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Life & Chemistry

Too Much SP2 Protein Turns Stem Cells Into “Evil Twin” Tumor-forming Cancer Cells

Dr. Jon Horowitz, associate professor of molecular biomedical sciences, and a team of NC State researchers looked at the protein SP2, which regulates the…

Earth Sciences

Southeast Summer Rainfall Patterns Shift Due to Climate Change

And that intensification appears to be coming from global warming, according to a new analysis by a Duke University-led team of climate scientists.The NASH is…

Health & Medicine

Breastfeeding Benefits Even Sick Babies, Study Shows

Pediatric researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia describe a successful program in which nurses helped mothers attain high rates of…

Earth Sciences

Archaeologists Warn: Rising Seas Threaten Historic Sites

With no hope of saving all of these sites, archaeologists Torben Rick from the Smithsonian Institution, Leslie Reeder of Southern Methodist University, and Jon…

Health & Medicine

Doctors' sense of mission, self-identity key in choice to work in underserved areas

Medical schools and clinics could boost the number of primary care physicians in medically underserved areas by selecting and encouraging students from these…

Life & Chemistry

E-Cadherin: Tumor Suppressor Turned Oncogene in Cancer

The protein, epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin), is known for its ability to keep cancer cells glued together, preventing them from breaking away and…

Life & Chemistry

Structural Genomics Boosts Membrane Protein Discovery

Membrane proteins are of immense biological and pharmaceutical importance. But so far there are only a handful of cases in which the exact structure could be…

Earth Sciences

NOAA-Funded Study Tracks Narwhals Amid Southern Baffin Bay Warming

In a research paper published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, a publication of the American Geological Union (AGU), scientists…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers find a 'liberal gene'

Appearing in the latest edition of The Journal of Politics published by Cambridge University Press, the research focused on 2,000 subjects from The National…

Life & Chemistry

Monkeypox Virus May Damage Lungs, New Study Reveals Insights

A new study of an exotic, infectious virus that has caused three recent outbreaks in the United States reveals clues to how the virus might damage lungs during…

Life & Chemistry

BPA Exposure Linked to Lower Semen Quality in Factory Workers

The five-year study recruited 514 workers in factories in China and compared workers who had high urine BPA levels with those with low urine BPA. Men with…

Studies and Analyses

Preschoolers Exceed Screen Time Limits, New Study Finds

According to Dr. Pooja Tandon, “A majority of children under the age of 5 years in the United States spend almost 40 hours a week with caregivers other than…

Health & Medicine

Male Cancer Patients Overlook Sperm Banking Options

Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) state that any men or adolescent boys who are receiving treatment that may…

Materials Sciences

Bismuth-Enhanced Bone Cement: A New Hybrid Solution

Organic–inorganic hybrid materials, uniting the advantages of their organic and inorganic parts, are used for a wide variety of applications. However, making a…

Earth Sciences

Whales help researchers measure winter temperatures in Greenland's coastal waters

The temperatures of the waters have continued to rise since wintertime ocean temperatures were last effectively measured there in the early 2000s, the…

Materials Sciences

Texas Tech’s Fibertect Selected As Top Innovation by Cotton Incorporated

The products are highlighted in short vignettes on Cotton Incorporated’s Cotton Today website.In 2005, Seshadri Ramkumar and his team at the Institute of…

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