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Software for high content drug research using live cells

In the quest for new cancer drugs, this software supports the full workflow from cell detection to visualization and exploration. As live cells are studied,…

Life & Chemistry

Study details genes that control whether tumors adapt or die when faced with p53 activating drugs

A study published in the journal Cell Reports shows how: tumors that live even in the face of p53 reactivation create more of the protein p21 than the protein…

Medical Engineering

CT detects twice as many lung cancers as X-ray at initial screening exam

National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) investigators also conclude that the 20 percent reduction in lung cancer mortality with low-dose computed tomography…

Materials Sciences

Innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays

The electrode is made of silver nanowires covered with a material called graphene, an extremely thin layer of carbon. The hybrid material shows promise as a…

Physics & Astronomy

Researchers Explain Magnetic Field Misbehavior in Solar Flares: The Culprit is Turbulence

New research led by a Johns Hopkins mathematical physicist focuses on the “misbehavior” of magnetic fields in solar flares. In this image, the Solar Dynamics…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Landsat Satellite Looks for a Cloud-Free View

Once one of the largest seas in the world, it shrunk to a tenth of its original volume after Russia diverted its feeder rivers in the 1960s. Scientists…

Earth Sciences

NASA's SDO Observes Mid-level Solar Flare

While this CME was not Earth-directed, it has combined with an earlier CME, and the flank of the combined cloud may pass Earth. Particles from the CME cannot…

Environmental Conservation

Thinking 'big' may not be best approach to saving large-river fish

The study says 60 out of 68 U.S. species, or 88 percent of fish species found exclusively in large-river ecosystems like the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio…

Life & Chemistry

Top 10 New Species: Glow-in-the-Dark Cockroach & More

An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10…

Studies and Analyses

Bicycle Fatalities Drop in States With Helmet Laws

Existing research shows that bicyclists who wear helmets have an 88 percent lower risk of brain injury, but researchers at Boston Children's Hospital found…

Life & Chemistry

Norway Spruce Genome Sequenced by Umeå Plant Scientists

This major research project has been led by Umeå Plant Science Centre (UPSC) in Umeå and the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) in Stockholm.In addition…

Physics & Astronomy

Team Sets Upper Limit for Atmospheric Depth on Uranus and Neptune

These giants are home to extreme winds blowing at speeds of over 1,000 km/hour, hurricane-like storms as large around as Earth, immense weather systems that…

Studies and Analyses

Study Provides Better Understanding of Water’s Freezing Behavior at Nanoscale

The formation of ice at the nanoscale is a challenging, basic scientific research question whose answer also has important implications for climate research…

Environmental Conservation

Nation Equipped to Grow Serious Pond Scum for Fuel

Gulf Coast, Southeastern Seaboard especially favorable for algae growthA new analysis shows that the nation’s land and water resources could likely support the…

Life & Chemistry

Waiting for a Sign? Researchers Find Potential Brain 'Switch' for New Behavior

A new study from investigators at the University of Michigan and Eli Lilly may reveal the brain's “switch” for new behavior. They measured levels of a…

Earth Sciences

Geochemist Aids Development of Geologic Time Scale for Study of Earth’s History

Geochemist Mark Schmitz is one of four editors on The Geologic Time Scale 2012, or GTS2012, a 1,144-page compilation of the latest understanding of Earth’s…

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