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Credit: David Wallace/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, March 29, 2018 - In response to repeated calls for an integrated and coordinated ...

One species described multiple times: How taxonomists contribute to biodiversity discovery

Credit: Dr. Norman F. Johnson While working on a rare little known group of Oriental wasps that most likely parasitise ...

Is your Easter egg bad for the environment?

With Easter fast approaching, the thought of chocolate is probably on all our minds, but could the UK's love of ...

Human-centered design is key to forming partnerships for large-scale conservation success

Credit: Mike Sorice. To recruit more fishers to help with marine conservation, cast a wider net. This is the conclusion ...

Scientists develop sugar-coated nanosheets to selectively target pathogens

Credit: Berkeley Lab Researchers have developed a process for creating ultrathin, self-assembling sheets of synthetic materials that can function like ...

Accurately diagnosing genetic disease prevents cancer, saves lives

Credit: The Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center A single, upfront genomic test is more effective for detecting Lynch syndrome in ...

Plastic surgery abroad can lead to severe complications after returning to the US

requiring extensive and costly treatment after they return to the United States, reports a study in the April issue of ...

Breast cancers detected at smaller size in women with implants

March 29, 2018 - Breast augmentation with implants does not interfere with the ability to detect later breast cancers--in fact, ...

Scientists elucidate the crystal structure of sodium boride

Credit: Skoltech An international team of scientists jointly with Professor Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics ...

Liverpool researchers to help transform treatment for children with arthritis

Researchers from the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey children's NHS Foundation Trust will join a UK-wide effort, including colleagues ...

Plants, fungi and bacteria work together to clean polluted land

Credit: Ectomycorrhizal Fungi image by Dr. Hugues Massicotte, Forest Ecology and Management, University of Northern British Columbia Highly complex interactions ...

Stand Up To Cancer grants encourage ‘innovation in collaboration’

Credit: Photo by ©AACR/Todd Buchanan 2018 PHILADELPHIA - March 28, 2018 - To strengthen collaboration among scientists conducting cancer research, ...

GHIT Fund launches next phase focusing on access & delivery, bringing total investment to US $123 million

TOKYO, JAPAN (March 29, 2018)--The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund today announced a total of 1.6 billion yen (US$15.5 ...

Hepatitis C virus screening rates remain low among baby boomers

Bottom Line: Despite the steady increase of liver cancer incidence in the United States in recent decades, data from 2015 ...

Newfound ‘organ’ had been missed by standard method for visualizing anatomy

Credit: Illustration by Jill Gregory. Printed with permission from Mount Sinai Health System, licensed under CC-BY-ND. Researchers have identified a ...

Tattoo electrodes from an ink-jet printer

Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz In the case of diagnostic methods such as electrocardiogram (ECG) and electromyography (EMG), gel electrodes ...

AGS honors Dr. Jane Potter for far-reaching impact training future leaders in geriatrics

Dr. Bruce Leff, expert in home care as we age, to deliver #AGS18 Henderson Lecture

Gene therapy may help brain heal from stroke, other injuries

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - March 27, 2018 - Scientists have found a genetic trigger that may improve the brain's ...

At #AGS18, Drs. William Applegate, Thomas Edes honored for geriatrics leadership