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Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough Discovery Enhances Lymphoma and Leukemia Therapy

A recent scientific discovery made by researchers at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) led by Dr. Javier Marcelo Di Noia, Director of the…

Life & Chemistry

SLU Reveals Blood-Clotting Protein Structure Using X-ray Crystallography

In an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Enrico Di Cera, M.D., chair of the department of biochemistry and molecular biology…

Health & Medicine

Fox Chase Researchers Uncover Breast Cancer Spread Factors

The disease often extends to neighboring lymph nodes, in part, through lymphovascular invasion (LVI)—a process in which cancer cells invade blood vessels or…

Life & Chemistry

VIMS scientists help solve mystery of “alien pod”

Tracy Collier, an employee at Home Technologies in City Center at Oyster Point, was walking her employer’s Westie around the Center’s manmade lake on Thursday…

Life & Chemistry

Two Small Molecules Show Promise Against Cancer Cell Survival

“PITs cause cells to self-destruct by interfering with the signaling pathways that regulate cell survival. As compounds that promote cell death, PITs show…

Studies and Analyses

Study: Anger Boosts Desire for Objects, Finds Psychological Science

For a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers find that associating an object with…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Long-Range Undersea Robot Redefines Ocean Exploration

Today's AUVs fall into two groups: 1) propeller-driven vehicles that can travel fast and carry lots of instruments, but are limited to expeditions of only a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Treated Biosolids: Safe for Agriculture, Study Finds

A newly published report from a University of Arizona research group says biosolids, properly treated, pose little if any health risk to the public. The study,…

Transportation and Logistics

Railroad Bypass Ignores Historic Black Town in Illinois

The bypass pushed what would have been a fairly straight, even run of railroad tracks from Griggsville, Ill. to Hannibal, Mo., in a wide, hilly arc around New…

Studies and Analyses

Grasses: A Promising Alternative for Ethanol Production

Demand for biofuels is increasing as Americans seek to expand renewable energy sources and mitigate the effects of fluctuating energy prices. Corn ethanol is…

Studies and Analyses

Stroke Outcomes: Weekend Hospitalization Risks Explored

“We wanted to test whether the severity of strokes on weekends compared to weekdays would account for lower survival rates on the weekends,” said Moira K….

Environmental Conservation

Innovative Method to Reduce Excess Nitrogen Pollution

Excess nitrogen from agricultural and urban lands is contaminating groundwater, streams, lakes and estuaries, where it causes harmful algal blooms and…

Physics & Astronomy

NYU Researchers Create Algebraic Model for Cellular Monitoring

Their work, which is described in the journal Physical Review E, provides an additional tool for understanding how biological systems function and could…

Studies and Analyses

Lead Poisoning Maps in R.I.: Addressing Geographic Disparities

The rate at which lead poisoning has struck young Rhode Island children depends heavily on where they live, according to a Brown University-led geographic…

Life & Chemistry

Pitt Study Reveals How NSAIDs Prevent Colon Cancer Risk

Doctors have long known that NSAIDs, such as aspirin, can lower the risk of colon cancer, but it's not been clear how they do it, said senior investigator Lin…

Physics & Astronomy

Rutgers, Chilean astrophysicists discover new galaxy clusters revealed by cosmic 'shadows'

An international team of scientists led by Rutgers University astrophysicists have discovered 10 new massive galaxy clusters from a large, uniform survey of…

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