Ultrastructure of focal adhesion scaffold unveiled in human pluripotent stem cells
Credit: Image: Camilo Guzmán, Aki Stubb, and HHMI Janelian Advanced Imaging Core Focal adhesions are known as signalling platforms broadcasting ...
Month: October 2019
Jurassic dinosaurs trotted between Africa and Europe
Credit: Matteo Belvedere et al. Dinosaur footprints found in several European countries, very similar to others in Morocco, suggest that ...
Reframing Antarctica’s meltwater pond dangers to ice shelves and sea level
There's a speed limit on the damage surface ponds can do to ice shelves, but that doesn't mean they're not ...
NIH contract to CWRU, UH to accelerate TB vaccine development
$30 million contract will establish TB immunology research centers across the countryCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND (October 23, 2019)--Tuberculosis ...
Researchers develop platform for scalable testing of autonomous vehicle safety
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Coordinated Science Laboratory In the race to manufacture autonomous vehicles (AVs), safety is crucial ...
Regenstrief scientist honored for research to support clinical decision making
Credit: Regenstrief Institute The Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) awarded Regenstrief Institute researcher Stephen Downs, M.D., M.S., with the ...
MIT engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open airCredit: Sahag Voskian and ...
Solving the plastics problem
Research from Texas A&M and Teysha Technologies aims to reduce plastics pollution through the development of biodegradable polymersCredit: Texas A&M ...
Ending HIV will require optimizing treatment and prevention tools, say NIH experts
Commentary emphasizes need to optimally implement current tools and develop new interventionsCredit: NIAID WHAT: Optimal implementation of existing HIV prevention ...
Small magnets reveal big secrets
Work by international research team could have wide-ranging impact on information technology applicationsCredit: Barsukov lab, UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- ...
Electrospun fibers weave new medical innovations
Novel applications of a technology called coaxial electrospinning could improve contraceptive products and help patients with brain tumorsCredit: Joseph Fuqua ...
Public, schools are invited to join interactive broadcasts from the Antarctic
Polar scientists to share how region is responding to rapid warmingCredit: United States Antarctic Program KINGSTON, R.I., - October 25, ...
Super-strong magnetic supercrystals can assemble themselves
Credit: Photo: Nancy Bazilchuk/NTNU Verner Håkonsen works with cubes so tiny that nearly 5 billion of them could fit on ...
Fighting the herpes virus
Credit: Felix Petermann, MDC New insights into preventing herpes infections have been published in Nature Communications. Researchers from the Berlin ...
New procedure for obtaining a cheap ultra-hard material that is resistant to radioactivity
Boron carbide is used in the design of planes, trains and carsCredit: Universidad de Sevilla University of Seville researchers, led ...
Broadly protective antibodies could lead to better flu treatments and vaccines
Credit: NIAID WHAT: A newly identified set of three antibodies could lead to better treatments and vaccines against influenza, according ...
Can solar technology kill cancer cells?
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientific breakthroughs don't always happen in labs. For Sophia and Richard ...
Sharing solar technology with developing countries
£800,000 award for Swansea-led projectCredit: Sunrise Project, Swansea University A Swansea-led project which will help communities in developing countries to ...
Tuberculous infection is not life-long in most people
Penn-led study suggested majority will not develop disease even if test shows positive resultsCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new ...
One step toward using insulating antiferromagnetic materials in future computers
Physicists at Mainz University and cooperation partners observe reading and writing of digital information with antiferromagnetic materialsCredit: Ill./©: Lorenzo Baldrati, ...
