Researchers have developed a way to improve the accuracy of surgery to remove ovarian tumors. Using carbon nanotubes and a…
Classroom crowdscience: Students challenged to detect schizophrenia genes
Teaching big data to future scientists means having them think creatively about ways to harness the terabytes of information available…
Photoacoustic endoscopy could improve Crohn’s disease treatment
A newly developed endoscope could give doctors a better view of intestinal changes caused by Crohn’s disease. This additional information…
BRAF protein modification could slow tumor growth
Researchers have discovered a signaling pathway between cytokines and BRAF that promotes tumor growth. The finding could provide a potential…
Schadenfreude: Your pain is my gain
If someone in the workplace is mistreated, their colleagues may respond with empathy — or with schadenfreude. The latter emotion,…
Targeting how fungi ‘taste’ wheat could be key to developing control
Exploring how a hazardous fungal pathogen ‘tastes’ its surroundings within a wheat plant to coordinate virulence could be the key…
Growing up in poverty increases diagnoses of psychosis-spectrum mental illnesses
Growing up in impoverished urban neighborhoods more than doubles your chances over the average person of developing a psychosis-spectrum disorder…
Newly discovered Ebolavirus may not cause severe disease in humans
Researchers have provided evidence that a newly discovered Ebolavirus may not be as deadly as other species to humans.
Scientists develop swallowable self-inflating capsule to help tackle obesity
Scientists have developed a self-inflating weight management capsule that could help battle obesity, and be an alternative to intragastric balloons.…
Microbial contaminants found in popular e-cigarettes
Popular electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) products sold in the US were contaminated with bacterial and fungal toxins, according to new research.