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Health & Medicine

New Advances in Light Therapy for Skin Cancer Treatment

Can skin cancer be treated with light? Scientists at the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine), believe so. They're exploring new ways to image…

Life & Chemistry

Bioelectrical signals turn stem cells' progeny cancerous

Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered that a change in membrane voltage in newly identified “instructor cells” can cause…

Physics & Astronomy

New Optics Tech Reveals Hidden Planets in Stunning Detail

Using new optics technology developed at the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, an international team of astronomers has obtained images of a planet…

Health & Medicine

Small BMI Changes in Kids Linked to Big Blood Pressure Shifts

Researchers tracked blood pressure, height and weight of 1,113 children over time, with the longest follow-up exceeding 10 years. They then compared the…

Life & Chemistry

T. Rex Diet: What Did These Dinosaurs Really Eat?

While searching through dinosaur fossil collections for another study on dinosaur bones with mammal tooth marks, Yale researcher Nick Longrich discovered a…

Physics & Astronomy

Correlated Tunneling: Insights Into Quantum Behavior

Quantum systems do often behave differently from what we would expect intuitively and from our daily experience.One example is provided by the so-called…

Seminars Workshops

Sulfur Metabolism Workshop Advances Food Security Insights

The 8th International Workshop on “Sulfur Metabolism in Plants: Mechanisms and Application to Food Security and Responses to Climate Change” will be held at…

Life & Chemistry

Chemists Transform Used Cooking Oil Into Biodiesel Innovation

Currently a truck takes away all the waste. However, a number of Chemistry Faculty lecturers have demonstrated that this oil can be used and revalued at the…

Life & Chemistry

First Babies Born from Genetic Screening Study Before IVF

Two women taking part in the world's first controlled study of a comprehensive genetic screening test before IVF have given birth to healthy babies. The…

Studies and Analyses

New Method Detects Unknown Food Pathogens Safely

Researchers from the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and the Bindley Bioscience Center at Purdue University have…

Studies and Analyses

New Studies Examine Alcohol’s Effects During Pregnancy

However, most recent publications show little or no effects of occasional or light drinking by the mother during pregnancy. The studies also demonstrate how…

Physics & Astronomy

New Ion Beam Source Powers Brookhaven Research Facilities

A new source of ions will soon be the starting point for the beams entering two major research facilities at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven…

Environmental Conservation

How Rivers Sustain Ecosystems and Human Life

Rivers and streams supply the lifeblood to ecosystems across the globe, providing water for drinking and irrigation for humans as well as a wide array of life…

Physics & Astronomy

NRL Scientists Explore Quantum Dot-Dopamine Interactions

According to NRL's Dr. Michael Stewart, a member of the research team “The nature of the QD-dopamine interaction has been the subject of more than 25 recent…

Life & Chemistry

Squid Studies Reveal New Insights Into Hearing Mechanisms

In a hangar-like research building at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), biologist T. Aran Mooney is exploring virtually uncharted waters: Can…

Health & Medicine

Smart Foods: Boost Memory and Support Heart Health

The results of a diet study show that bad cholesterol was reduced by 33 per cent, blood lipids by 14 per cent, blood pressure by 8 per cent and a risk marker…

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