Study examines aspirin use to prevent colorectal cancer

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded that aspirin reduces the risk of colorectal cancer…

Scientists find a cheaper way to light up OLED screens

Chemists appear to have finished the quest for a cheaper, efficient alternative to the iridium compounds…

Circular RNA holds promise as cancer biomarker

Researchers have cataloged circular RNA in multiple cancers and conducted initial research that suggests these stable…

Therapy derived from parasitic worms downregulates proinflammatory pathways

A therapy derived from the eggs of parasitic worms helps to protect against one of chemotherapy's…

Periodic table still influencing today’s research

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Periodic Table, and the principles that drove Dmitri…

A thousand new objects and phenomena in night sky

The Zwicky Transient Facility, based at the Palomar Observatory, has identified over a thousand new objects…

Big data approach shown to be effective for evaluating autism treatments

Researchers who developed a blood test to help diagnose autism spectrum disorder have now successfully applied…

Immunotherapy appears better than chemotherapy for aggressive type of skin cancer

The first study of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab as the initial treatment for patients with a…

Research details sticky situations at the nanoscale

In a finding that will be useful in nanoscale engineering, researchers have shown that miniscule differences…

New measurements of exotic form of magnesium suggest surprising shape-shift

An international team led by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley…