New contrast agent for early diagnosis of brain metastases
Credit: Barth van Rossum, FMP A group of researchers led by Leif Schroeder from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut fuer Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) ...
Month: March 2020
How molecules self-assemble into superstructures
Researchers from Kiel control the size of molecular superstructures on surfacesCredit: Manuel Gruber and Torben Jasper-Toennies Most technical functional units ...
We’re getting better at wildlife conservation, AI study of scientific abstracts suggests
Credit: © Monterey Bay Aquarium, photo by Jessica Fujii Researchers are using a kind of machine learning known as sentiment ...
Sugar leads to early death, but not due to obesity
Credit: Suzy Hazelwood via Pexels.com Sugar-rich diets have a negative impact on health independent of obesity reports a new study ...
NASA finds little strength left in Tropical Cyclone Herold
Credit: NASA/NRL Wind shear pushed former Tropical Cyclone Herold apart and infrared imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed the system ...
Understanding how COVID-19 affects children vital to slowing pandemic, doctors say
Credit: Sanjay Suchak | UVA Communications Though COVID-19 so far appears to be largely sparing children, researchers are cautioning that ...
Pembrolizumab shows promise for some advanced, hard-to-treat rare cancers
Open-label Phase II study at MD Anderson reports on four cancer typesCredit: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ...
Special issue of ‘Neurochemical Research’ honors Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D.
Credit: Children's National Hospital At a pivotal moment early in his career, Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., was accepted to work with ...
Study reveals secret of 18th-century portrait
Credit: Nikolay Simonenko et al./Heritage Science Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Kurnakov Institute of General ...
Unraveling the optical parameters: New method to optimize plasmon enhanced spectroscopy
Credit: by Marie Richard-Lacroix and Volker Deckert For exploring the nanoscale far beyond the optical resolution limit, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy ...
The power of light for internet of underwater things
Credit: © 2020 Filho et al. A system that can concurrently transmit light and energy to underwater energy devices is ...
Trauma relapse in a novel context may be preventable
Discovery of a brain region linked to fear renewal may hold promise for developing PTSD treatment strategiesCredit: @ Korea Brain ...
Chip-based devices improve practicality of quantum-secured communication
Researchers demonstrate fast and cost-effective platform for keeping data secureCredit: Henry Semenenko, University of Bristol monstrated new chip-based devices that ...
Sea otters, opossums and the surprising ways pathogens move from land to sea
A new twist added to decades of sea otter researchCredit: Joe Tomoleoni/USGS A parasite known only to be hosted in ...
Open sesame: Micro RNAs regulate plant pores
Environmental changes trigger tiny RNA segments to modify plant pores involved in photosynthesis.Credit: DGIST Environmental cues prompt small RNA segments ...
Building a better color vision test for animals
UC biologists create a novel device to determine how well animals discern colorCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services Fiddler crabs have ...
New technology helps in hunt for new cancer drug combinations
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia A revolutionary new technology has been applied to reveal the inner workings of ...
Radiation drugs with longer shelf life brings hope for cancer patients globally
Cost effective radiation technique targetedCredit: Image: IMCRC People with hard-to-reach cancers in the kidney, gut and prostate will have improved ...
Putting artificial intelligence to work in the lab
Automated scanning probe microscopy controlled by artificial intelligence/machine learningCredit: FLEET Automated Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) controlled by artificial intelligence First ...
Investigation reveals £21 million NHS bill for avoidable deficiencies in heart failure
Inadequate management of iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) in heart failure (HF) costs the NHS an extra ...
