Some women may benefit from delaying breast reconstruction following mastectomy

Some patients with a combination of risk factors, such as being obese and having diabetes or…

Definitive genomic study reveals alterations driving most medulloblastoma brain tumors

An international consortium completed a landmark study of most common pediatric brain tumor, revealing new cancer…

Uranium-based compound improves manufacturing of nitrogen products

Scientists have developed a uranium-based complex that can allow nitrogen fixation reactions to take place in…

Path to discovering new topological materials

Researchers have found a recipe for discovering new topological materials, which have exotic electronic properties that…

Artifacts suggest humans arrived in Australia earlier than thought

Archeologists have found and dated artifacts in northern Australia that indicate humans arrived there about 65,000…

Secrets of our cellular ‘energy sensor’

Scientists have uncovered a new kind of 'energy sensor' in our cells, changing our understanding of…

Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment

How well cancer patients fared after chemotherapy was affected by their social interaction with other patients…

Vaccine rejection and hesitancy examined: Effect of calls to promote vaccination

The center of a public health debate is whether parents should have their children vaccinated. Researchers…

Indestructible virus yields secret to creating incredibly durable materials

It lives in boiling acid that dissolves flesh and bone. Now scientists have unlocked the secrets…

Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaks

In an advance that could boost the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 percent and even…