A novel method of treating phantom limb pain has been developed using machine learning and…
Month: December 2016
Phase I trial shows that a drug that inhibits the Notch signalling process is active in a range of advanced cancers
A new anti-cancer drug that inhibits a key cell signalling process involved in many different…
Advanced soft tissue sarcomas respond to a combination of a new and an existing anti-cancer drug
Researchers working to find effective treatments for soft tissue sarcomas have discovered that combining a…
Buzz Aldrin ‘in good spirits’ after South Pole evacuation
Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, is evacuated from the South Pole after…
White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states
More whites died than were born in a record high 17 states in 2014 compared…
Embryonic cluster galaxy immersed in giant cloud of cold gas
Astronomers studying a cluster of still-forming protogalaxies seen as they were more than 10 billion…
A watershed moment in understanding how water conducts electricity
Scientists have taken spectroscopic snapshots of nature’s most mysterious relay race: the passage of extra…
Climate cycles may explain how running water carved Mars’ surface features
Dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may be the…
Increasing tornado outbreaks: Is climate change responsible?
In a new study, researchers looked at increasing trends in the severity of tornado outbreaks…
Europe ministers debate space future
Europe’s research ministers negotiate over funding for the space station and a rover that would…