Researchers have developed a new technique for extremely high speed photonic sensing of the mechanical…
Month: June 2016
This desert moss has developed the ultimate water collection toolkit
Scientists and mechanical engineers teamed up to understand how a desert moss uses its leaves…
Cancer drug trial success
Scientists have developed new therapeutic approaches to cancer. The drug trial (APR-246) aimed to test…
Immunotherapy improves survival, quality of life in rapidly progressing head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy doubles overall survival and improves quality of life, with fewer side effects, in a…
‘Breaking me softly:’ New fiber findings reported
A finding that unlocks a means of controlling materials at the nanoscale has been reported…
New compound shows promise against malaria
In recent years the most dangerous malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has become increasingly resistant to…
Pembrolizumab elicits significant antitumor activity in head and neck cancer patients
Treating head and neck cancer patients with recurrent or metastatic disease with the PD-1 inhibitor…
Wide geographic differences in treatment of diabetes, hypertension, depression
Widespread differences have been found in the treatment of patients with common chronic diseases, including…
Electroacupuncture may help relieve pain from carpal tunnel syndrome, shows randomized controlled trial
Electroacupuncture combined with nighttime splinting may help alleviate pain from chronic carpal tunnel syndrome, according…
Study may help reassure women taking tamoxifen for breast cancer
A new study may help reassure patients who worry the breast cancer drug tamoxifen could…