Aerial photographs shed light on Mont Blanc ice loss
100 years of climate change visible in the AlpsCredit: Walter Mittelholzer, ETH-Bibliothek Zürich & Dr Kieran Baxter, University of Dundee ...
Month: October 2019
Electrochemistry to benefit photonics: Nanotubes can control laser pulses
Credit: Skoltech An international team of scientists led by researchers from the Laboratory of Nanomaterials at the Skoltech Center for ...
With AGS Cocare: Help, AGA expands reach of seminal delirium prevention program
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society A seminal program for preventing delirium (the medical term for abrupt, rapid-onset confusion or ...
Has global warming stopped? The tap of incoming energy cannot be turned off
Credit: Jing Xu As a result of industrialization, the carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has increased continuously over the ...
Mutation of the co-chaperone Tsc1 in bladder cancer diminishes Hsp90 acetylation and reduces drug sensitivity and selectivity
The cover for issue 56 of Oncotarget features Figure 5, 'HDAC inhibition synergizes with Hsp90 inhibition to induce apoptosis in ...
CABI scientists track wheat aphids and their natural enemies for better pest management in Pakistan
For the first time, CABI scientists have studied the distribution and population dynamics of wheat aphids and their natural enemies ...
Researchers develop intelligent, shape-morphing, self-healing material for soft robotics
Credit: Soft Machines Lab, Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH-- Advances in the fields of soft robotics, wearable technologies, and human/machine interfaces ...
‘Tricked’ bacteria open new pathways to antimicrobial treatments
Credit: University of Leeds Scientists have developed a new technique to trick bacteria into revealing hundreds of holes in their ...
What happens as solid-state batteries begin to fail?
Researchers say $1 million project will improve understanding, optimizationCredit: University of Houston Solid-state lithium batteries have generated interest because they ...
Enhancing memory network via brain stimulation
Study shows repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is robust and reproducibleCredit: Michael Freedberg Magnetic stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex increases ...
Milky Way raids intergalactic ‘bank accounts,’ Hubble study finds
Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Player (STScI) Our Milky Way is a frugal galaxy. Supernovas and violent stellar winds blow ...
Babies burdened by environmental estrogens in mothers’ wombs
Hormone-producing fungiCredit: University of Vienna Xenoestrogens are absorbed through the environment, especially through food. As oestrogen-like substances, they can have ...
Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth
Scientists find genetic variation that allows the moth to change its biological clock and adjust to shorter wintersCredit: Frank Peairs, ...
Researchers discover how chlamydia takes up new DNA from host
Credit: Hefty Lab LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly ...
Researchers decode the immune response to Ebola vaccine
Credit: Cologne University Hospital/Dorothea Hensen Following the dramatic Ebola epidemic in West Africa from 2013 to 2016, viral infections have ...
Study has wide-reaching impact on safe storage of nuclear energy waste
Credit: Virginia Tech Society's demand for sustainable energy sources continues to grow, nuclear energy is seen as a viable and ...
Gut immunity more developed before birth than previously thought
Findings could help develop new maternal vaccines and reveal the baby's risk of autoimmune diseasesCredit: Cell Press/Konnikova Lab Most biology ...
Masashi Watanabe elected to inaugural class of Microanalysis Society Fellows
Professional association honors electron microscopy expert and Lehigh University materials science and engineering professor for outstanding leadership and innovationCredit: Courtesy ...
Genetics of nephropathia epidemica researched by Kazan Federal University
A paper appeared recently in VirusesCredit: Kazan Federal University This particular inquiry pertains to CCR5 - a gene which has ...
Technology to use hot air balloons for rocket launches competes in a startup battlefield
Credit: Michael Hepfer/Leo Aerospace WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Leo Aerospace, a Purdue University-affiliated startup looking to launch rockets with the ...
