with cancer, but its role in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer...
ORNL, HTS International Corporation to collaborate on manufacturing research
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., March 10, 2017 -- HTS International Corporation and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have signed an agreement...
Organic is only one ingredient in recipe for sustainable food future
Many people choose organic thinking it's better for humans and the planet, but a new UBC study published in Science Advances finds that might not...
Using telemedicine to treat multiple sclerosis
Credit: UCR School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Multiple sclerosis (MS) clinicians face continued challenges in optimizing neurological care, especially for people with advanced MS...
This small molecule could have a big future in global food security
Credit: Monica Schmidt/UA Researchers at the University of Arizona have found a promising way to prevent the loss of millions of tons of crops to...
New research identifies New Bedford Harbor as major source of airborne PCBs
Sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCBs, from the bottom of the New Bedford Harbor is the No. 1 source of airborne PCBs in the...
Energy crop production on conservation lands may not boost greenhouse gases
Credit: Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet, environmentally sensitive landsca..
Discovery in new material raises questions about theoretical models of superconductivity
The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has successfully created the first pure, single-crystal sample of a new iron arsenide superconductor, CaKFe4As4, and studies of...
NASA sees wind shear affecting Tropical Cyclone 11S
Credit: Credits: NASA/NRL Tropical Cyclone 11S appeared elongated in NASA satellite imagery as a result of the storm being battered by wind shear. When NASA's...
NASA’s aerial survey of polar ice expands its Arctic reach
Credit: Credits: NASA/Nathan Kurtz For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge, a NASA mission that conducts aerial surveys of polar ice, has produced unprecedented three-dimensional...
NASA gets a last look at Tropical Depression Enawo’s final bow
Credit: Credits: NASA Ex-tropical Cyclone Enawo moved off the southern coast of Madagascar and strengthened back into a tropical storm for a brief period before...
Building on the foundations of innovation
Tampa, Fla. (Mar. 10, 2017) - The new issue of Technology and Innovation, Journal of the National Academy of Inventors ® (18:4) (full text) highlights...
Benefits of university seed cap programs
Tampa, Fla. (Mar. 10, 2017) - When universities engage in technology transfer, the process of commercializing the innovations and inventions of academic faculty members, "seed...
Hubble hones in on a hypergiant’s home
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA This beautiful Hubble image reveals a young super star cluster known as Westerlund 1, only 15,000 light-years away in our Milky...
