New England’s 1816 ‘Mackerel Year’ and climate change today
Credit: NOAA Library, Silver Spring, Md. AMHERST, Mass. - Hundreds of articles have been written about the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, at Indonesia's...
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Survival of many of the world’s nonhuman primates is in doubt, experts report
Credit: See caption. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A report in the journal Science Advances details the grim realities facing a majority of the nonhuman primates in...
Mighty river, mighty filter
Credit: Photo credit Joseph Baustian, The Nature Conservancy. Huckleberry Finn wouldn't recognize today's lower Mississippi River. Massive walls separate the river from low-lying lands alo..
Soft robot can help a heart to pump
Wednesday, 18 January, 2017: An innovative soft robotic sleeve which can help a heart to beat has been developed by researchers including Dr Ellen Roche...
‘Collateral’ lethality may offer new therapeutic approach for cancers of the pancreas, stomach and colon
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Cancer cells often delete genes that normally suppress tumor formation. These deletions also may extend to neighboring genes, an event...
Advanced stage NSCLC patients receiving treatment have better OS than untreated patients
DENVER - Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with advanced disease receiving standard of care treatment have a higher overall survival (OS) than similar patients...
A toolkit for transformable materials
Loading video... Credit: Johannes Overvelde/Harvard SEAS Metamaterials -- materials whose function is determined by structure, not composition -- have been designed to bend light and...
Support for Chicago Biomedical Consortium renewed
Credit: Dan Dombeck, Northwestern University The Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust has renewed its funding commitment to the Chicago Biomedical Consortium (CBC), an...
Three companies receive seed funds to develop medical devices for children
Credit: Myomo, Inc. The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium (PPDC) has announced seed grants to three companies developing medical devices for children. The Consortium chose...
Traffic jam in empty space
Credit: University of Konstanz With these results, the researchers from the field of ultrafast phenomena and photonics build on their earlier findings, published in October...
New Marcellus development boom will triple greenhouse gas emissions from PA’s natural gas
Bristol, PA - Natural gas production on Pennsylvania's vast black shale deposit known as the Marcellus Shale will nearly double by 2030 to meet growing...
Study finds new target for controlling cell division
Credit: (Photo courtesy of Dr. Michael Polymenis, Texas A&M AgriLife Research) COLLEGE STATION -- Modern genome sequencing methods used to measure the efficiency of synthesis...
Molecule shows ability to thwart pathogens’ genetic resistance to antibiotic
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University researchers have developed a new weapon in the battle against antibiotic-resistant germs - a molecule that neutralizes the bugs'...
Researcher examines effect of exercise on breast cancer survivors
Credit: Syracuse University A researcher at Syracuse University has simple advice for breast cancer survivors struggling with the side effects of Aromatase Inhibitors (AIs): exercise....
New MSU research addresses gap between research and practice in sustainable agriculture
Credit: Courtesy of MSU Michigan State University-led research has found a big difference in the yields produced by alternative agricultural practices in commercial fields compared...
