Controlling chain conformations to enhance electronic devices
Controlling the way fluorinated polymer chains twist and turn may enable fast and flexible electrical circuits, according to collaborative research...
NASA’s Sun-observing IRIS mission
While it seems static from our vantage point on Earth 93 million miles away, the sun is constantly changing. Under...
Dabigatran superior to warfarin when anticoagulation is resumed after bleeding
Credit: Tim Betler/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2016 - In the first analysis of how to treat patients on anticoagulants who...
New evidence on the formation of the solar system
Credit: Bernhard Mueller, MNRAS 453, 287-310 (2015) International research involving a Monash University scientist is using new computer models and...
Researchers use genes as early warning system for harmful algae blooms
Credit: Mary Lide Parker, UNC-Chapel Hill In one of the most comprehensive studies to date, University of North Carolina at...
Biologists unlock 51.7-million-year-old genetic secret to landmark Darwin theory
Scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the Primula flower, first noted as important by...
Open-source tools accelerate plant breeding in developing countries
Credit: Image by Yoseph Beyenne ITHACA, NY--Crop breeders in developing countries can now access free tools to accelerate the breeding...
China’s pristine parks get more merit
Research, published as How Pristine Are China's Parks? in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, found that the numerous smaller parks...
PolyU and Huawei jointly set up the first lab in optical communication and advanced computing system in Hong Kong
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is proud to unveil the plaque today (30...
Dresden-based carbon concrete scientists win the Deutsche Zukunftspreis 2016
Credit: Deutscher Zukunftspreis / bildschoen TU Dresden's team of researchers was one of the three finalists, and managed to successfully...
Advanced soft tissue sarcomas respond to new drug GDC-0575 combined with gemcitabine
Munich, Germany: Researchers working to find effective treatments for soft tissue sarcomas have discovered that combining a new anti-cancer drug...
A drug that inhibits the Notch signalling process is active in a range of advanced cancers
Munich, Germany: A new anti-cancer drug that inhibits a key cell signalling process involved in many different cancers has shown...
More than 100,000 people challenge Einstein in a unique worldwide quantum physics experiment
Credit: ICFO/D. Bartolome On November 30th, for the first time, the world had the opportunity to participate in and contribute...
Where giant galaxies are born
Credit: ESO/ M. Kornmesser. An international team of scientists, with IAC participation, has discovered that the biggest galaxies in the...
Student’s award-winning graphene battery could slash electric-car charging times
Credit: Josh de Wit A student engineer from the University of Sussex has won a national car industry award for...
Adrenaline rush: Delaying epinephrine shots after cardiac arrest cuts survival rates
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 1, 2016 -Hospitals in which the administration of epinephrine to patients whose...
Psychological well-being and physical activity in older adults
In a paper just published by researchers at Chapman University, findings showed associations between psychological well-being and physical activity in...
New gene therapy for pseudarthrosis trialed at Kazan University
A team headed by Professor Albert Rizvanov, director of the Gene and Cell Technologies Open Lab, created a gene therapy...
Johns Hopkins researchers uncover more genetic links to brain cancer cell growth
Credit: Chris Heaphy Two recently discovered genetic differences between brain cancer cells and normal tissue cells -- an altered gene...
Construction of practical quantum computers radically simplified
Credit: University of Sussex Scientists at the University of Sussex have invented a ground-breaking new method that puts the construction...
