Can an antifreeze protein also promote ice formation?
New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do bothCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Antifreeze is life's means of surviving...
Why fly the coop? With shortage of mates, some birds choose to help others raise offspring
Credit: Tara Tanaka TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- It's not uncommon for young adults to pitch in and help out with the...
Lightweight metal foams become bone hard and explosion proof after being nanocoated
Hannover MesseCredit: Credit: Oliver Dietze Strong enough not only for use in impact protection systems in cars, but able to...
Research demonstrates how immunotherapy may be effective for fighting TB
Credit: Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame. In part because of its resistance to many antibiotics, tuberculosis kills approximately...
Bacteria may help frogs attract mates
The role played by symbiotic microorganisms isolated from the skin of anurans has been discovered by researchers in Brazil. The...
Tobacco control policies linked to reduced smoking
Increases in tobacco taxes and smoke-free policies in European countries were significantly related with a reduction in smoking among older...
Chronic kidney disease abstracts to be presented at ACC’s Annual Meeting
The ACC celebrates World Kidney Day as part of broader awareness efforts The American College of Cardiology will participate in...
Are we running out of helium (video)?
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 14, 2019 -- Did you realize that just like certain animals here on...
Drug hunters awarded $2.8 million to develop a drug to treat multiple sclerosis
Credit: Virginia Tech Webster Santos, professor of chemistry and the Cliff and Agnes Lilly Faculty Fellow in the College of...
Engineering living ‘scaffolds’ for building materials
Researchers at Berkeley Lab take cues from nature to form living materials with unprecedented control and versatilityCredit: Berkeley Lab When...
Researchers use algorithm from Netflix challenge to speed up biological imaging
Record-fast speeds make classical Raman spectroscopy more practical for biomedical applications WASHINGTON -- Researchers have repurposed an algorithm originally developed...
Traffic accidents involving moose are 13 times more likely to result in human death
Journal of the American College of Surgeons study details hazards of moose-motor vehicle crashes in northern New EnglandCredit: Maine State...
Chemical storage of renewable energies
KIT coordinates Germany-wide DFG Priority Program -- Investigation of catalytic systems under fluctuating operation conditions when using wind and solar...
Researchers find epigenetic loss that changes how cells obtain energy from cancer
Cheap energy for the tumor cellCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA It has been known for decades that cancer cells have an...
Bullying evolves with age and proves difficult to escape from
Bullying is a harmful antisocial behavior present in schools all over the world. Involvement in bullying, as either perpetrators or...
Renewable energy won’t make Bitcoin ‘green,’ but tweaking its mining mechanism might
The cryptocurrency Bitcoin is known for its massive energy footprint. Now, researcher Alex de Vries, from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in the...
Three new honorary doctors at Karolinska Institutet
Paolo Chiesi, Douglas Easton, and Sophie Ekman appointed in 2019 Three new honorary doctors have been appointed by the Swedish...
New technology accelerates the science of deceleration
Researchers look at ways to improve standard braking systemsCredit: UBC Okanagan While it's not a case of reinventing the wheel,...
A cosmic bat in flight
ESO's Cosmic Gems Programme captures the Cosmic Bat's dusty cloudsCredit: ESO ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT has caught a glimpse...
Duplicate or mirror?
Laser light determines chirality of molecules "In pharmaceutics, being able to transition a molecule from one chirality to the other...
