Month: February 2020

Credit: Toyoshima Y. et al., Cancer Immunology Research. December 1, 2019 A protein that helps colorectal cancer cells spread to ...

Researchers say extended antidepressant use creates physical dependence

Drug class 'notoriously difficult to quit,' yet not intended for permanent use, according to authors in the journal of the ...

Citizen scientists discover a new snail, name it after Greta Thunberg

Credit: Taxon Expeditions - Pierre Escoubas A new to science species of land snail was discovered by a group of ...

New graphene-based metasurface capable of independent amplitude and phase control of light

Credit: KAIST Researchers described a new strategy of designing metamolecules that incorporates two independently controllable subwavelength meta-atoms. This two-parametric control ...

How to keep the nucleus clean

Credit: Guifen Wu and Manfred Schmid, Aarhus University Cells are small factories that constantly produce protein and RNA molecules by ...

Study points to better medical diagnosis through levitating human blood

Floating human plasma helps researchers detect diseases like opioid addictionCredit: UBCO New research from the UBC's Okanagan campus, Harvard Medical ...

Grabbing atoms

Otago physicists grab individual atoms in ground-breaking experimentCredit: University of Otago In a first for quantum physics, University of Otago ...

Laser writing enables practical flat optics and data storage in glass

Credit: by Masaaki Sakakura, Yuhao Lei, Lei Wang, Yan-Hao Yu, and Peter G. Kazansky Conventional optics (e.g. lenses or mirrors) ...

Carrier-assisted differential detection

Credit: by William Shieh, Chuanbowen Sun, and Honglin Ji In the recent decade, various schemes of field recovery with direct ...

A deep dive into cellular aging

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - Feb. 20, 2020 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute ...

Plant-based relatives of cholesterol could give boost to gene therapy

Credit: Image provided by Gaurav Sahay, OSU College of Pharmacy. PORTLAND, Ore. - Gene-infused nanoparticles used for combating disease work ...

Himalayan wolf discovered to be a unique wolf adapted to harsh high altitude life

Himalayan wolf found to be characteristically adapted to the harsh life in the Asian high altitudesCredit: Geraldine Werhahn The Himalayan ...

Paying attention to complaints can protect nurses from violence

Credit: ©The University of British Columbia Complaints from patients and their family members could signal future violence against nurses and ...

Tart cherry juice concentrate found to help improve endurance exercise performance

Credit: Cherry Industry Administrative Board Montmorency tart cherry juice has gained a reputation as a recovery drink among elite and ...

CPRIT grant draws cell imaging specialist to Rice

Anna-Karin Gustavsson brings expertise in single-molecule imaging to bear on cancer researchCredit: Courtesy of Anna-Karin Gustavsson HOUSTON - (Feb. 19, ...

Scientists develop open-source software to analyze economics of biofuels, bioproducts

'BioSTEAM' allows researchers to quickly compare and prioritize strategies for converting biomass to fuels and productsCredit: The Center for Advanced ...

Montana State engineering researcher wins NSF CAREER award

Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- In the engineer's world, vibration is usually a bad thing. It means ...

Scientists develop safer lead-based perovskite solar cell

Credit: Photo credit: Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Ill. -- Researchers at Northern Illinois University and the U.S. Department of Energy's ...

A randomized, double-blind trial of F14512, a polyamine-vectorized anticancer drug, compared…

The cover for issue 7 of Oncotarget features Figure 4, 'Exploratory biomarkers,' by Boyé, et al.Credit: Correspondence to - Pierre ...

Future soldiers may get improved helmet padding