Mapping the hidden signals of breast cancer risk

Some of the earliest warning signs of breast cancer risk may be hidden deep within the molecular makeup of breast tissue—long before anything appears on a scan. To uncover those signals, researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer ...

Asphalt is everywhere, but is it bad for our health?

If you piled all of Phoenix's pavement into one spot, it would be enough to cover San Francisco four times over. Roads, parking lots, and other paved surfaces blanket a lot of land—an estimated 40% of Arizona's capital city.

Brain support cells form a previously unknown network

Cells long thought to play a secondary role in brain function build their own far-reaching connections, according to a new study in mice. These pathways appear to connect distant regions in ways that had not been mapped before. ...

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