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Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H. - Inspired by elements found in nature, researchers at the University of New Hampshire say the ...

Hybridization boosts evolution

Credit: Wolfgang Gessl Animals that have either migrated to or been introduced in Central Europe - such as the Asian ...

NTU and Harvard scientists discover fat-blocking effect of nanofibers

Credit: NTU Singapore Tiny balls of nano-sized cellulose fibres added to food reduced fat absorption by up to half in ...

New NYUAD research finds 3-D printers offer alternate method to create microfluidic probes

Credit: NYU Abu Dhabi August 8, 2018, Abu Dhabi: NYU Abu Dhabi Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Mohammad ...

Skills and learning improved by closed-loop electrical brain stimulation during sleep

August 9, 2018

Credit: HRL Laboratories HRL Laboratories, LLC, in collaboration with University of New Mexico (UNM), have published the first study showing ...

Top-performing soil microbes could be key to sustainable agriculture

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Beautiful things can happen when plants surround themselves with the right microbes. A study ...

UCLA bioengineers use magnetic force to manage pain

Credit: UCLA Samueli Engineering UCLA bioengineers have demonstrated that a gel-like material containing tiny magnetic particles could be used to ...

Observing the mechanism of metastasis for the first time

Credit: Gabriel Jacobs, Tanner McArdle and Brian T. Freeman WASHINGTON, D.C., August 7, 2018 -- Metastasis, or the formation of ...

Discovery of a new tumor suppressor previously thought to be an oncogene

Credit: CNIO A gene that has for decades been considered a tumour promoter, the PLK1 gene, can also perform the ...

Boston Children’s Hospital accelerates genomic sequencing to expand existing genomic database

BOSTON (August 7, 2018) - Boston Children's Hospital has embarked on a strategic initiative to expand its research genomics gateway, ...

Solid tumors targeted in new CAR T-Cell immunotherapy trial

Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - August 7, 2018 - Seattle Children's has opened a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy ...

Retired pro football and hockey players learn that CTE isn’t inevitable

Aug. 7, 2018 - An in-depth study of retired football and hockey players--including cognitive, psychological, and brain imaging techniques--finds no ...

Study of 21 retired NFL and NHL players doesn’t find evidence of early onset dementia

Credit: (Source: UB's Buffalo Neuroimaging Analysis Center) BUFFALO, N.Y. --New University at Buffalo research is adding important information to the ...

Diabetes in bay area Chinese population linked to fat fibrosis

A new UC San Francisco study has discovered a key biological difference in how people of European and Chinese descent ...

Early trauma may be risk factor for anxiety and depression in adults with head/neck cancer

Among individuals with head and neck cancer (HNC), those who experienced childhood trauma were more likely to have advanced cancer, ...

Scientists develop unique materials to repair damaged organs and tissue

Credit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Tissue engineering is the future of medicine. Under Project 5-100, the Polymer ...

PET tracer identifies estrogen receptor expression differences in breast cancer patients

Credit: HH Nienhuis et al., University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands RESTON, VA -- In metastatic breast cancer, prognosis and ...

Soft multi-functional robots get really small…and spider-shaped

Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access natural and man-made environments, ...

Beat Childhood Cancer Consortium expands into Canada

Children in Canada who are battling neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, have been granted new hope toward a better prognosis ...

Doxorubicin disrupts the immune system to cause heart toxicity