To kill ticks, target their animal hosts
Annapolis, MD; March 10, 2017--An emerging tool in the fight against tick-borne disease, host-targeted bait boxes employ a sneaky trick:...
Outwitting climate change with a plant ‘dimmer’?
Credit: Photo: Regnault/ TUM Plants possess molecular mechanisms that prevent them from blooming in winter. Once the cold of win-ter...
Multi-year study finds ‘hotspots’ of ammonia over world’s major agricultural areas
Credit: Juying Warner/GRL The first global, long-term satellite study of airborne ammonia gas has revealed "hotspots" of the pollutant over...
Nanoparticle paves the way for new triple negative breast cancer drug
Credit: University of Bradford A potential new drug to tackle the highly aggressive 'triple negative' breast cancer - and a...
Researchers create viruses to selectively attack tumor cells
Credit: (IDIBAPS, IRB Barcelona) Scientists at the IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute and at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB...
Electro-optical switch transmits data at record-low temperatures
Credit: {FEATUREDCREDIT}{FEATUREDCREDITMORE} WASHINGTON -- A silicon optical switch newly developed at Sandia National Laboratories is the first to transmit up...
When our world turns ‘upside-down,’ serotonin helps us deal with it
Serotonin, one of the major chemical messengers serving neuronal communication, is usually associated with the direct regulation of affective states...
New center to address antimicrobial drug development challenge
A state-of-the-art research centre to help accelerate the development of new antibiotics is set to be established by the University...
The repulsion trick: A self-solving puzzle for organic molecules
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich Jülich, 13 March 2017 - Jülich researchers have succeeded in controlling the growth of organic molecules...
Precision medicine platform now open for collaborative discovery about cardiovascular diseases
DALLAS, March 16, 2017 -- The American Heart Association Precision Medicine Platform -- a global, secure data discovery platform, recently...
UA part of international alliance to address African antivenom crisis
Credit: UA Health Sciences Venomous snakebites kill an estimated 150,000 people around the world each year -- amid severe shortages...
Pharmacists with greater role in care prevent repeat hospital visits
Pharmacists given an expanded role in patient oversight can reduce the likelihood of high-risk patients returning to the hospital, according...
Computer simulation of protein synthesis reveals awesome complexity of cell machinery
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Life depends on proteins. These molecules are produced continually in our cells, which act as...
Better barcoding: New library of DNA sequences improves plant identification
Credit: Dr. Karen L. Bell The ability to identify individual plant species from tiny amounts of material has a surprising...
Nanocages for gold particles: What is happening inside?
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology In living organisms, free metal ions are stored and transported through proteins assembled into highly...
Novel nozzle saves crystals
Credit: Credit: Dominik Oberthuer, DESY Scientists are interested in the spatial structure of proteins, as it reveals much about the...
Kappa Delta awards honor innovative orthopaedic research
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 16, 2017) - The Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) today...
DeepMind-Royal Free deal is ‘cautionary tale’ for health care in the algorithmic age
Researchers studying a deal in which Google's artificial intelligence subsidiary, DeepMind, acquired access to millions of sensitive NHS patient records...
Deep learning and stock trading
A study undertaken by researchers at the School of Business and Economics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has shown that computer...
The need for speed may contribute to dolphin and whale strandings
Surviving in an environment that actively impedes your progress can leave you vulnerable when escape is necessary; couple this with...
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