A microchip for metastasis
Nearly 70 percent of patients with advanced breast cancer experience skeletal metastasis, in which cancer cells migrate from a primary ...
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Fires in Northern Sumatra
Fires dot the coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, in this Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) satellite image collected on February 06, 2014. The MODIS instrument is aboard the Terra satellite and actively burning ...
Read the releaseRNA sequencing of 750-year-old barley virus sheds new light on the Crusades
Scientists have for the first time sequenced an ancient RNA genome – of a barley virus once believed to be only 150 years old - pushing its origin back at least 2,000 years and revealing how intense ...
Read the releaseVanderbilt scientists contribute to finding that could lead to the first effective RSV vaccine
Vanderbilt University scientists have contributed to a major finding, reported today in the journal Nature, which could lead to the first effective ...
Read the releaseNASA sees Tropical Cyclone Edilson leaving Mauritius
NASA's Terra satellite saw Tropical Cyclone Edilson pulling away from the island of Mauritius in the Southern Indian Ocean when it passed overhead on February 6, 2014. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer ...
Read the releaseHeart health through gut health
A new study, "Effect of probiotics on biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: implications for heart-healthy diets," published in the January issue of Nutrition ...
Read the releaseNew investigational drug holds promise for combatting deadly mucormycosis infections
LOS ANGELES – (Feb. 6, 2014) – With very few treatment options available ...
Read the releaseQuick test finds signs of diarrheal disease
Bioengineers at Rice University and the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston have developed a simple, highly sensitive and efficient test for the diarrheal disease ...
Read the releaseA key facilitator of mRNA editing uncovered by IU researchers
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Molecular biologists from Indiana University are part of a team that has identified a protein that regulates the information present ...
Read the releaseMolecular traffic jam makes water move faster through nanochannels
Cars inch forward slowly in traffic jams, but molecules, when ...
Read the releaseCritical factor (BRG1) identified for maintaining stem cell pluripotency
New Rochelle, NY, February 6, 2014—The ability to reprogram adult cells so they return to an undifferentiated, pluripotent state—much like an embryonic stem cell—is ...
Read the releaseWhat's love got to do with it?
Fairfax, Va. – Feb. 6, 2014 – A first-of-its-kind study by researchers at George Mason University's Department of Global and Community Health and Indiana University's Center for ...
Read the releaseScientists use 'voting' and 'penalties' to overcome errors in quantum optimization
Seeking a solution to decoherence—the ...
Read the releaseBallistic transport in graphene suggests new type of electronic device
Using electrons more like photons could provide the foundation for a new type of electronic device that would capitalize on the ability of graphene to carry electrons with almost no resistance ...
Read the releaseAmputee feels in real-time with bionic hand
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 5-Feb-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Hillary Sanctuary hillary.sanctuary@epfl.ch 41-216-937-022 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Amputee feels in real-time with bionic hand Dennis Aabo Sorensen is the first amputee in the world to feel sensory rich information -- in real-time -- with a prosthetic hand wired to nerves in his upper arm; Sorensen could grasp objects ...
Read the releaseInducing climate-smart global supply networks: Nature Commentary
In a Nature Commentary he proposes a community effort to collect economic data on the new website zeean.net. The aim is to better understand economic flows and to thereby ...
Read the releaseNew approach prevents thrombosis without increasing the risk of bleeding
In collaboration with an international team, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed an antibody, 3F7, which blocks a protein that is active in the coagulation system factor ...
Read the releaseSome receive unnecessary prioritization for liver transplantation, says Penn Medicine study
(PHILADELPHIA) – Patients waiting for liver transplants ...
Read the releaseNew analysis of endometriosis could help diagnoses, treatments
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Endometriosis, the invasive displacement of uterine tissue into surrounding organs, affects at least 10 percent of women. The disease, which is often misdiagnosed, can cause ...
Read the releaseFemale mice prefer unfamiliar male songs
Female mice prefer songs of mice that are different from their parents when selecting a mate, according to a study published February 5, 2014 in PLOS ONE by Akari Asaba from the Azabu University, ...
Read the releaseMass extinction may not cause all organisms to 'shrink'
The sizes of organisms following mass extinction events may vary more than previously thought, which may be inconsistent with the predictions of the so-called ...
Read the releaseTree roots in the mountains 'acted like a thermostat' for millions of years
For the first time, scientists have discovered how tree roots in the mountains may play an important role in controlling long-term global temperatures. Researchers from Oxford ...
Read the releaseNew stem cell research removes reliance on human and animal cells
A new study, published today in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, has found a new method for growing human embryonic stem cells, that doesn't rely on supporting human or animal cells. Traditionally, ...
Read the releaseStudy shows yogurt consumption reduces the risk of type 2 diabetes
New research published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) shows that higher consumption of yoghurt, compared with no consumption, can reduce ...
Read the releaseScientists create potential vaccine ingredient for childhood respiratory disease
LA JOLLA, CA—February 5, 2014—Scientists at The ...
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