Researchers design coatings to prevent pipeline clogging
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a catastrophic explosion and blowout on April 21, 2010, leading...
Hubble sees starbursts in Virgo
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Although galaxy formation and evolution are still far from being fully understood, the conditions we see...
Unraveling the mechanism of skin barrier formation
Scientists have identified the gene responsible for generating acylceramide, the key lipid in forming the skin barrier that protects us...
Affection of the respiratory muscles in combined complex I and IV deficiency
Mitochondrial disorders (MIDs) frequently manifest as myopathy. Myopathy may also involve the respiratory muscles. Affection of the respiratory muscles may...
Glioblastoma patients may benefit from a vaccine-chemotherapy combination
Bottom Line: A vaccine targeting cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigen pp65, combined with high-dose chemotherapy (temozolomide), improved both progression-free survival and overall...
Immunotherapy for glioblastoma well tolerated; survival gains observed
Credit: Clinical Cancer Research/American Association for Cancer Research DURHAM, N.C. -- A phase one study of 11 patients with glioblastoma...
When it comes to your profile picture, let a stranger do the choosing
Credit: Please credit 'choosing face infographic by David White' When trying to pick the most flattering pictures for online profiles,...
The world’s most spoken language is…’Terpene’
Credit: 21 Lux photography/Heike Engel If you're small, smells are a good way to stand out. A team of researchers...
Scientists tag humpback whales in southeast Pacific
Credit: Anne Gordon, Whale Watching Panama Whales from both poles migrate long distances to breed in tropical waters. Smithsonian scientist...
Kent State University at Stark research unravels mysteries of mouthparts of butterflies
Imagine that the way flies and butterflies drink nectar and other fluids can be imitated for use in medicine, potentially...
Advantage: Water
Credit: Zdenek Dohnalek RICHLAND, Wash. - When a molecule of water comes in for a landing on the common catalyst...
A tool to improve the way physicians and patients talk about GI issues
Credit: Michigan Medcine Although GI disorders are among the most common medical conditions, many patients don't consider their symptoms serious...
Two early career researchers honored with Alan T. Waterman Award
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology (left); Denise Applewhite, Princeton University (right) The National Science Foundation (NSF) today recognized Baratunde "Bara"...
Drinking iced tea may boost cholera risk in endemic countries
After more than a decade of declining cholera incidence, Vietnam faced an increase in cases of the diarrheal disease during...
Deciphering plant immunity against parasites
(University of Bonn) Nematodes are a huge threat to agriculture since they parasitize important crops such as wheat, soybean, and...
AI systems exhibit gender and racial biases when learning language
Loading video... Credit: Aaron Nathans, Princeton University As artificial intelligence systems "learn" language from existing texts, they exhibit the same...
Harnessing CRISPR for rapid detection of viral and bacterial infection
Loading video... Credit: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Researchers have created a version of CRISPR-Cas that can be used...
Biased bots: Human prejudices sneak into artificial intelligence systems
Credit: Princeton University In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly...
Unveiling how nucleosome repositioning occurs to shed light on genetic diseases
Credit: Waseda University Tokyo, April 14 - A research group led by Hitoshi Kurumizaka, a professor of structural biology at...
Device pulls water from dry air, powered only by the sun
Credit: Video by Roxanne Makasdjian and Stephen McNally, UC Berkeley. Harvester photos courtesy of MIT. Imagine a future in which...
