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Credit: (Graphic courtesy of the Department of Energy) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Department of Energy has chosen five more small, ...

‘Cyclops’ algorithm spots daily rhythms in cells

PHILADELPHIA--Humans, like virtually all other complex organisms on Earth, have adapted to their planet's 24-hour cycle of sunlight and darkness. ...

TGen-HonorHealth study: High rate of tumor shrinkage among pancreatic cancer patients

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - April 25, 2017 - Adding cisplatin to the standard gemcitabine/nab-paclitaxel drug treatment provided a very high rate ...

Patients with positive fecal screening test, sooner is better for colonoscopy

The risk of colorectal cancer increased significantly when colonoscopy was delayed by more than nine months following a positive fecal ...

Battling infectious diseases with 3-D structures

Credit: Chris Nelson from Zhao et al., 2016, Cell 166, 1016-1027. CHICAGO --- An international team of scientists, led by ...

Therapeutic vaccine designed to reduce recurrence of cervical cancer under study

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 25, 2017) - Cervical cancer is often deadly when it recurs and physician scientists ...

Experts outline pathway for generating up to 10 terawatts of power from sunlight by 2030

The annual potential of solar energy far exceeds the world's energy consumption, but the goal of using the sun to ...

When Hollywood met neurosurgery

Credit: Copyright AANS. Used with permission. A team of computer engineers and neurosurgeons, with an assist from Hollywood special effects ...

New atlas provides highest-resolution imagery of the Polar Regions seafloor

Credit: Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms (2017) The most comprehensive and high-resolution atlas of the seafloor of both Polar Regions ...

3 small energy firms to collaborate with PNNL

Credit: ThermChem Corporation RICHLAND, Wash. - Three small businesses have been selected to collaborate with researchers at the Department of ...

T cell revival correlates with lung cancer response to PD-1 immunotherapy

In lung cancer patients who were taking immunotherapy drugs targeting the PD-1 pathway, testing for CD8 T cell activation in ...

Mayo research shows surgery adds years for kidney cancer patients

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that surgery could more than double life expectancy for many patients with ...

From abundant hydrocarbons to rare spin liquids

Credit: Kosmas Prassides Fuel such as petrol is made up of hydrocarbons -- a family of molecules consisting entirely of ...

Nature plants a seed of engineering inspiration

Credit: Jung et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 24, 2017 -- Researchers in South Korea have quantitatively deconstructed what they describe ...

Study reveals mystery behind formation of hollowed nanoparticles during metal oxidation

Credit: Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, Badri Narayanan, Yugang Sun, Xiaobing Zuo, Sheng Peng and Ganesh Kamath. Argonne National Laboratory/Temple University Rust usually ...

Clarifying the mechanism for suppressing turbulence through ion mass

Credit: Dr. Motoki Nakata Seeking to further improve plasma performance, from March 7, 2017, plasma experiments utilizing deuterium ions, which ...

Stand Up To Cancer awards $1M to 4 research teams through Phillip A. Sharp Awards

Credit: Stand Up To Cancer NEW YORK, April 24, 2017-- Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) has awarded a total of ...

Freezing lithium batteries may make them safer and bendable

Credit: Yuan Yang/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--April 24, 2017--Yuan Yang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Columbia Engineering, ...

Disney projection system shines makeup on actors during live performances

The facial appearance of actors can be transformed during live stage performances using a new advanced system developed by a ...

Interdisciplinary studies reveal relationship between solar activity and climate change