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Credit: penn State Dramatic improvements have been made to the process of converting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to methanol, ...

‘Music of speech’ linked to brain area unique to humans

We humans are the only primates that can flexibly control the pitch of our voices. This melodic control is not ...

Cheating on cheaters

Credit: Roberto Keller A new study, to be published in Current Biology* on 28 June, proposes new strategies to induce ...

Off the scale: Can forensics save the world’s most-trafficked mammal?

Credit: Tim Wacher, ZSL A pioneering new project trials fingerprinting techniques to battle pangolin poaching. Forensic fingerprinting techniques will now ...

Low-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking

Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled ...

Synthesis of opium alkaloids using electric current

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have mastered a nearly 50-year-old challenge of electrosynthetic chemistry, namely the electrochemical synthesis ...

Perspectives of immune suppression in the tumor microenvironment promoting oral malignancy

Cancers control immune systems and evade immune detection using mediators consisting of immune checkpoint molecules and cellular systems associated with ...

Mutations in gene TRAF7 are associated with a multisystem disorder

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A group of seven patients presenting with a similar disorder of unknown origin now know ...

No Difference in Outcomes for Children of Same-Sex versus Different-Sex Parents

June 28, 2018 - For children of lesbian or gay parents, psychological adjustment is about the same as in children ...

SNMMI 65th Annual Meeting sets the stage for a revolution in precision medicine

RESTON, VA - More than 5,000 physicians, technologists, scientists and exhibitors gathered for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ...

Atlantic Health System enrolling patients in pancreatic cancer clinical trials

June 29, 2018

Credit: Atlantic Health System Atlantic Health System is now enrolling patients in four pancreatic cancer clinical trials. Angela Alistar, MD, ...

New testing finds synergistic combination leads to toxicity in nanomaterials

EUGENE, Ore. - June 29, 2018 - A new study finds reason for caution - a clear emergence of toxicity ...

Men with aggressive prostate cancer may get new powerful drug option

Study targets men whose cancers stopped responding to hormone therapy Men taking the drug enzalutamide had delayed cancer re-appearance of ...

Sounds of moving objects change perceptions of body size

Sound and object motion can be used to change perceptions about body size, according to a new study by an ...

Immunotherapy drug for skin disease could boost hormone treatment for prostate cancer

A new form of immunotherapy reactivates the response to hormone treatment in advanced prostate cancer, a study in mice and ...

Break it down: Understanding the formation of chemical byproducts during water treatment

Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech Synthetical chemicals are ever-present in modern life--in our medications, cosmetics and clothing--but what happens to them ...

Winners of the 2018 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announced

Credit: Courtesy: Janelle Ayres The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences today announced the 2018 Laureates ...

New ‘promiscuous’ enzyme helps turn plant waste into sustainable products

Credit: Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to ...

Can older, frail patients benefit from ‘prehabilitation’ before heart surgery?

Credit: Canadian Journal of Cardiology Philadelphia, June 27, 2018 - High risk, frail heart patients might derive benefits from "prehabilitation," ...

Teens with concussion may benefit from earlier physical therapy