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Health & Medicine

Tissue Testing Cuts Reoperation Rates in Breast Cancer Surgery

Unique laboratory testing during breast cancer lumpectomies to make sure surgeons remove all cancerous tissue spares patients the need for a repeat lumpectomy…

Earth Sciences

NASA Monitors Tropical Cyclone Ita Near Papua New Guinea

On April 5 at 2100 UTC/5:00 p.m. EDT, Ita formed in the Coral Sea, about 599 nautical miles east-northeast of Cairns, Australia, and was moving to the…

Health & Medicine

Chikungunya Threatens Americas Amid FIFA World Cup Surge

The risk of a “catastrophic” epidemic in the Americas is boosted by the FIFA World Cup, to be held in Brazil next month, what with people coming in from near…

Studies and Analyses

E-Cigarette Ad Spending Triples: Insights From New Study

The study, published in the April issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine, is the first to comprehensively estimate e-cigarette ad expenditures across…

Environmental Conservation

Congo Cracks Down on Wildlife Traffickers at Airport Seizure

The Wildlife Conservation Society reports a major seizure of illegal bushmeat in Congo at Maya Maya International Airport in Brazzaville when authorities…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Links: Amphetamine Preference May Lower Schizophrenia Risk

“Some of the variants that make you like amphetamine also appear to make you less likely to develop schizophrenia and ADHD,” said study leader Abraham Palmer,…

Life & Chemistry

Next-Generation Glaucoma Therapies Show Great Promise

Elevated eye pressure in glaucoma develops due to abnormal functioning of the trabecular meshwork (TM) causing intraocular fluid to back up. Next-generation…

Life & Chemistry

Longer Catch-and-Release Time Risks Bass Nests to Predators

Recent research at the University of Illinois found that catch-and-release angling could give bass predators the perfect opportunity to consume the young. In…

Information Technology

Personal Touch Signature Enhances Mobile Device Security

Passwords, gestures and fingerprint scans are all helpful ways to keep a thief from unlocking and using a cell phone or tablet. Cybersecurity researchers from…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Turning Trees Into Energy: Cellulose’s New Role

OSU chemists have found that cellulose – the most abundant organic polymer on Earth and a key component of trees – can be heated in a furnace in the presence…

Earth Sciences

Permafrost Thawing: A New Threat to Global Warming

The research is featured in the newest edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Studies and Analyses

New Study Links White Matter Health to Cognitive Function

Published in the Neurobiology of Aging, the study, which focused on detecting changes in the white matter connections of the brain, offers tantalizing…

Medical Engineering

Spinal Stimulation Restores Movement in Paralyzed Patients

Four people with paraplegia are able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed muscles as a result of a novel therapy that involves electrical stimulation of…

Health & Medicine

Snowstorms Increase Risk of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

While preventable, carbon monoxide poisoning is a serious and sometimes fatal condition. Large weather events, such as snowstorms and heavy storms that cause…

Life & Chemistry

Antimicrobial Soaps Linked to Bacteria Buildup in Noses

Researchers at the University of Michigan report their findings this week in a study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society…

Health & Medicine

Breakthrough Therapy Helps Paraplegics Move Legs Voluntarily

The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Louisville, UCLA and the Pavlov Institute of Physiology, was funded in part by the Christopher and…

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