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Ovarian cancer: Quick steps to widespread disease
(University of Chicago Medical Center) Ovarian cancer cells that interact with cancer-associated fibroblasts can mobilize glycogen as an energy source, leading to proliferation, invasion and metastasis. Blocking glycogen mobilization in cancer cells...
Elucidating the Chara genome: Implications for emergence of land plants in Paleozoic era
(Kanazawa University) Charophyceae are relatives of land plants, whose genomes have been envisioned to contain important information to understand how land plants evolved from their ancestors in the Paleozoic era. Here we report the draft genome of C...
51 years after discovering pulsars, Jocelyn Bell Burnell wins $3M Breakthrough Prize
British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell is featured in an episode of the BBC documentary series “Beautiful Minds.” (BBC Photo)
British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell missed out on a share of the Nobel Prize for her part in the discovery of t...
Blue Origin and other aerospace ventures offer ‘Brookie’ fellowships for women
USC engineering student Maddie Koldos interned at Blue Origin this summer as a Brooke Owens Fellow. (Brooke Owens Fellowship Photo)
News Brief: The online application window has just opened for the program, which offers paid internships for undergrad...
Georgia State researcher gets $2.4 million federal grant to study diabetic vascular diseases
(Georgia State University) Dr. Ming-Hui Zou, director of the Center for Molecular and Translational Medicine at Georgia State University, has received a four-year, $2.4 million federal grant to study cardiovascular complications in diabetes.
Experts urge NASA to build huge new space telescope to look at alien Earths
An artist’s conception shows a planet-hunting space telescope accompanied by an umbrella-like starshade that blocks the glare of the planet’s parent star. (NASA / JPL Illustration)
NASA should add a large, technologically advanced space telescope to...
Researchers to Release Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in Africa for First Time
Up to 10,000 bugs could be deployed-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
OU research addresses concerns of South-Central Plains region with NSF MRI grant
(University of Oklahoma) A University of Oklahoma research group, led by Mark Nanny, is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grant in the amount of $396,778. The Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometer wi...
Too Good to Be True? A Nonaddictive Opioid without Lethal Side Effects Shows Promise
A still-experimental drug demonstrates the qualities of an ideal painkiller in a test in monkeys-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
UTA researcher earns grant to clean investigation-derived waste on site
(University of Texas at Arlington) A UTA environmental engineer is devising a system that will allow easier cleanup of contaminated soil and water that the U.S. military has identified.