The shape of things to come: Flexible, foldable supercapacitors for energy storage
London, November 20, 2018 - A team of researchers from the Plasma Physics Research Centre, Science and Research Branch of...
UNH researchers create a more effective hydrogel for healing wounds
Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H. - Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have created an easy-to-make, low-cost injectable hydrogel that...
HSPC ‘Seeds’ reveal VCAM-1+ macrophage role in homing process
Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells (HSPCs) give rise to all blood lineages that support people's life. HSPCs, like seeds, need...
Regulating the immune system’s ‘regulator’
A research team at the Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has discovered a...
Chemists develop new method for selective binding of proteins
Credit: University of Münster - Bart Jan Ravoo A new method of selectively binding proteins to nanoparticles has been described...
Project receives additional $13 million to accelerate progress to redesign photosynthesis
Credit: Claire Benjamin/RIPE Project This week, families across the U.S. will gather around Thanksgiving tables in a traditional celebration of...
Tropical fish adapt to cold temperatures in coordination with their microbiome
Credit: (c) Phil's 1stPix Scientists have discovered that tropical fish can control their gut microbes to better survive extremes of...
The taming of the dog, cow, horse, pig and rabbit
Credit: Pixabay Research at the Earlham Institute into one of the 'genetic orchestra conductors', microRNAs, sheds light on our selectively...
Holistic management of emerging forest pests and diseases
Credit: HOMED Forests are the highest ranked land cover type in Europe. Numbering at around 40% of the total land...
EMBO welcomes twenty-six new Young Investigators
Heidelberg, 20 November 2018 - EMBO has selected 26 life science researchers within their first four years as group leaders...
Inkjet printers can produce cheap micro-waveguides for optical computers
Credit: ITMO University Scientists from ITMO University have proposed a new technology for creating optical micro-waveguides using inkjet printing. Using...
Can genetic therapy help kids with Angelman syndrome overcome seizures?
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Angelman syndrome is a genetic disease with no cure. Children grow up with severe intellectual disabilities...
Tattoos are popular — half of all Germans regard tattoo inks as safe
"There is scientific evidence, however, that ink pigments from the tattoos can make their way into the lymphatic system, "...
Could yesterday’s Earth contain clues for making tomorrow’s medicines?
MADISON -- Several billion years ago, as the recently formed planet Earth cooled down from a long and brutal period...
The Pancreatic Cancer Collective awards $7 million in ‘New Therapies Challenge’ grants
Credit: Pancreatic Cancer Collective, Stand Up To Cancer, Lustgarten Foundation The Pancreatic Cancer Collective, the strategic partnership of the Lustgarten...
Researchers stop ‘sneaky’ cancer cells in their tracks
Credit: Tabdanov/Provenzano, University of Minnesota A new study by University of Minnesota biomedical engineers shows how they stopped cancer cells...
Eight Los Alamos projects win R&D 100 Awards
Credit: R&D LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Nov 19, 2018--Eight Los Alamos National Laboratory technologies won R&D 100 Awards at R&D Magazine's...
Researchers developed sustainable ‘nano-raspberry’ to neutralize poisonous carbon monoxide
Credit: NITech Scientists from the Nagoya Institute of Technology (NITech) in Japan have developed a sustainable method to neutralize carbon...
FEFU physicists have developed concept of new fast non-volatile memory
Credit: FEFU press office Using the method of micromagnetic simulation, scientists have found the magnetic parameters and operating modes for...
Quantum artificial life created on the cloud
Credit: UPV/EHU A scenario of artificial intelligence could see the emergence of circumstances in which models of simple organisms could...
