Hubble hones in on a hypergiant’s home
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New nanofiber marks important step in next generation battery development
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VTT provides stepping stones towards the bioeconomy
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New application of the selective laser melting method
Credit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Scientists of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and Delft...
Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be ‘fished out’ of nuclear waste
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Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease?
Credit: Lancaster University Could a diabetes drug be used for Motor Neurone Disease? A diabetes drug could one day be...
What cancer research can learn from military strategy
When David Gisselsson Nord, a cancer researcher at Lund University in Sweden, read a history book last summer, he was...
Gastrointestinal cancer: Physical exercise helps during chemo
FRANKFURT. Walking or jogging helps patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer to cope better with the side effects of chemotherapy. This...
$50 million endowment establishes the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington The University of Washington took an ambitious step today to assert its leadership in computer...
NTU Singapore and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences strengthen research ties
Credit: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and China's University of Chinese Academy of...
NASA, ASU collaboration develops 3-D tissue culture models to mimic human gut infections
Credit: Jennifer Barrila, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University Vaccines and antimicrobials have done more to transform medicine and extend the...
Cebit 2017: Computational biologists predict antibiotic resistances using biotech
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Biodegradable packages will keep your food fresh
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Floods and hurricanes predicted with social media
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CNIC coordinates an EU project to foster partnership between researchers in academia and industry
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Why the discovery of a bevy of quasars will boost efforts to understand galaxies’ origins
Late last year, an international team including researchers from the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) at Peking University...
Single molecule switch
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New research shows promise in disabling cancer’s defences
Credit: University of Ottawa Recent study out of the University of Ottawa opens door for new disease therapies in cancer,...
Carbon-based approaches for saving rainforests should include biodiversity studies
Credit: Miguel Leal New York (March 9, 2017) - Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth...
Combination immunotherapy effective for advanced prostate cancer
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