New blood test rapidly detects signs of pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second deadliest cancer in the United States by 2030.
It is tough to cure because it is usually...
Patent talk: IBM’s traffic signal timing turns cognitive
Call it a green light for AI thinkers who want to use artificial intelligence for traffic management. IBM had a patent granted that sees...
Scientists uncover a new face of a famous protein, SWI2/SNF2 ATPase
A team of Texas A&M and Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists now have a deeper understanding of a large switch/sucrose non-fermentable (SWI/SNF) protein complex...
Resistance to antifungal drugs could lead to disease and global food shortages
Growing levels of resistance to antifungal treatments could lead to increased disease outbreaks and affect food security around the world.
An international team, led by...
5 Things to Know About Mass Shootings in America
At least 10 students were killed at a Santa Fe, Texas high school on May 18 after a classmate opened fire with a shotgun...
Modular blocks could enable labs around the world to cheaply and easily build their...
Researchers at MIT's Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in different ways to produce diagnostic...
Anxious women may want to keep an eye on their bone health
As if older women didn't already worry enough about their bone health, new research suggests that anxiety may up their risk for fractures.
Based on...
Dilemma for cancer patients as life-saving meds are tied to vision loss
A newer type of cancer treatment may offer the chance of longer survival, but the drugs could also trigger new side effects, such as...
Researchers found that zinc sulfide crystals were brittle under normal lighting conditions at room...
Researchers found that zinc sulfide crystals were brittle under normal lighting conditions at room temperature, but highly plastic when deformed in complete darkness.
Deformation of...
Robotic Assembly of the World’s Smallest House
A French nanorobotics team from the Femto-ST Institute in Besançon, France, assembled a new microrobotics system that pushes forward the frontiers of optical nanotechnologies.
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Researchers have developed a new technique that combines graphene based biointerfaces with light to...
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and their collaborators have developed a technique that allows them to speed up or...
A new study will look at how sleep deprivation affects cognitive flexibility and cognitive...
Sleep deprivation can take a heavy toll on our ability to make sound decisions, with potentially disastrous outcomes.
With support from a $2.8 million...
Researchers report intuition is the result of information processing in the brain that results...
Imagine the director of a big company announcing an important decision and justifying it with it being based on a gut feeling.
This would...
Add Language to Math to Help Kids Succeed at School
Research shows that the more skills children bring with them to kindergarten – in basic math, reading, even friendship and cooperation – the more...
A way to prevent pancreatic cancer from spreading post-surgery?
Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have solved a mystery about how pancreatic cancer spreads following surgery in patients whose tumor is successfully...
