New maps highlight habitat corridors in the tropics
2014-02-04
Falmouth, Mass. – A team of Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) scientists created maps of habitat corridors connecting protected areas in the ...
Local foods offer tangible economic benefits in some regions
2014-02-04
Despite their typically small size and sparse distribution, farms that sell their products locally may boost economic growth in their communities in some regions of the U.S., according to a team of economists.
"There ...
Solving a physics mystery: Those 'solitons' are really vortex rings
2014-02-04
The same physics that gives tornadoes their ferocious stability lies at the heart of new University of Washington research, and could lead to a better understanding of nuclear dynamics in studying fission, ...
US should revisit media policy on China in light of growing Chinese digital media industry
2014-02-04
HOUSTON – (Feb. 3, 2014) – Chinese protectionism in the digital media sphere has created a major underdiscussed trade gap between China and the United States, and the U.S. government must ...
Hypertensive patients' specialty use changed with medical home
2014-02-04
SEATTLE—Group Health studied how patients with treated hypertension used outpatient specialty care before, ...
NIH study offers insight into why cancer incidence increases with age
2014-02-04
The accumulation of age-associated changes in a biochemical process that helps control genes may be responsible for some of the increased risk of cancer seen ...
Study challenges claims of single-sex schooling benefits
2014-02-04
MADISON — As many American public school districts adopt single-sex classrooms and even entire schools, a new study finds scant evidence that they offer educational or social benefits. The study was the largest and ...
How a shape-shifting DNA-repair machine fights cancer
2014-02-04
Maybe you've seen the movies or played with toy Transformers, those shape-shifting machines that ...
NIH scientists find mechanism that helps HIV evade antibodies, stabilize key proteins
2014-02-04
WHAT:
NIH scientists have discovered a mechanism involved in stabilizing key HIV ...
Data-driven team is key to sustaining positive behavior framework in schools
2014-02-04
EUGENE, Ore. -- A new study finds that a dedicated team that makes decisions based on data ...
High long-term survival of most common pediatric brain tumor, less when radiation was used
2014-02-04
BOSTON (Feb. 3, 2014) ...
NIH study describes new method for tracking T cells in HIV patients
2014-02-04
WHAT:
A team of researchers has reported a novel method for tracking CD4+ ...
EARTH Magazine: Warring trolls explanation for mysterious basalt pillars revised
2014-02-04
Alexandria, VA – A complex interaction between lava and water, rather than a fight between mythical troll-beasts of lore, is responsible for the occurrence of rare terrestrial ...
Finding a target for tumor suppression
2014-02-04
One of the hopes for victory against cancer hinges on naturally-occurring proteins whose job is to make their host cell die.
Since their natural role is to stop ...
Newly discovered signaling pathway could impact a variety of autoinflammatory diseases
2014-02-04
Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center have discovered a new signaling pathway in sterile inflammation that could impact the ...
The art and science of cognitive rehabilitation therapy
2014-02-04
Amsterdam, NL, February 4, 2014 – There is a growing need for Cognitive Rehabilitation Therapy (CRT) due to the huge influx of soldiers ...
New technique could be used to search space dust for life's ingredients
2014-02-04
While the origin of life remains mysterious, scientists are finding more and more evidence that material created in space and delivered to Earth by comet and meteor ...
Blue light may fight fatigue around the clock
2014-02-04
Boston, MA-- Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have found that exposure to short wavelength, or ...
Cell division finding could boost understanding of cancer
2014-02-04
New insights into how the cells in our bodies divide could improve our knowledge of a condition linked to cancer, a study suggests.
Errors in the cell division process – which allows us to grow ...
Novel technique increases detection rate in screening mammography
2014-02-04
OAK BROOK, Ill. – Digital mammography screening with new photon-counting technique offers high diagnostic performance, according to a study published online in the journal Radiology.
As ...
Marker may predict response to ipilimumab in advanced melanoma
2014-02-04
PHILADELPHIA — Among patients with advanced melanoma, presence of higher levels of the protein vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in blood was associated with poor response ...
Using susceptibility-weighted imaging to study concussion in college ice hockey players
2014-02-04
Charlottesville, VA (February 4, 2014). Using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), researchers ...
Science teaching goes viral
2014-02-04
An alternative approach to the traditional introductory laboratory course at the undergraduate level significantly increases student retention rates, according to research published ...
New study explores contributors to excess infant mortality in the US South
2014-02-04
Ann Arbor, MI, February 4, 2014 – Researchers consider infant mortality to be ...
New assessment tool designed to improve care provided at hospitals
2014-02-04
A new assessment tool published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine can help hospital medicine groups across the country improve their patient care and make their operations more effective.
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