Study sheds new light on mechanism of breast cancer treatment resistance

A study by researchers has illuminated a specific mechanism by which estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers…

Researchers raise a 170-million-year question over mysterious moss gene

A surprise discovery provides insight into how cells build their external walls and raises questions about…

Shorter fitness test still accurately predicts risk of mortality

Researchers have determined a short, five minute treadmill test can predict the risk of mortality. This…

Global warming could cause key culinary crops to release seeds prematurely

Climate change is threatening crop yields worldwide, yet little is known about how global warming will…

Study suggests way to attack deadly, untreatable nerve tumors

Genomic profiling of mostly untreatable and deadly nerve sheath tumors led scientists to test a possible…

Study finds gender and skin-type bias in commercial artificial-intelligence systems

A new article shows that three commercial facial-analysis programs demonstrate gender and skin-type biases, and suggests…

Study examines shift work and genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes

A new study takes a deep look at the connection between shift work and type 2…

Deep-sea fish use hydrothermal vents to incubate eggs

An international team of researchers have discovered egg cases of deep-sea fish near hydrothermal vents. The…

Lung cancer drug resistance explained by computer simulations

Scientists have used molecular simulations to understand resistance to osimertinib -- an anticancer drug used to…

Scalable two-dimensional materials advance future-gen electronics

A pair of papers published online in two nanotechnology journals this month provide the basis for…