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Pitt Study Challenges Claims of Infant Sacrifice in Carthage

A study led by University of Pittsburgh researchers could finally lay to rest the millennia-old conjecture that the ancient empire of Carthage regularly…

Life & Chemistry

Genome Sequencing Insights From Three Parasitoid Wasp Species

It is also of great importance for the control of agricultural pests and of insect-borne diseases, since parasitoid wasps bite and lay eggs on much larger…

Studies and Analyses

Crickets 'forewarn' unborn babies about spiders

Researchers Jonathan Storm of the University of South Carolina Upstate in Spartanburg and Steven Lima of Indiana State University placed pregnant crickets into…

Health & Medicine

MU Researchers Set New Standard for Lymphedema Care in Breast Cancer Survivors

Now, University of Missouri researchers are leading the American Lymphedema Framework Project (ALFP), a national, multi-disciplinary collaboration to develop…

Physics & Astronomy

CU-Boulder Professors Achieve Hottest Temperature in Universe

The team used Brookhaven's giant atom smasher, the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, or RHIC, to ram charged gold particles into each other billions of times,…

Health & Medicine

Small Liquid Sensor Promises Instant Cancer Detection

What if it were possible to go to the store and buy a kit to quickly and accurately diagnose cancer, similar to a pregnancy test? A University of Missouri…

Life & Chemistry

Sorting Cancer Genome Mutations: Drivers vs. Passengers

A new study of mutations in cancer genomes shows how researchers can begin to distinguish the 'driver' mutations that push cells towards cancer from the…

Studies and Analyses

UC Study Validates Levetiracetam for Post-Brain Injury Seizures

This randomized study supports earlier indications that the anti-seizure medication levetiracetam, marketed as Keppra, was as effective at preventing seizures…

Earth Sciences

Unlocking Deep Earth Mysteries: The Role of Light Elements

When Earth was young, it exhaled the atmosphere. During a period of intense volcanic activity, lava carried light elements from the planet's molten interior…

Physics & Astronomy

Extreme Jets Reshape Understanding of Cosmic Gamma Rays

The new study reveals that most of the jet's light—gamma rays, the universe's most energetic form of light—is created much farther from the black hole than…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Shrinks Advanced Kidney Cancer Tumors Before Surgery

More than 57,000 Americans face a diagnosis of kidney cancer each year. Now patients with advanced disease may soon have another treatment option. Physicians…

Studies and Analyses

UC Research Highlights Marijuana’s Therapeutic Benefits

Researchers from the University of California's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) have found “reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising…

Life & Chemistry

Hopkins Scientists Uncover TRPV2 Protein’s Role in Immunity

Now, Hopkins scientists have shown that a healthy immune response depends on a protein called TRPV2 (pronounced trip-vee-two) which, they discovered, is the…

Health & Medicine

Obesity — mild or severe — raises kidney stone risk

“The common thinking was that as weight rises, kidney stone risk rises as well, but our study refutes that,” says study leader Brian R. Matlaga, assistant…

Studies and Analyses

Optimized fit for plus-size women – Size survey and research project gather current data for well-fitting clothing

Under the auspices of the project, the body measurements of the full-figured are being comprehensively measured and evaluated scientifically for the first…

Environmental Conservation

Biogas Climate Benefits Surpass Expectations, Study Finds

A research group at the Lund University has calculated the figures on behalf of the Swedish Energy Agency after having analysed a biogas plant in Skåne. The…

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