Tamoxifen chemoprevention tied to early detection of breast cancer 1 hour ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
The drug tamoxifen does not prevent or treat estrogen receptor (ER) negative breast cancer, but it can make the disease easier to find, researchers report in the Oct. 1 Journal of the National Cancer Institute. | |
New research may help to design better gene therapy vectors 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published by scientists from the University of Reading may offer an insight into ways of making safer and more specific gene therapy vectors. The research, published in the journal Nature Structural ... | |
 CoRoT discovery challenges the definition of extra-solar planets 2 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- The CoRoT satellite has discovered a planet-sized object so exotic that astronomers are unsure whether to call it a planet. The object, named CoRoT-Exo-3b, is approximately the same size as ... | |
 MESSENGER Returns Images from Oct. 6 Mercury Fly-By 2 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
MESSENGER is the first mission sent to orbit the planet closest to the sun. On Oct. 6, 2008, at roughly 4:40 a.m. ET, MESSENGER flew by Mercury for the second time this year. During the encounter, the probe ... | |
Report debunks China energy myth 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A detailed analysis of powerplants in China by MIT researchers debunks the widespread notion that outmoded energy technology or the utter absence of government regulation is to blame for that country's notorious air-pollution ... | |
Genetic finding implicates innate immune system in major cause of blindness 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Scientists have identified one of the genes implicated in age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in developed countries. | |
Olive oil ingredient ups the time between meals 2 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A fatty acid found in abundance in olive oil and other "healthy" unsaturated fats has yet another benefit: it helps keep the body satisfied to prolong the time between meals. | |
'Deadly dozen' reports diseases worsened by climate change 2 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society today released a report that lists 12 pathogens that could spread into new regions as a result of climate change, with potential impacts to both human and wildlife health ... | |
New knowledge about thermoelectric materials could give better energy efficiency 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Thermoelectric materials can be assembled into units, which can transform the thermal difference to electrical energy or vice versa – electrical current to cooling. An effective utilization requires however that the material ... | |
Why could prednisolone suppress the hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury? 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion injury is a serious complication but unavoidable problem in liver surgery including liver transplantation and hepatic resection. The most important consequence of this pathological process is ... | |
Mayo Clinic estimates new, tiny, super-sensitive probe could cut colon polyp removal in half 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Based on results of a landmark study, researchers at Mayo Clinic's Florida campus see a future in which virtual biopsies will eliminate the need to remove colon polyps that are not cancerous or will not morph into the disease. | |
 Long-Lasting Quantum Memory Leads to Long-Distance Quantum Communication 2 hours ago | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists have taken a step closer to realizing long-distance quantum communication, in which a quantum state is transferred from one location to another by becoming entangled with a traveling ... | |
 Deepest living fishes caught on camera for the first time 2 hours ago | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists filming in one of the world's deepest ocean trenches have found groups of highly sociable snailfish swarming over their bait, nearly five miles (7700 metres) beneath the surface ... | |
Boosting the capabilities of emergency relief efforts 2 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Humanitarian relief efforts are often hampered by the inability of the different international and local bodies involved to properly communicate and share information. European researchers have come up with a new system to ... | |
The bionic arm is the future of prosthetics, and it's here today 2 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Alberta Health Services' Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital is pioneering a major advancement in upper-limb amputation surgery and rehabilitation with the Canadian debut of the Targeted Muscle Reinnervation ... | |
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