Immune discovery set to boost cancer therapies, study suggests
Cancer therapies that use immune cells to trigger the body to attack tumours could be improved by a molecule that ...
Month: May 2019
New evidence: It’s not necessary to fast before complete cholesterol test
Study compares nonfasting lipid levels and fasting lipid levels in the same individuals, finding similar association with cardiovascular events even ...
3D printed artificial corneas similar to human ones
Professor Dong-Woo Cho and his research team replicated human corneal structure and fabricated a transparent cornea with the lattice patternCredit: ...
Electric-field-controlled superconductor-ferromagnetic insulator transition
Credit: ©Science China Press High-temperature (Tc) superconductivity typically develops from antiferromagnetic insulators, and superconductivity and ferromagnetism are always mutually exclusive. ...
Inhibitory neurons have two types of impact on brain oscillations
A certain type of neuron, called inhibitory neurons, can have two types of overall effect on oscillations in the brain ...
Lithuanian scientists created bioplastic for food packaging which degrades in a couple of years
Credit: KTU / Juste Suminaite Group of scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU). Lithuania have created biodegradable plastic, which ...
Lessons from Pohang: Solving geothermal energy’s earthquake problem
A Stanford geophysicist discusses flaws in some of the most common ways to minimize the risk of earthquakes when harnessing ...
Pollen allergies occur more frequently in anxiety sufferers
Interplay between psychological factors and allergies in the research spotlight The team interviewed over 1,700 people from the Augsburg area ...
Diagnosis of coronary artery disease improved by deep learning analysis of SPECT MPI
Credit: Credit: Betancur J, Hu L-H, Commandeur F, et al. A multicenter international study has demonstrated for the first time ...
Scientists develop surface acidity — and selectivity-tunable manganese oxide catalyst
Credit: JIA Xiuquan A research group led by Prof. XU Jie from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of ...
Signalling protein discovery may lead to drug-based therapies to treat hyperparathyroidism
Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School SINGAPORE, 28 May 2019 - Overactive parathyroid glands,which control the body's blood calcium levels, can lead ...
Super-fast broadband may have negative side effects for companies
"Of course, it's difficult to believe that the internet is negative for companies - and we don't think that is ...
Sound waves bypass visual limitations to recognize human activity
Privacy, environment restricts video camera use; sound can get around those concernsCredit: Xinhua Guo WASHINGTON, D.C., May 28, 2019 -- ...
The effects of the Internet on learning in higher education
RMU Initiative Funding for Research to fund educational researchers, computer scientists, linguists, and neuroscientists at the Rhine-Main Universities The Internet ...
Researchers introduce novel heat transport theory in quest for efficient thermoelectrics
Credit: Michele Simoncelli, EPFL NCCR MARVEL researchers have developed a novel microscopic theory that is able to describe heat transport ...
EPFL researchers crack an enduring physics enigma
Credit: EPFL For decades, physicists, engineers and mathematicians failed to explain a remarkable phenomenon in fluid mechanics: the natural tendency ...
Centuries-old drawings lead to better understanding of fan-shaped auroras
Credit: Japan Meteorological Agency Physics researchers and literature researchers have joined together to better understand the rare natural phenomenon of ...
Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion
Four academic laboratories partner with Google to explore how materials science can help make fusion more accessibleCredit: Phil Schauer Scientists ...
Microglia turned on
Visualizing microglia in brain tissue with a fluorescence turn-on substrate Part of the immune system in the brain is made ...
Copenhagen researchers break quantum limit in precision of force and position measurements
Credit: Ola Joensen Researchers of the Schliesser Lab at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have pushed the precision ...