Scientists discover master switch to turn on silent biosynthetic gene clusters
Bacteria have supplied some of today's most indispensable anti-cancer and anti-bacterial drugs. Yet these compounds comprise only a fraction of...
First large-scale survey of Chagas disease in the United States confirms that the ‘silent killer’ is a major public health challenge for the country
Credit: Fabio Nascimento-DNDi A study of almost 5,000 Latin American-born residents of Los Angeles County found that 1.24% tested positive...
UVA finds way to view genes inside living cells
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System Researchers have developed a technique to watch the movement of genes inside living...
Measuring the shadow of the black hole
The international Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, which is imaging for the first time the black-hole candidate at the center...
New infrared-emitting device could allow energy harvesting from waste heat
Credit: Xinyu Liu, Duke University WASHINGTON -- A new reconfigurable device that emits patterns of thermal infrared light in a...
Nanotubes that build themselves
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in producing nanotubes from a single building block using so-called molecular self-recognition....
EU funds research on biofuels and infectious diseases
Environmentally friendly fuels Volker Müller is one of the leading microbiologists worldwide in the field of microbial metabolism of microbes...
Defects in epithelial tissue organization — A question of life or death
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore have discovered the...
Common drugs, uncommon risks? Higher rate of serious problems after short-term steroid use
ANN ARBOR, MI - Millions of times a year, Americans get prescriptions for a week's worth of steroid pills, hoping...
Method improves semiconductor fiber optics, paves way for developing devices
Credit: Penn State A new method to improve semiconductor fiber optics may lead to a material structure that might one...
microRNA may reduce stroke risk
The most common cause for the narrowing of the carotid artery is atherosclerosis, where so-called plaques build up on the...
Immune system can spot tell-tale change in identity of cancer antigens — study
A new study has identified novel mechanisms whereby T cells may be able to distinguish an emerging class of targets...
It’s still a bad idea to text while driving even with a head-up display
Drivers commonly perform secondary tasks while behind the wheel to navigate or communicate with others, which has led to a...
The new method of analysis in record high speed DNA assay device
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In medical diagnostics, the importance of genetic code assays is growing day by day and...
PolyU develops novel semiconductor nanofiber with superb charge conductivity
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Department of Mechanical Engineering of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed...
Specialized blood vessels enhance tumor-fighting immunotherapy
Scientists from VIB and KU Leuven, together with colleagues from the University of California and the Swiss Institute for Experimental...
Indoor temperatures in buildings of the future will automatically adjust to user needs
The HumanTool project being led by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland involves the testing of new indoor temperature control...
Lab on a chip designed to minimize preterm births
Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU In the United States alone, a half million babies are born preterm; worldwide, the number is an...
4-D printing gets simpler and faster
Credit: GeorgiaTech & SUTD 4D printing is an emerging technology that allows a 3D-printed component to transform its structure by...
Nanopores could map small changes in DNA that signal big shifts in cancer
Credit: Image by Aditya Sarathy CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Detecting cancer early, just as changes are beginning in DNA, could enhance...
