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MEDICINE & HEALTH

Lung cancer: Less invasive surgery for faster recovery

UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE (CRCHUM)

‘I’m here for breast cancer. Why are you talking to me about my heart?’

EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CARDIOLOGY

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BIOLOGY

Cooperation among fishers can improve fish stock in coral reefs

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE

Missing molecule hobbles cell movement

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT

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TECH & ENGINEERING

Technology could help reduce exploitation of traditional weavers in Malaysia

LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

Tiny droplets open the doors to in-flight imaging of proteins

UPPSALA UNIVERSITY

More Tech & Engineering

SOCIAL & BEHAVIOR

Da Vinci’s hand impairment caused by nerve damage, not stroke, suggests new study

SAGE

How grunting influences perception in tennis

FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITAET JENA

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CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS

Stanford researchers’ artificial synapse is fast, efficient and durable

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

New holographic technique opens the way for quantum computation

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE

More Chemistry & Physics

ARCHAEOLOGY

Scientists discover evolutionary link to modern-day sea echinoderms

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

New reading of the Mesha Stele inscription has major consequences for biblical history

AMERICAN FRIENDS OF TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY

More Archaeology

SPACE & PLANETARY

Hubble spots a stunning spiral galaxy

NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

When it comes to planetary habitability, it’s what’s inside that counts

CARNEGIE INSTITUTION FOR SCIENCE

More Space & Planetary

AGRICULTURE

What the wheat genome tells us about wars

HELMHOLTZ ZENTRUM MÜNCHEN – GERMAN RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Climate extremes explain 18%-43% of global crop yield variations

UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES

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EARTH SCIENCE

NASA reveals heavy rainfall in Tropical Cyclone Fani

NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

Study demonstrates seagrass’ strong potential for curbing erosion

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

More Earth Science

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE

Scientists see fingerprint of warming climate on droughts going back to 1900

EARTH INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

Berkeley Lab science snapshots April 2019

DOE/LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY

More Atmospheric Science

MATHEMATICS

Opportunistic cancer cells ‘slip through the gaps’ to spread through blood vessels

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Sussex mathematician’s breakthrough on non-toxic pest control

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX

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EDUCATION

Finnish school students outperform US students on ‘fake news’ digital literacy tasks

UNIVERSITY OF TURKU

Chatterbox parents may boost tots’ intelligence

UNIVERSITY OF YORK

More Education

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

New research: Airbnb’s impact on peak-season hotel pricing

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Too much smiling in a sales pitch could kill the deal

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (USF INNOVATION)

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POLICY & ETHICS

Fire-safety sectors call for global PFAS ban, no loopholes for toxic firefighting foam

IPEN

What can be done to prevent another CRISPR crisis?

PLOS

More Policy & Ethics

BUSINESS, INNOVATION & SOCIETY ANNOUCEMENTS

USDA’s research short-list announcement another step in wrong direction

AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION

Army pushes for higher speeds in future tiltrotor aircraft

U.S. ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY

More Business, Innovation & Society

GRANTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Paul Sajda awarded DoD’s Vannevar Bush Fellowship

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

‘Gut-on-a-chip’ research aims to find personalized treatment for Crohn’s disease

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

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AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Breakthrough optical interferometry system clears way for spin-out company

UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD

UTSA students develop green power generator and could save thousands to industries

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO

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BOOKS ANNOUNCEMENTS

New book explores hospice and palliative care interventions

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING

Receptionists take the everyday flak for NHS system and funding issues

LANCASTER UNIVERSITY

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