Genetic key to salt-tolerance discovered in tilapia fish
Most fish live either in fresh water or salt water, but others, including tilapia, have the remarkable ability to physiologically...
Thinking outside the power box: Matthias Preindl takes converters virtual
Credit: Timothy Lee Photographers/Columbia Engineering Today's electric vehicles and home renewable energy systems require several types of power converters, each...
Researchers offer overview of composite metal foams and potential applications
Credit: Afsaneh Rabiei Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a range of composite metal foams (CMFs) that can...
Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a...
Looking for ‘fingerprints’ at the intersection of weather and climate
New Haven, Conn. - Scientists have found the seasonal "fingerprints" of Arctic sea ice, El Nino, and other climate phenomena...
Genetic analysis better explains how uterine cancers resist treatment
Researchers have charted the complex molecular biology of uterine carcinosarcoma, a rare and aggressive gynecologic cancer, according to a study...
New technique completely protects internet video from cyberattacks — Ben-Gurion University study
BEER-SHEVA, Israel, March 13, 2017 - A Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researcher has developed a new technique that...
PolyU develops the most energy-efficient LED filament lamps
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University A research team of State Key Laboratory of Ultra-precision Machining Technology (Partner Laboratory in...
Star in closest orbit ever seen around black hole
Credit: Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/University of Alberta/A.Bahramian et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss. Astronomers have found evidence of a star that whips around...
New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies
The hidden toll that subsidies for electricity, fossil fuels, and transport have on social welfare, economic growth and technological innovation...
Enzyme-free krebs cycle may have been key step in origin of life on Earth
Credit: Aleksej Zelezniak/Francis Crick Institute A set of biochemical processes crucial to cellular life on Earth could have originated in...
Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes, says study
Credit: Columbia University The appearance of supermassive black holes at the dawn of the universe has puzzled astronomers since their...
Creation of highly magnetic material could improve computer technologies
Credit: Manners Group, University of Bristol Scientists, led by Professor Ian Manners from the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry,...
Atomic map of malaria drug gives it new life
Credit: Wong et al., 2017 Researchers have mapped how the malaria drug mefloquine works, providing a route to make effective...
Diving with the sharks
Credit: Darcy Bradley Swimming with metaphorical sharks is one thing, but actually getting into the water with the razor-toothed ocean...
WSU researcher finds mechanism triggering spread of prostate cancer to bones
SPOKANE, Wash.--A Washington State University researcher has found a way that prostate cancer cells hijack the body's bone maintenance, facilitating...
1 in 5 breast cancer patients could benefit from existing treatment, genetic study reveals
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have discovered that a greater number of breast cancers are...
A multidrug efflux pump in motion
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have mapped the conformational changes that occur in a protein "notorious" for pumping chemotherapeutic...
The looming threat of Asian tobacco companies to global health
There are already one billion tobacco smokers worldwide, and this number is likely to rise further with Asian tobacco companies...
Light scattering spectroscopy helps doctors identify early pancreatic cancer
New light-scattering tool offers minimally-invasive, highly accurate means of identifying pre-cancerous and cancerous pancreatic lesions. Currently, no diagnostic technique exists...
