A group of researchers has succeeded in producing nanostructured gas sensor devices for detecting volatile…
Month: November 2016
Wide variability in generic heart failure drugs can make them unaffordable to uninsured patients
Prices for commonly used generic heart failure drugs varies widely, outlines a new report. An…
Immunology treatments providing hope for late-stage melanoma patients
Therapies designed to help the body’s immune system attack cancer cells are proving to be…
Insight into children’s race and gender identities
Children aged 7 to 12 rate gender as more important than race, research shows. It…
Crowdsourcing a better prostate cancer prediction tool
A prediction model created by “research parasites” offers a more accurate prognosis for a patient’s…
Skilful cockatoos able to shape same tool from different materials
Tool manufacture was once regarded a defining feature of humankind, but it is now known…
Cosmic ‘barcode’ from distant galaxy confirms Nature’s constancy
Astronomers have precisely measured the strength of a fundamental force of Nature in a galaxy…
Do extremely reddened quasars extinguish star formation?
Galaxies formed and grew billions of years ago by accumulating gas from their surroundings, or…
Possible explanation for recurring breast cancer
Many breast cancer survivors worry that their breast cancer may come back. Recurrence has puzzled…
Zika virus can live for hours on hard, non-porous surfaces
The Zika virus is most commonly transmitted in humans as the result of a bite…