New study highlights need to increase female peer reviewers
Credit: Credit: Jory Lerback WASHINGTON, DC -- Publishers of scholarly journals should take additional steps to get more women to serve as peer reviewers of...
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Pitt cancer researchers honored with 2017 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
Credit: The Paul Ehrlich Foundation PITTSBURGH -- One of the most prestigious awards in the field of medicine will be presented to University of Pittsburgh...
First step towards photonic quantum network
Credit: (Photo: Ola Jakup Joensen, NBI). Advanced photonic nanostructures are well on their way to revolutionising quantum technology for quantum networks based on light. Researchers...
Cosmic lenses support findings on accelerated universe expansion
Credit: NASA, ESA, Suyu (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics), Auger (University of Cambridge) The Hubble constant -- the rate at which the Universe is expanding...
Jumping spiders court in color
Credit: Thomas Shahan While most arachnophiles will likely find tiny spider dancers who can "swagger like Jagger" entertaining, it's more than the dance that captures...
Researchers in Kiel can control adhesive material remotely with light
Loading video... Credit: Emre Kizilkan Adhesive mechanisms in the natural world, as used by geckos and other animals when they walk upside down on the...
NIH honors researchers with Outstanding Investigator Award
Credit: University Hospitals CLEVELAND: Two internationally recognized medical research leaders from University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medi..
How water can split into two liquids below zero
Did you know that water can still remain liquid below zero degrees Celsius? It is called supercooled water and is present in refrigerators. At even...
This Week from AGU: The shifting landscape of science
From the Prow The shifting landscape of science With each new development in the science policy arena, whether announcements of nominations to lead federal science...
Global shark attacks drop to recent average in 2016
After 2015's record-busting 98 shark attacks, calmer waters prevailed in 2016. The University of Florida's International Shark Attack File reported 81 unprovoked attacks worldwide, in...
Invasive sedge protects dunes better than native grass, Penn-led study finds
Credit: Bianca Charbonneau The invasive species Carex kobomugi, or Asiatic sand sedge, was first found along the East Coast of the United States at New...
Getting by with a little help from their friends
After big winter storms, clumps of kelp forests often wash ashore along the Southern California coast. Contrary to the devastation these massive piles of seaweed...
Are social networking sites good platforms for providing social support?
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 25, 2017--A critical review of 10 years of research on social support via social networking...
Murine study finds potential boost for ovarian cancer drug Olaparib
Credit: Qu et al., 2017 Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences have discovered that the metabolic enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase 1 (PGAM1) helps cancer cells...
Advances prompt release of new recommendations for diagnosis, management of adult AML
Columbus, Ohio - An international panel of experts has released updated evidence-based and expert-opinion-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...
