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Aggressive breast cancers may contribute to racial survival disparities

Aug 3 2017

Young black women are more likely to have a type of breast cancer that does not express any of the receptors for targeted biologic therapies, an analysis of approximately 1,000 invasive breast tumors has confirmed. The study also identified variation by ethnicity within a clinical breast cancer type that has the greatest mortality disparity.

China Will Pay More Than $1 Million to Someone to Search for Aliens

Aug 3 2017

China Will Pay More Than $1 Million to Someone to Search for AliensChina is offering one lucky, intelligent foreigner more than a million dollars plus benefits to operate the world

Controversial Weed Killer Gives These Toxic Toads Extra-Deadly Venom

Aug 3 2017

Controversial Weed Killer Gives These Toxic Toads Extra-Deadly VenomHerbicides containing glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer and other s

Canada will use 'all resources' to protect right whales

Aug 3 2017

Canada will use 'all resources' to protect right whalesThe Canadian government said Thursday it would "bring all the resources necessary" to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale, after 10 o

Mangroves vital for environmental decontamination

Aug 3 2017

Mangrove trees, particularly their leaf litter, filter copper out of soil and water in Indonesia.

Yoga effective at reducing symptoms of depression

Aug 3 2017

A multi-week regimen may be an effective complement to traditional therapy for depression, multiple studies suggest.

Coming face-to-face with disability could end supernatural myth-making in Africa

Aug 3 2017

Many people in rural African communities still believe that disability is caused by supernatural forces, curses and as ‘punishment’ for wrongdoings, according to research.

Low-power cold-atom source developed for atomic clocks, physics experiments

Aug 3 2017

A reversible alkali atom source has been developed that runs at low power and low voltage, which is beneficial in applications such as smaller, more efficient, and ultimately portable atomic clocks that use cold atoms.

Twilight observations reveal huge storm on Neptune

Aug 3 2017

Striking images of a storm system nearly the size of Earth have astronomers doing a double-take after pinpointing its location near Neptune's equator, a region where no bright cloud has been seen before. The discovery was made at dawn on June 26 as researchers were testing the Keck telescope to see whether it could make useful observations during twilight, a time most astronomers consider unusable because it's not dark enough.

Promising results for patients with endoscopic treatments

Aug 3 2017

A simpler procedure for collecting biopsy specimens during various procedures can improve patient care, research shows. Additionally, study indicates how a relatively new procedure, POEM, has been adapted to help an additional set of patients with gastroparesis, a troubling stomach problem.