What to expect from big pharma in 2017
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved just 22 new therapeutic drugs, which is less than half the number...
New study finds extensive use of fluorinated chemicals in fast food wrappers
Credit: University of Notre Dame/iStock Americans may be consuming fast food wrapped in paper treated with perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) --...
Cocktail of bacteria-killing viruses prevents cholera infection in animal models
BOSTON (Feb. 1, 2017)--Oral administration of a cocktail of three viruses, all of which specifically kill cholera bacteria, prevents infection...
MIT’s wearable AI system can detect a conversation’s tone
Credit: Jason Dorfman, MIT CSAIL It's a fact of nature that a single conversation can be interpreted in very different...
Researchers flip script for Li-Ion electrolytes to simulate better batteries
Credit: ORNL Ever since Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the first battery out of a stack of copper and zinc...
UK’s new EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub for advanced powder processes launches
Credit: @Helena Marie MAPP aims to realise the potential of advanced powder processes to provide low energy, low cost and...
A cheaper way to make a WHO-designated essential medicine
A fungal form of meningitis leads to more than 600,000 deaths in Africa every year and is responsible for 20...
Sandia’s solar glitter closer to market with new licensing agreement
Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An Albuquerque company founded by a Sandia National Laboratories scientist-turned-entrepreneur has received...
Novel liquid crystal could triple sharpness of today’s televisions
Credit: Yuge Huang and Ruidong Zhu, CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics, University of Central Florida WASHINGTON -- An...
Certainty in complex scientific research an unachievable goal
TORONTO, ON (Canada) - A University of Toronto study on uncertainty in scientific research could shed light on anomalies that...
Scientists discover peptide that could reduce the incidence of RSV-related asthma
A research report published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology shows that it may one-day be possible to reduce the...
Risk of liver cancer is low in patients with cirrhosis
Although one of the most serious complications of cirrhosis is liver cancer, or hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), an analysis of health...
Why thick skin develops on our palms and soles, and its links to cancer
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have discovered that foot callouses/keratoderma (thickened skin) can be linked to cancer of...
ESMO Summit Africa 2017
The ESMO Summit Africa is a three-day educational event with presentations focused on several key disease sites. Created for oncology...
Drug shows promise for treating alcoholism
Credit: Elena Zhukova UCLA researchers have found that an anti-inflammatory drug primarily used in Japan to treat asthma could help...
A lure at both ends — Puff adders leave nothing to chance.
Credit: Wits University The Puff Adder (Bitis arietans) is one of Africa's deadliest snake species, not only due to its...
NTU Singapore and Ben-Gurion University ink partnership to combat advanced cyber threats
Credit: Gilad Kavalerchik Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) are collaborating to find innovative...
Background suppression for super-resolution light microscopy
Credit: Image: APH/KIT Optical microscopy is applied widely in the life sciences sector. Among others, it is used to minimally...
Peacock colors inspire ‘greener’ way to dye clothes
Credit: American Chemical Society "Fast fashion" might be cheap, but its high environmental cost from dyes polluting the water near...
Vitamin D discovery could prove key to new treatments
Credit: Tatjana Baibakova / 123rf A team led by Motonari Uesugi, professor and deputy director of Kyoto University's Institute for...
