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December 16, 2016

Philadelphia, PA -- NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-LU001 successfully reached its accrual goal of 168 patients. NRG-LU001: Randomized Phase II ...

Rice, Baylor team sets new mark for ‘deep learning’

December 16, 2016

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 16, 2016) - Neuroscience and artificial intelligence experts from Rice University and Baylor ...

New graphene-based system could help us see electrical signaling in heart and nerve cells

December 16, 2016

Credit: Halleh Balch and Jason Horng/Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley Scientists have enlisted the exotic properties of graphene, a one-atom-thick ...

Does good-tasting food cause weight gain?

Credit: Paola Nogueras PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 15, 2016) - Does eating good-tasting food make you gain weight? Despite the common perception ...

Predicting throat cancer recurrence with a blood test

Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- A new study suggests the possibility of predicting at its ...

Lower cost of LEDs reduce profitability for manufacturing landscape

WASHINGTON - Although residential and commercial industries are widely adopting energy-efficient light emitting diodes (LEDs), the drop in LED prices ...

Study: Inherited mutations in 3 genes predict for aggressive prostate cancer

A study of three genes associated with the development of prostate cancer found that men with inherited mutations in these ...

Coping mechanism suggests new way to make cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapies

The same signal that drives aggressive growth in a deadly cancer cell type also triggers coping mechanisms that make it ...

Cancer breakthrough miniature device shows which drugs perform best against tumors

Credit: University of Huddersfield "...the device allows early assessment of the effects of drugs, speeding up the adoption of those ...

Dental hygiene, caveman style

Credit: Karen Hardy Bits of wood recovered from a 1.2-million-year-old tooth found at an excavation site in northern Spain indicate ...

Spanish scientists sequence the genome of the Iberian lynx, the most endangered felid

Credit: EBD-CSIC Spanish scientists have sequenced the genome of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), currently one of the world's most ...

WPI researchers build liquid biopsy chip that detects metastatic cancer cells in blood

Loading video... Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - A chip developed by mechanical engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute ...

Mystery of super flash solved

Credit: Chandra/Harvard When astronomers and astrophysicists observe flashes of light in the dark sky, they assume they have seen a ...

Researchers achieve meter-scale optical coherence tomography for first time

Credit: James G. Fujimoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology WASHINGTON -- An industry-academic collaboration has achieved the first optical coherence tomography ...

Inaugural Walter Kohn Prize awarded to Chinese physicist

The inaugural Walter Kohn Prize for quantum-mechanical materials and molecular modeling has been awarded to Professor Yanming Ma, a researcher ...

Nanocubes simplify printing and imaging in color and infrared

Credit: Maiken Mikkelsen, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Duke University researchers believe they have overcome a longstanding hurdle to producing ...

Researchers work to improve the lifecycle of materials

When most living creatures get hurt, they can self-heal and recover from the injury. But, when damage occurs to inanimate ...

Predicting extinction — with the help of a Yule tree

Credit: Mariolys Rivas Montreal, December 14, 2016 -- At this time of year, the words "Yule tree" may conjure images ...

University of Minnesota research shows people can control a robotic arm with only their minds

Credit: College of Science and Engineering Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a major breakthrough that allows people ...

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