‘Bursts’ of chromosome changes fuel breast cancer tumor growth
As with most cancers, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells have abnormal amounts of chromosomes or DNA copy number aberrations (CNAs) in their genomes. A...
Does longer walking distance to buy cigarettes increase quitting among smokers?
Walking one-third of a mile longer from home to the nearest tobacco shop to buy cigarettes was associated with increased odds that smokers would...
Today’s electric vehicles can make a dent in climate change
"The adoption potential of electric vehicles is remarkably similar across cities, from dense urban areas like New York, to sprawling cities like Houston. This...
Racial inequity, violence climb list of child health concerns for black adults
Mental health and racial inequities lead the 2016 top 10 child health concerns.Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.
Black adults rate...
New map of world vegetation reveals substantial changes since 1980s
A botany researcher at New Zealand's University of Otago and colleagues have developed a new system to map the world's "biomes" -- large-scale vegetation...
Cancer in context: 37 years of painstakingly collected data
Some ethnic groups experience cancer more often than others. These populations have the five highest incidence rates (cancer cases per every 100,000 people) in...
How shaping light can change particle behavior
Laser light coupled into the microfiber.Credit: OIST
Light can take many different forms. Even in our day-to-day life, sunlight is vastly different from fluorescent light....
This is your brain on sentences
These brain maps show how accurately it was possible to predict neural activation patterns for new, previously unseen sentences, in different regions of the...
Cancer overtakes heart disease as the main cause of death in 12 European countries
Although diseases of the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease, CVD) kill more people worldwide than anything else, with 17.3 million deaths globally, cancer...
Schizophrenia Emerged After Humans Diverged From Neanderthals
Schizophrenia poses an evolutionary enigma. The disorder has existed throughout recorded human history and persists despite its severe effects on thought and behavior, and...
Treatment option for Alzheimer’s disease possible
A research project has shown that an experimental model of Alzheimer’s disease can be successfully treated with a commonly used anti-inflammatory drug.
A team led...
