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In South America, countries struggle to protect traditional uses of coca while decreasing its currency in the cocaine trade.

Santa Clara, Calif. -- While millimeter wave (mmWave) signals are part of 5G's wireless infrastructure for carrying high-bandwidth data, it's not the only use. At DesignCon 2020, Joy Laskar, CEO of Maja Systems, presente...

Though 5G is a promising technology, astronomers and Earth scientists are worried that 5G frequencies could interfere with the scientific use of previously quiet parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. The Federal Communi...

(Huntsman Cancer Institute) In research published today in the journal Nature Communications, Utah-based scientists describe a novel way to treat cancers using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy. Laboratory t...

(Washington University in St. Louis) Heralded as a genetically modified crop with the potential to save millions of lives, Golden Rice has just been approved as safe for human and animal consumption by regulators in the ...

(European Society of Cardiology) Innovative research in the diagnosis and treatment of heart emergencies will be revealed at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2020, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ES...

(Virginia Tech) But scientists from Virginia Tech and the University of Notre Dame recently discovered that a particular species -- the burrowing mayfly -- had a population decrease of nearly 84 percent from 2015 to 2019...

(Yale University) The 2020 Gruber Genetics Prize is being awarded to geneticist Bonnie Bassler, Ph.D., of Princeton University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, for her groundbreaking work on how bacteria 'talk' t...

(University of Manchester) An international team of scientists has identified a protein which is strongly linked to the commonest cause of blindness in developed countries when its levels are raised in the blood.

(Kessler Foundation) Among the 201 7 survey's findings were processes that were effective, but underutilized by organizations, according to Dr. Phillips. "For example, partnering with a disability organization was identi...

(George Mason University) Rebecca Sutter, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), and Allison Evans Cuellar, Professor, Health Administration and Policy, CHHS, are implementin...

(Institute of Cancer Research) Supercharging the mutation rate in cancer cells can create a powerful vaccine that is able to boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy, a major new study reports.

(Kessler Foundation) The Lehigh Valley Center for Independent Living (LVCIL) was positioned to fulfill WIOA's mandate because of its partnership with Pennsylvania's Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR), says Seth Ho...

(University of Gothenburg) Is it possible to investigate menopausal age, or not? In more than one in three women aged 50, the body provides no clear answer about the menopause, Swedish study shows. Increased use of hormo...

(University of California - San Diego) Clostridium difficile, a bacterium known to cause symptoms from diarrhea to life-threatening colon damage, is part of a growing epidemic for the elderly and hospitalized patients. B...

(George Mason University) George Mason University College of Health and Human Services has received a $1.6M grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) to study the link between endometrios...

(Mayo Clinic) A cancer tumor's ability to mutate allows it to escape from chemotherapy and other attempts to kill it. So, encouraging mutations would not be a logical path for cancer researchers. Yet a Mayo Clinic team a...

(Georgia State University) Dr. Tim Denning, professor and associate director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a four-year, $1.67 million federal grant to study how an imm...

(Medical University of South Carolina) Results from this study, recently published online in Addiction, found providing smokers with a free, two week starter kit of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) increased quit attem...

(University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center) Three-year interval in screening for cervical cancer is as effective as annual checkups, study finds.

(Cambridge University Press) Children with ADHD from the poorest areas are significantly more likely to receive medication as children with ADHD from the most affluent areas, according to the first UK study of its kind.

(University of Utah Health) Scientists have identified a key molecule involved in the development of cerebral malaria, a deadly form of the tropical disease. The study identifies a potential drug target and way forward t...