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New Hope for Deadly Brain Tumors: Drug Combo Study

According to a new study by researchers at Duke’s Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, a combination of bevacizumab — commonly known as Avastin — and a…

Life & Chemistry

Sticky Mussels Inspire New Biomedical Innovations at NU

Northwestern University biomedical engineer Phillip B. Messersmith already has developed a material that mimics the strength of the bonds; now he has produced…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals How the Brain Builds Resilience to Stress

Results of a new study may one day help scientists learn how to enhance a naturally occurring mechanism in the brain that promotes resilience to psychological…

Environmental Conservation

North American Industries Cut Toxic Releases, Other Facilities Rise

The latest Taking Stock report from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) reveals that a continued decline in releases of toxic chemicals to the…

Studies and Analyses

Same-Sex Mating Unveiled in Cryptococcus Neoformans

This fungus has two mating-types/sexes, and mating typically requires two individuals with opposite mating types. It had been a mystery why one mating type is…

Studies and Analyses

Neandertals, humans share key changes to 'language gene'

The finding reveals that the human form of the gene arose much earlier than scientists had estimated previously. It also raises the possibility that…

Life & Chemistry

Elephants Distinguish Friends From Foes By Scent and Color

Elephants in Kenya reacted with greater fear when they detected the scent of garments previously worn by Maasai warriors than by Kamba men, the researchers…

Studies and Analyses

Bacteria in the Gut: Understanding Food Poisoning Risks

In the very young and old it can also cause hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) — a disease characterized by anemia and kidney failure. A new study by Jorge Girón…

Life & Chemistry

New Method Transforms Transgenics with Artificial Plant Chromosomes

A new method of constructing artificial plant chromosomes from small rings of naturally occurring plant DNA can be used to transport multiple genes at once…

Life & Chemistry

In Vitro Models Reduce Animal Use in Arthritis Research

It’s hard to think of scientists in laboratories working toward solutions for medical problems without mice or other laboratory animals, but animals’ roles in…

Information Technology

UC San Diego researchers give computers 'common sense'

For example, if a conventional automated object identifier has labeled a person, a tennis racket, a tennis court and a lemon in a photo, the new…

Health & Medicine

Toddlers Focus on Whole Objects in Language Learning

“This new research shows that as young toddlers learn language, they are more likely to focus on objects rather than parts,” said George Hollich, an assistant…

Transportation and Logistics

RoboScan'07 study: A large demand for robot-systems in logistics with limited solutions on the market

There is a large demand for the development and integration of robot-systems within logistics with the aim being to make the processes of logistics more…

Studies and Analyses

Thought Suppression Sparks Rebellion: New Research Insights

It also found that men who think about chocolate end up eating more of it than women who have the same thoughts.A paper entitled Resistance can be futile…

Life & Chemistry

New Inhibitor Shows Promise as Cancer Treatment in Latest Study

Today a study is being published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology in which Uppsala University researchers show, on the basis of animal models, that an…

Environmental Conservation

Space Sensors Enhance Global Air Quality Monitoring

Scientists and researchers from around the world gathered at ESRIN, ESA’s Earth Observation Centre in Frascati, Italy, last week to discuss the contribution of…

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