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Health & Medicine

Scripps Research Discovers New Method to Target Cancer Cells

Scripps Research Institute scientists have discovered a new way to target and destroy a type of cancerous cell. The findings may lead to the development of new…

Power and Electrical Engineering

'Nanocoax' solves solar cell 'thick and thin' dilemma

A nano-scale solar cell inspired by the coaxial cable offers greater efficiency than any previously designed nanotech thin film solar cell by resolving the…

Studies and Analyses

HPV-Positive Tumors Linked to Improved Survival in Oropharyngeal Cancer

The study – the largest and most definitive to date completed in a joint effort with the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) – shows that tumor HPV status…

Architecture & Construction

Architectural Innovations for Hurricane-Resistant Building Practices

Rima Taher, an expert in the design of low-rise buildings for extreme winds and hurricane, hopes her phone won't ring much this hurricane season. It's already…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

5-year report highlights status of Washington's forest resources

The first five-year report on Washington's forest resources has been published by the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Northwest Research Station and is available…

Studies and Analyses

New Eye Test Reveals Multiple Sclerosis Damage Accurately

“This technique has the potential to provide a powerful and reliable assessment strategy to measure structural changes in the central nervous system, both for…

Earth Sciences

Dust and Pollen Influence Cloud Precipitation and Climate Change

The amount of ice crystals necessary to form precipitation in clouds is linked to the abundance of larger aerosol particles in the atmosphere, according to a…

Environmental Conservation

Rainforest Insights: Climate Change Threatens Biodiversity

Global warming may present a threat to animal and plant life even in biodiversity hot spots once thought less likely to suffer from climate change, according…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New Technique Positions Particles for Advanced Sensors

The technique uses a combination of light and electric fields to position droplets and tiny particles, such as bacteria, viruses and DNA, which are contained…

Life & Chemistry

Protein CXCR4 Promotes Myelin Repair in Multiple Sclerosis

In a mouse model of MS, researchers found that the protein, CXCR4, is essential for repairing myelin, a protective sheath that covers nerve cell branches. MS…

Health & Medicine

Balanced Protein Diet Cuts Nitrogen Accumulation on Dairy Farms

Research conducted in the Basque Institute for Agricultural Development and Research, Neiker-Tecnalia, and led by the biologist Haritz Arriaga in collaboration…

Studies and Analyses

Updated HIV Therapy Guidelines Cut Transmission Risk, Save Lives

Researchers from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the University of British Columbia today released a comprehensive study revealing that…

Studies and Analyses

New Health Law: More Coverage at Lower Costs Explained

The only alternatives that would have covered more Americans at a lower cost to the federal government were all politically untenable – substantially higher…

Health & Medicine

Silent Stroke Risks: Under 50? Know the Hidden Dangers

Being young doesn't mean you are immune to a stroke. You may feel healthy; you may be 18 or a vigorous 50. And yet you could be more vulnerable than you know….

Physics & Astronomy

Man-Made Aurora to Enhance Space Weather Predictions

New research published today, Tuesday 8 June, in IOP Publishing's Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics describes how scientists from…

Life & Chemistry

U.S. Government Funding Boosts Synthetic Biology Research

A new analysis by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson Center found that the U.S. government has spent around $430 million on research related…

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