Solar panel demand causing spike in worldwide silver prices
Rising demand for solar panels is having a major effect on the worldwide price of silver, which could lead to...
Study reveals factors behind embryonic stem cell state
Credit: Monash University Embryonic stem cells (ESC) have the ability to self-renew, and, being pluripotent have the potential to create...
University of Barcelona researchers develop new variant of Maxwell’s demon at nanoscale
Credit: M. Ribezzi-Crivellari et al. Maxwell's demon is a machine proposed by James Clerk Maxwell in 1897. The hypothetical machine...
NRG Oncology awarded NCI funding for next 6 years, receives ‘exceptional’ score
NRG Oncology, a National Cancer Institute (NCI) National Clinical Trials Network (NCTN) group conducting practice-changing clinical and translational research, has...
New study shows people used natural dyes to color their clothing thousands of years ago
Credit: Annemarie Kramell Even thousands of years ago people wore clothing with colourful patterns made from plant and animal-based dyes....
SMU physicist Jodi Cooley will receive the 2019 Klopsteg Award
Previous recipients include Michio Kaku, Neil deGrasse TysonCredit: SMU SMU physicist Jodi Cooley has been named the 2019 Klopsteg Memorial...
Folding revolution
New deep-learning approach predicts protein structure from amino acid sequence Nearly every fundamental biological process necessary for life is carried...
Study identifies how Enterococcus faecalis bacteria causes antibiotic resistant infection
Genomic study of 1980's outbreak at a Wisconsin hospital may provide targets for better treatment of hospital-acquired infections A new...
Heavy drinkers consuming more than half of all alcohol
Credit: Unsplash La Trobe University researchers have found the heaviest drinking 10 per cent of Australians drink over half the...
Improving quantum computers
For decades, experts have predicted that quantum computers will someday perform difficult tasks, such as simulating complex chemical systems, that...
Gender identity leaves imprint on human brains, Georgia State researchers find
Society's expectations about gender roles alter the human brain at the cellular level, according to a paper published by a...
Modern Midas turns bacterial components into catalysts
Credit: YU Shuhong Solid acid catalysts (SACs) have attracted continuous research interests in past years, as they play a pivotal...
Ribociclib in advanced breast cancer: Survival advantages, but also severe side effects
Overall, added benefit not proven In 2017, the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) already examined...
DePaulU ecologist receives NSF CAREER grant to study dispersal of mycorrhizal fungi
Assistant professor Bala Chaudhary's research to examine microbe traitsCredit: DePaul University/Jamie Moncrief CHICAGO -- Mycorrhizal fungi are among the most...
Russian scientists investigate thermodynamic properties of an energy metabolism stimulator
The results obtained will serve to optimize the transformation of the compound into a pharmaceutical agent A group of researchers...
A light-activated remote control for cells
What if doctors had a remote control that they could use to steer a patient's own cells to a wound...
Hospital deaths after surgery fall after launch of surgical safety checklists in Scotland
Credit: British Journal of Surgery The World Health Organization (WHO) created the Surgical Safety Checklist over a decade ago, in...
Lessons learnt from the drift analysis of MH370 debris
New strategies for tracking of marine objects proposedCredit: Source: C. Kersten, GEOMAR The precise last position of the Boeing 777...
Biosensor ‘bandage’ collects and analyzes sweat
Credit: American Chemical Society Like other biofluids, sweat contains a wealth of information about what's going on inside the body....
Cannabidiol could help deliver medications to the brain
Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis, is being touted as beneficial for many health conditions, ranging from anxiety to...
