Researchers help the body protect itself against inflammation and colon cancer
Credit: Michael Sutphin Could inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer be prevented by changing the shape of a single protein? There is an intimate link...
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Mount Sinai study: How primary tumor cells are preset for dormancy and evade chemo after spread
In a first of its kind study, Mount Sinai researchers have discovered the conditions by which specific signals in primary tumors of head and neck...
NASA sees development of Tropical Cyclone 3S along Western Australia’s coast
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce A NASA satellite provided a look at heavy rainfall occurring in a tropical low pressure system as it...
Climate changes may lead to more poisonous mercury in plankton
(Umea University) Global warming is expected to increase runoff and input of organic matter to aquatic ecosystems in large regions of the Northern hemisphere including...
Clue to how cancer cells spread
New Haven, Conn.-- In a second human case, a Yale-led research team has found that a melanoma cell and a white blood cell can fuse...
Toxic mercury in aquatic life could spike with greater land runoff
Credit: Sofi Jonsson A highly toxic form of mercury could jump by 300 to 600 percent in zooplankton -- tiny animals at the base of...
TSRI scientists find brain hormone that triggers fat burning
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.) LA JOLLA, CA - January 27, 2017 - Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have...
GSG III Foundation pledges more than $1 million for Lung Research Program at UofL
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A new research program at the University of Louisville will focus on developing better methods for studying lung inflammation and allow for...
Finding credibility clues on Twitter
By scanning 66 million tweets linked to nearly 1,400 real-world events, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have built a language model that identifies words and...
Aerospace engineering doctoral student earns NASA Pathways internship
Credit: UT Arlington Cody Ground, a doctoral student in The University of Texas at Arlington's Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, has earned a prestigious Pathways...
New techniques allow greater control of smartwatches
Credit: Gabriel Reyes Smartwatches aren't the easiest things to control, with their small screens and owner't bulky fingers. Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have invented...
Researchers develop label-free technique to image microtubules
Credit: Kandel et. al., ACS Nano 2016 Imaging very small materials takes not only great skill on the part of the microscopist, but also great...
The ancient Indus civilization’s adaptation to climate change
With climate change in our own era becoming increasingly evident, it's natural to wonder how our ancestors may have dealt with similar environmental circumstances. New...
New system for therapeutic gene delivery increases transgene expression up to 100-fold
Credit: ©2017, Mary Ann Liebert Inc, publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 27, 2017 -- Advanced engineering of a mini-intronic plasmid (MIP) system designed to carry...
Absorbing electromagnetic energy while avoiding the heat
Credit: Willie Padilla, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Electrical engineers at Duke University have created the world's first electromagnetic metamaterial made without any metal. The...
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