Full(erene) potential
In what could be called a classic "Eureka" moment, UC Santa Barbara materials researchers have discovered a simple yet effective...
Supercomputing, experiment combine for first look at magnetism of real nanoparticle
Loading video... Credit: Video credit to Colin Ophus, Berkeley Lab. Video courtesy of Nature. Barely wider than a strand of...
Cell smasher
We're all pretty familiar with what happens when we sustain a knock on the head: First, the all-too-audible crack, accompanied...
IU-based startup commercializes software to improve quality of care for pediatric patients
INDIANAPOLIS -- Two members of the Indiana University School of Medicine have launched a startup to commercialize software targeting improvement...
Precision-medicine approach could revive prostate cancer test
A new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco and Kaiser Permanente has identified genetic predictors of normal prostate-specific...
Model assesses interventions for bovine tuberculosis in Morocco
n many developing countries, a significant fraction of the tuberculosis burden comes potentially from the tuberculosis bacteria carried by animals,...
Protecting rice crops at no extra cost
A newly identified genetic mechanism in rice can be utilized to maintain resistance to a devastating disease, without causing the...
Research pushes concept of entropy out of kilter
Credit: Stein lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Entropy, the measure of disorder in a physical system, is something...
TSRI chemists unveil versatile new method for making chiral drug molecules
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Feb. 2, 2017 - Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
Toxic liver effects of fifteen drugs predicted using computational approach
Credit: Thiel, Kuepfer A team of researchers has used a computational modeling approach to analyze and compare the toxic effects...
UW sleep research high-resolution images show how the brain resets during sleep
Credit: Credit: Wisconsin Center for Sleep and Consciousness. Madison, Wis. -- Striking electron microscope pictures from inside the brains of...
The best treatment for laryngeal cancer? This approach helps decide
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Even as treatment options for laryngeal cancer seemed to improve, survival rates did not. For the...
HKU scientists utilize innovative neuroimaging approach to unravel complex brain networks
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Professor Ed X. Wu of the Department of Electrical...
1,000 times more efficient nano-LED opens door to faster microchips
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology The electronic data connections within and between microchips are increasingly becoming a bottleneck in the...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 2017
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NYU’s Panozzo wins NSF CAREER award
New York University Professor Daniele Panozzo has won a 2017 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science...
New skin-graft system a better fix for chronic wounds
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health According to the National Institutes of Health, more than six million cases of...
Researchers chart global genetic interaction networks in human cancer cells
Credit: Sigrid Knemeyer Cambridge, MA, February 2, 2017-- Cancer is a heterogeneous disease, with myriad distinct subtypes that differ in...
Experiment involving ultracold rubidium lifts off with research rocket
Credit: photo/©: André Wenzlawski, JGU Physicists want to use ultracold gases in space to measure the Earth's gravitational field, to...
Medical marijuana’s underexplored potential for helping opioid addiction
A small human pilot study, along with a number of animal studies, are revealing that cannabinoids, extracts of cannabis legally...
