X-ray pulses reveal structure of viral cocoon
Credit: Credit: Dominik Oberthuer, CFEL/DESY An international team of scientists has used high-intensity X-ray pulses to determine the structure of...
Researchers engineer ‘thubber,’ a stretchable rubber that packs a thermal conductive punch
Credit: Lisa Kulick PITTSBURGH -- Carmel Majidi and Jonathan Malen of Carnegie Mellon University have developed a thermally conductive rubber...
UH chemist honored for research, STEM education
Credit: University of Houston Molecules can move far too quickly to be captured by traditional imaging tools, as quickly as...
Breaking sonic boundaries: DARE Art Prize winner announced
A composer working with sounds below the limits of human hearing has been announced as the winner of the inaugural...
Potential new treatment combats COPD and other lung diseases
New research published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a potential drug to combat the life-threatening effects of chronic obstructive...
Gluten-free diet may increase risk of arsenic, mercury exposure
People who eat a gluten-free diet may be at risk for increased exposure to arsenic and mercury - toxic metals...
Penn vet study shows how solid tumors resist immunotherapy
Immunotherapies have revolutionized cancer treatment, offering hope to those whose malignancies have stubbornly survived other existing treatments. Yet solid tumor...
How many calories in that tweet?
Credit: Joshua Brown It's easy to find out how many calories are in a Twinkie. But how about in a...
NASA gives the Webb Telescope a shakedown
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Scientists and engineers had many challenges in designing the components of...
NASA catches formation of Tropical Cyclone Dineo
Credit: Credits: NASA The fifth tropical cyclone of the Southern Indian Ocean season formed today, February 13 as NASA's Aqua...
TSRI researchers discover how the brain turns chronic stress into pathological anxiety
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Feb. 13, 2017 - In a new study, researchers at The...
Researchers discover a new link to fight billion-dollar threat to soybean production
Credit: Xiaoli Guo, Division of Plant Sciences and Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri; College of Plant Science and...
Team makes planet hunting a group effort, finds more than 100 candidates
Credit: courtesy of Ricardo Ramirez. Washington, DC -- An international team of astronomers released the largest-ever compilation of exoplanet-detecting observations...
Neurons support cancer growth throughout the body
Credit: Venkatesh and Monje Cancer cells rely on the healthy cells that surround them for sustenance. Tumors reroute blood vessels...
Banned chemicals from the ’70s found in the deepest reaches of the ocean
A study, led by Newcastle University's Dr Alan Jamieson, has uncovered the first evidence that man-made pollutants have now reached...
Plant-made hemophilia therapy shows promise, Penn study finds
People with hemophilia require regular infusions of clotting factor to prevent them from experiencing uncontrolled bleeding. But a significant fraction...
Luminescence switchable carbon nanodots follow intracellular trafficking and drug delivery
Credit: University of Illinois Tiny carbon dots have, for the first time, been applied to intracellular imaging and tracking of...
Ovarian hormones awaken newly discovered breast stem cells
Credit: Dr Anne Rios, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have used advanced cellular, bioinformatics...
American Association for Cancer Research to hold its Annual Meeting in Washington, April 1-5, 2017
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will be hosting its Annual Meeting, April 1-5, at the Walter E. Washington...
In-depth gene search reveals new mutations, drug targets in rare adrenal tumors
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Casting one of the largest genomic nets to date for the rare tumors of the...
