Pain or discomfort in the Adam’s apple area could have a number of possible causes, ranging from a simple cold and sore ...

Interest in mining the potato-sized “nodules”, which contain metals used in technologies such as smartphone touchscreens and rechargeable batteries, has opened the way for researchers to ...

Acid reflux occurs when acid flows up from the stomach into the esophagus (food tube) and the mouth. Although occasional acid reflux is common, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) may be diagnosed ...

Why Trust Us? Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized prize for mining companies in search of materials needed ...

The clinical and autopsy records of patients in whom the diagnosis of esophageal varices was made from 1950 to 1957 at this hospital were examined. The records of the 50 patients in whom the tube ...

Thyroid nodules are lumps (growths) made up of abnormal cell clusters that develop in the thyroid gland, located at the base of your neck. They can be solid, fluid-filled, or a mixture of both.

Bao and colleagues investigated how rhizobial effector proteins can regulate the legume root nodule symbiosis. Bao and colleagues investigated how rhizobial effector proteins can regulate the legume ...

Abstract: Accurate segmentation of pulmonary nodules from CT images is of significant importance for the early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and related diseases. However, the segmentation ...

As companies eye the best patches of ocean to search for the precious sulphides and nodules, dubbed “truffles of the ocean,” the waters near the Saya de Malha Bank have emerged as an ...

A field of polymetallic nodules in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy of Philweb via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). “We have amassed an unprecedented wealth of environmental impact data ...

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"They need to rebuild. They need metals to do that." Those nodules have tempted would-be miners for decades. Mining firms claim the deep seabed could provide a major new source of minerals ...