THE and PolyU co-host innovation & impact summit
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University More than 200 participants, including influential higher education and industry leaders, entrepreneurs and policy-makers...
Scopus CiteScore metrics integrated with Pensoft journals
Credit: Scopus Having long been indexed by the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature - Scopus, Pensoft journals...
New approach set to make peptide stapling widely available
Credit: University of Leeds UK scientists have created a new method to structure peptides, which they say will be cheaper...
The gut microbiota plays a key role in treatment with classic diabetes medication
(University of Gothenburg) A clearer picture of how the classic diabetes medication metformin works has emerged. A recent study at...
Where to look for new treatments for alcoholism? The matrix
Philadelphia, PA, June 1, 2017 - A new study in Biological Psychiatry may pave the way for treating alcohol addiction...
Key process for cell division revealed in molecular analysis
Researchers have discovered important details of a vital process that enables cells to divide correctly into two. Their findings shed...
DFG to fund 15 new collaborative research centers
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has approved the establishment of 15 new Collaborative Research Centres. This was decided...
New cancer drug interactions resource launched
Credit: University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool and Radboud University, Nijmegen have launched a new website intended to promote...
Highly sensitive nanosensors to prevent catastrophes
Credit: Queensland Micro- and Nanotechnology Centre, Griffith University. With safety in the resource sector a globally critical issue, the researchers...
Artificial transpiration for solar water purification
Credit: ©Science China Press Recently, solar steam and vapor generation is attracting a lot of attention with promising prospect in...
A brave new world for coral reefs
The future of the world's coral reefs hangs in the balance, but it is not too late to save them,...
KAIST distinguished professor SY Lee Elected to the NAS in the US
Credit: KAIST KAIST Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering was elected as a...
A new twist on uranium’s origin story, by CSU scientists
Credit: Amrita Bhattacharyya FORT COLLINS, COLORADO - Uranium, the radioactive element that fuels nuclear power plants and occurs naturally in...
Researchers flip the script on magnetocapacitance
Credit: Kaiju et. al. Capacitors, electronic components that store and quickly release a charge, play an important role in many...
Ultra-stable perovskite solar cell remains stable for more than a year
Credit: MK Nazeeruddin/EPFL Perovskite solar cells promise cheaper and efficient solar energy, with enormous potential for commercialization. But even though...
Geoscientific evidence for subglacial lakes
During the last glacial period - when the ice in the Antarctic was far thicker and extended further offshore than...
Sizzling snails prioritize protein stability
No matter how warm it gets outside, most endotherms maintain a reasonably stable internal temperature; if they don't, there's usually...
In atomic propellers, quantum phenomena can mimic everyday physics
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski In molecules there are certain groups of atoms that are able to rotate. This movement...
HIV status may affect the progression of HPV infection to cervical pre-cancer
Bottom Line: A study of Senegalese women showed that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection was more likely to develop into cervical...
Imaging technique for treating heart condition should be more widely used to minimize radiation exposure
NEW YORK (June 1, 2017) - A technique to treat an irregular heartbeat that limits or eliminates patients' exposure to...
