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New strategies against bone metastases from prostate cancer
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 23:06
A study suggests a new approach, or, possibly two new approaches against prostate cancer bone metastases: While targeted therapies and anti-cancer immunotherapies have not been especially successful against primary prost...
Reflecting on photos helps young cancer survivors regain confidence
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 23:06
Young cancer survivors face unique medical and psychosocial challenges that can hinder their ability to move on mentally and socially, even years after their final treatment. Lingering feelings of isolation and loss can ...
The deadly superbugs lurking in more than nine in ten make-up bags
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 22:57
The vast majority of in-use make-up products such as beauty blenders, mascara and lip gloss are contaminated with potentially life threatening superbugs, new research has revealed.
1940s blood samples reveal historical spread of malaria
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 21:46
DNA from 75-year old eradicated European malaria parasites uncovers the historical spread of one of the two most common forms of the disease, Plasmodium vivax, from Europe to the Americas during the colonial period, find...
Protein defect leaves sperm chasing their tails
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 21:46
Researchers have characterized a protein, called VSP, that keeps sperm swimming in straight lines. Deletion of the protein caused sperm to swim in circles, significantly reducing fertilization rates. VSP also controlled ...
Deep learning identifies molecular patterns of cancer
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 21:29
An artificial intelligence platform can analyze genomic data extremely quickly, picking out key patterns to classify different types of colorectal tumors and improve the drug discovery process. The deeper analysis shows ...
New light shed on role iron biology plays in disease
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 20:30
New research shows that the body's system for regulating iron is much more complex than originally thought -- and this has surprising implications in at least three human diseases.
'Clever drugs for slimy bugs' in fight against staph infections
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 20:29
Bacterial biofilms that develop around golden staph infections make treatment difficult and prolonged, but researchers have shown in laboratory work that the hybrid antibiotics they have developed can destroy staph biofi...
New study reveals high levels of pollution in London Underground
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 19:55
Researchers have carried out the first comprehensive study of fine particles on the London Underground to evaluate the exposure of people traveling on different parts of the network.
Biologists examine sperm quality on the basis of their metabolism
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 19:20
Every tenth couple worldwide is affected by infertility. The reasons for this are manifold, but mostly well researched. Nevertheless, about fifteen percent of cases remain unexplained. A team of biologists has now gained...
All-optical diffractive neural networks process broadband light
Phys.org - 2 Dec 2019 19:02
Diffractive deep neural network is an optical machine learning framework that blends deep learning with optical diffraction and light-matter interaction to engineer diffractive surfaces that collectively perform optical ...
Alphabet Is Developing a Robot to Take Over Boring Everyday Tasks
Singularity Hub - 2 Dec 2019 19:00
Robots excel at carrying out specialized tasks in controlled environments, but put them in your average office and they'd be lost. Alphabet wants to change that by developing what they call the Everyday Robot, which coul...
Accessing scrambling in quantum systems using matrix product operators
Phys.org - 2 Dec 2019 19:00
In quantum physics, scrambling is the dispersal of quantum information across a complex quantum system, such as chaotic quantum many-body systems. This process can make quantum information difficult or impossible to acce...
Investigational drugs reduce risk of death from Ebola virus disease
Science Daily - 2 Dec 2019 17:57
The investigational therapeutics mAb114 and REGN-EB3 offer patients a greater chance of surviving Ebola virus disease (EVD) compared to the investigational treatment ZMapp. The new report also shows that early diagnosis ...
Two brain networks behave differently in people who are suicidal
New Scientist - 2 Dec 2019 05:00
People who are suicidal seem to have unusual patterns of activity in two parts of the brain that can be detected in a scanner
Neutrons probe ultra-cold condensate for insight into quantum matter
Phys.org - 3 Dec 2019 01:02
Bose-Einstein condensates are macroscopic quantum phases of matter which appear only under very particular conditions. Learning more about these phases of matter could help researchers develop a better understanding of f...
When laser beams meet plasma: New data addresses gap in fusion research
Phys.org - 3 Dec 2019 00:56
New research from the University of Rochester will enhance the accuracy of computer models used in simulations of laser-driven implosions. The research, published in the journal Nature Physics, addresses one of the chall...
The neurobiological basis of gender dysphoria
Neuroscience News - 3 Dec 2019 00:51
A new theory of gender dysphoria claims brain network activity, and not incorrect brain sex may be at the root of symptoms.
Cats' faces hard to read, except for 'cat whisperers'
Neuroscience News - 3 Dec 2019 00:24
People can infer a cat's affective state from subtle aspects of their facial expressions.
220-lb. 'Litter Ball' Found Inside a Dead Sperm Whale's Belly
Live Science - 3 Dec 2019 00:20
Whale experts who visited the scene described the amount of plastic in the animal's body as 'horrific.'
Smoking may cause white scars on the brain
Neuroscience News - 3 Dec 2019 00:14
Smoking causes white matter scarring in the brain, and the effects do more harm than previously believed.
Scientists Discover a Mechanism Behind Jupiter's Mysterious Winds
Physics Buzz - 2 Dec 2019 23:44
When the astronomer Galileo Galilei first set his sights on Jupiter through his telescope in 1610, he noticed two strange things: First, there four small moons orbiting the planet, and second, planet had these strange al...