Smokers who roll their own cigarettes are less likely to try to kick the habit and cost may be the
Month: December 2018
One out of 3 rivers in the Iberian Peninsula is affected by salinization
These are some of the red lines revealed in the special volume on salinization in water ecosystems, published this December
Bacterial ‘sleeper cells’ evade antibiotics and weaken defense against infection
New research, from scientists at Imperial College London, unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells, potentially opening
Obesity May Be Driving Rise in Uterine Cancers
Cases of uterine cancer are charting a slow but steady rise among American women, and so are deaths from the
Seeing and avoiding the ‘blind spot’ in atomic force measurements
Researchers have discovered a ‘blind spot’ in atomic force microscopy – a powerful tool capable of measuring the force between
Closer look at TAILORx confirms lack of chemo benefit regardless of race or ethnicity
An analysis of race and ethnicity data from the TAILORx clinical trial was presented at the 2018 San Antonio Breast
Millions of Americans Still Breathing Secondhand Smoke: Report
Despite three decades of declines in secondhand smoke exposure, 58 million Americans — children included — are still breathing in
DDT in Alaska meltwater poses cancer risk for people who eat lots of fish
Children in Alaska whose diet includes a lot of fish from rivers fed by the Eastern Alaska Mountain Range may
Study: Damning evidence of dam’s impacts on rainforest birds
A study by an international team of conservation scientists found that a dam built in Thailand 31 years ago has
Scientists cut main heart disease risk locus out of DNA by genome editing
Over the past decade we’ve learned that billions of people carry a mysterious specter in their DNA that strongly increases
