Metabolic mechanism identified for R-LA induced cell death in liver cancer cells
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 11, 2017--A new study that measured metabolite levels over time...
CDC/WHO Ebola guidelines could put sewer workers at risk
Research from Drexel University and the University of Pittsburgh suggests that guidelines for safe disposal of liquid waste from patients...
Did you catch that? Robot’s speed of light communication could protect you from danger
Credit: Cornell University, College of Engineering ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University researchers are developing a system to enable teams of...
Who are you on social media? New research examines norms of online personas
According to the Pew Research center, the majority of adults on the internet have more than one social networking profile...
MDI Biological Laboratory to provide incubator space to Monoclonals Inc.
Credit: Monoclonals Inc. BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it will provide laboratory incubator space...
What’s a knot — and what’s not — in genomic mapping
Credit: Jain and Dorfman WASHINGTON D.C., April 11, 2017 -- While DNA sequencing provides precise, nucleotide-by-nucleotide genomic information, genome mapping...
‘Indistinguishable photons’ key to advancing quantum technologies
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 11, 2017 -- To really take off, advanced quantum information processing will require getting a better (experimental)...
Flexible processors with atomically thin materials
Credit: Hermann Detz, TU Vienna The first fully functional microprocessor logic devices based on few-atom-thick layered materials have been demonstrated...
Humans and sponges share gene regulation
Credit: Courtesy The University of Queensland Humans have a lot in common with the humble sea sponge, according to research...
Environmental DNA helps protect great crested newts
Credit: By kind permission of Dr Brett Lewis Research by the University of Kent has revealed how tiny amounts of...
‘Cold’ Great Spot discovered on Jupiter
Credit: Based on data from VLT/ESO. Great Cold Spot comparable in scale to famous Great Red Spot (24,000 km west-east...
Researchers unravel the drivers of large iceberg movement
When, in the foreseeable future, a tabular iceberg nearly seven times the size of Berlin breaks off the Larsen C...
Microprocessors based on a layer of just 3 atoms
Credit: TU Wien, Marco Furchi Two-dimensional materials, or 2D materials for short, are extremely versatile, although - or often more...
All in one against CO2
A "self-heating" boron catalyst that makes particularly efficient use of sunlight to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) serves as a light...
Group works toward devising topological superconductor
Credit: Eun-Ah Kim, Cornell University The experimental realization of ultrathin graphene - which earned two scientists from Cambridge the Nobel...
Engage with the world’s brightest mathematicians and computer scientists in Heidelberg
What distinguishes the HLF from standard scientific conferences is the unique informal atmosphere that inspires a blend of acute scientific...
Seven projects to look at how Distributed Ledger Technology could transform the energy market, banking and health care
Seven new projects will explore the potentially transformative opportunities offered by Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in fields such as energy,...
Global coral reef restoration effort launches in the Caribbean
Credit: Paul Selvaggio With the Global Coral Restoration Project, SECORE International, the California Academy of Sciences and The Nature Conservancy...
So you think you can secure your mobile phone with a fingerprint?
BROOKLYN, New York - No two people are believed to have identical fingerprints, but researchers at the New York University...
Drones collect measurements from a volcanic plume at Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala
(University of Bristol) A team of volcanologists and engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge have collected measurements from...
