Malaria mosquitos sensitive to horseradish
Credit: Picture: Sabeen Survery and Urban Johanson. Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have taken an important step on the...
Metamaterial: Mail armor inspires physicists
Credit: Photo: KIT The Middle Ages certainly were far from being science-friendly: Whoever looked for new findings off the beaten...
Industrial maintenance is becoming knowledge work
Credit: Konecranes Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mobile social media will soon be part of everyday work for...
IFT20 protein’s role in helping cancer cells to invade
Credit: Kobe University An international research team has discovered that the IFT20 protein helps some cancer cells to invade by...
Doctors create ‘MAGIC algorithm’ to predict bone marrow transplant patients’ risk of dying
(New York, NY - February 3, 2017) --Researchers at Mount Sinai Health System have discovered a way to predict whether...
ESMO Summit Africa 2017 starts tomorrow
Lugano, Cape Town, Feb. 9, 2017 - ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce...
The firefly among fish
Credit: RUB, Marquard The researchers thus identified the purposes of bioluminescence in this fish species. The same question still remains...
ANU scientists make new high-tech liquid materials
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have controlled wave-generated currents to make previously unimaginable liquid...
SPbPU — first university to introduce computational computer code for Airbus
Credit: Photo provided by Airbus Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and Airbus collaborate on development and deployment of...
Most stretchable elastomer for 3-D printing
Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh K. Patel Due to its excellent material properties of elasticity, resilience, and electrical and thermal insulation,...
Genetic profiling can guide stem cell transplantation for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A single blood test and basic information about a patient's medical status can indicate which patients...
New study identifies organic matter composition as a critical factor controlling mercury methylation
The biological formation of neurotoxic methyl mercury is an enigmatic process underpinning mercury-related health and environmental hazards. Nevertheless, the exact...
Research reveals novel quantum state in strange insulating materials
Credit: Mitrovi? lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, RI (Brown University) -- Researchers from Brown University have shown experimentally how a...
In-cell molecular sieve from protein crystal
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology In nature, proteins are assembled into sophisticated and highly ordered structures, which enable them to...
Women who have a false positive screening mammogram more likely to delay next screen
(American Association for Cancer Research) Women who had a false positive result from a screening mammogram were more likely to...
Big data for the universe
Credit: Ivan Zolotukhin Astronomers at Lomonosov Moscow State University in cooperation with their French colleagues and with the help of...
UMass Amherst research may lead to non-surgical cataract treatment
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts Amherst recently licensed a new technology to Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc....
Researchers optimize the assembly of micro-/meso-/macroporous carbon for Li-S batteries
Li-S batteries are considered as promising alternatives for Li-ion batteries in the new generation of energy storages, due to high...
Wave of the future: Terahertz chips a new way of seeing through matter
Credit: (Photos by Frank Wojciechowski for the Office of Engineering Communications) Electromagnetic pulses lasting one millionth of a millionth of...
Silver ion-coated medical devices could fight MRSA while creating new bone
Credit: MU News Bureau Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are caused by a type of staph bacteria that has become...
