Month: April 2017

Credit: UNIST Membrane proteins make up approximately a quarter of all gene products and are the targets of over 50% ...

Credit: UCF: Bernard Wilchusky A chemistry professor in Florida has just found a way to trigger the process of photosynthesis ...

Kidney dysfunction is a frequent complication affecting more than 50 percent of all cancer patients, and is directly linked to ...

ANN ARBOR -- Women who have episiotomies after childbirth reported having poorer body image and less satisfying sex lives than ...

Credit: DGIST DGIST's research team has found a candidate substance which can prevent and cure Parkinson's disease. By using this ...

Credit: Copyright AANS. Used with permission. A team of computer engineers and neurosurgeons, with an assist from Hollywood special effects ...

Credit: Juha Lahnakoski The brain works most efficiently when it can focus on a single task for a longer period ...

Credit: Donal Finegan (UCL, NASA and NREL) How lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries behave under short-circuit conditions can now be examined using ...

Generation and photochemical utilization of light are two of the most significant fundamental aspects of technological developments that will shape ...

Credit: Photo by Erin Pettit A research team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Colorado College has solved ...

In rare disease research, it is particularly challenging to find enough patients to conduct rigorous clinical studies. Patients are spread ...

Credit: IBS Everything we experience is made of light and matter. And the interaction between the two can bring about ...

BEER-SHEVA, Israel...April 25, 2017 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have found that babies born from mothers who ...

Marine circulation and weather conditions greatly affect microplastic aggregation and movement. Microplastics, which are particles measuring less than 5 mm, ...

Credit: PeerJ WASHINGTON, DC (April 25, 2017)-- Scientists at the George Washington University used a powerful genetic technique to test ...

FRAMINGHAM, Mass., April 25, 2017 - Alzheon, Inc. today announced publication of a newly elucidated molecular mechanism of action for ...

Credit: Photo: Tyler Irving A new study co-authored by U of T Engineering professor Greg Evans shows that subways increase ...

Credit: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center MIAMI, April 25, 2017 - Imagine this scenario on a highway: A driver starts to ...

A new system developed by engineers at MIT could make it possible to control the way water moves over a ...

Credit: Atlas of Submarine Glacial Landforms (2017) The most comprehensive and high-resolution atlas of the seafloor of both Polar Regions ...