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October 19, 2018

Munich, Germany, 20 October 2018 - Social vulnerability showed to be a major limitation to participation in cancer screening for ...

Government corruption tops 5th annual Chapman University survey of American fears

Credit: Chapman University ORANGE, Calif. - More Americans are afraid than ever, according to the 5th annual Chapman University Survey ...

Elucidating cuttlefish camouflage

Credit: MPI for Brain Research / Stephan Junek The unique ability of cuttlefish, squid and octopuses to hide by imitating ...

Scientists develop DNA molecule that may one day be used as ‘vaccine’ for prostate cancer

Credit: City of Hope DUARTE, Calif. -- Researchers from City of Hope, a world-renowned comprehensive cancer center and independent biomedical ...

Diagnosis of ovarian cancer delayed by woeful lack of awareness

A global study of women with ovarian cancer has found that two thirds of women had never heard of the ...

Valuable insights into the modeling, application, and production of bioactive materials

Anatomy, Modeling and Biomaterial Fabrication for Dental and Maxillofacial Applications provides readers with information about dental implants and biomaterial fabrication ...

Surgery technique reduces strokes in atherosclerosis patients

Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Embargoed Until Oct. 18, 2018 @ 10:05AM ET) -- A surgical technique called EDAS (encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis) significantly ...

Dr. Erkut Kucukboyaci of Kessler Foundation named Switzer Research Fellow

Credit: Kessler Foundation Erkut Kucukboyaci, PhD, postdoctoral fellow in Traumatic Brain Injury Research at Kessler Foundation, has been awarded a ...

UT Southwestern researcher wins Breakthrough Prize for innate immunity discovery

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 17, 2018 - UT Southwestern biochemist Dr. Zhijian "James" Chen today was named winner ...

$11 million NIH grant creates new center for musculoskeletal research at Clemson

CLEMSON, South Carolina - With an $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health Center for Biomedical Research Excellence, ...

For preterm infants, skin-to-skin contact affects

October 18, 2018 - For premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), skin-to-skin contact with parents influences levels ...

With a microbe-produced toxin, bacteria prove old dogs can learn new tricks

Credit: Mougous Lab/UW Medicine A newly discovered toxin that some bacteria deploy to fend off competing bacteria stands out from ...

For preterm infants, skin-to-skin contact affects hormone levels — and may promote parental engagement

October 18, 2018 - For premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), skin-to-skin contact with parents influences levels ...

Dry conditions in East Africa half a million years ago possibly shaped human evolution, study finds

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Samples of ancient sediments from a lake basin in East Africa have revealed that arid conditions ...

Arctic greening thaws permafrost, boosts runoff

Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 17, 2018--A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to ...

Study uncovers new link between neonicotinoid pesticide exposure and bumblebee decline

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - Adding to growing evidence that pesticide use may be contributing to the decline ...

Pitt engineer’s research on magnetically activated engineered cells attracts NIH funding

Credit: Swanson School of Engineering During graduate school at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Warren Ruder wondered if it ...

Evolution is everywhere

Human Evolution Beyond Biology and Culture: Evolutionary Social, Environmental and Policy Sciences (Cambridge University Press, October 2018) is a new ...

Study examines aspects of conscientious objection among nurses

One-on-one interviews with eight nurses in Ontario revealed that nurses making conscientious objections to ethically-relevant policies lack concrete supports and ...

UC researcher fighting breast cancer with light therapy