Australian shrub contains new class of organic compound
Credit: Kanazawa University Kanazawa - The botanical world can be an exciting place for chemists. Plant species produce a beautiful ...
Solar activities can affect the East Asian winter monsoon at the multidecadal time scale
Credit: Jiapeng MIAO Solar irradiation provides light, heat and energy for driving atmospheric motion on Earth, and is directly affected ...
Rethinking existing method opens new doors for cancer diagnostics
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - All diseases have a genetic component. Advances in understanding the genetic mechanisms behind these disease ...
Newly discovered Xenomorph wasp has alien-like lifecycle
Credit: Photo by Erinn Fagan-Jeffries A University of Adelaide PhD student has discovered a new species of wasp, named Xenomorph ...
New combined treatment shows promise in hepatocellular carcinoma
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers from the Metabolism and Cancer group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr Sara ...
Electrospun sodium titanate speeds up the purification of nuclear waste water
Credit: Riitta-Leena Inki Electrospun sodium titanate speeds up the purification of water based on selective ion exchange - effectively extracts ...
Cancer-causing virus HTLV-1 changes DNA loops to ‘affect tens of thousands of genes’
A human virus that causes a rare form of leukaemia increases the risk of disease by changing the way DNA ...
Building a chemical weapons detector with Legos®
(American Chemical Society) Nerve agents are scary stuff. They are among the most deadly substances on earth, yet can be ...
Thermal camouflage disguises hot and cold
Credit: American Chemical Society Hunters don camouflage clothing to blend in with their surroundings. But thermal camouflage - or the ...
The ultimate ‘smell test’: Device sends rotten food warning to smartphones
Credit: American Chemical Society When it comes to the "smell test," the nose isn't always the best judge of food ...
Break it down: Understanding the formation of chemical byproducts during water treatment
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech Synthetical chemicals are ever-present in modern life--in our medications, cosmetics and clothing--but what happens to them ...
New nerve gas detector built with legos and a smartphone
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have designed a way to sense ...
Winners of the 2018 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists announced
Credit: Courtesy: Janelle Ayres The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences today announced the 2018 Laureates ...
Recreating the chameleon: material mimics color changes of living organisms
Credit: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Researchers at Nagoya University develop a composite material that, by adjusting its composition and ...
New ‘promiscuous’ enzyme helps turn plant waste into sustainable products
Credit: Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library A new family of enzymes has been discovered which paves the way to ...
70K opioid-related deaths likely went unreported due to incomplete death certificates
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2018 - Several states are likely dramatically underestimating the effect of opioid-related deaths because of ...
New diagnosis method could help spot head and neck cancers earlier
Oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) are the most common head and neck cancers, but are often diagnosed late. Now, researchers ...
Obstetric trauma rates for forceps deliveries have increased in Canada
Trauma to both mother and baby during vaginal deliveries, especially forceps deliveries, has increased in Canada in recent years, according ...
Hip arthroscopy innovation represents paradigm shift for the surgery
CLEVELAND - Orthopedic surgeon Michael Salata, MD, Director, Joint Preservation and Cartilage Restoration Center at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center ...
To tell the sex of a Galápagos penguin, measure its beak, researchers say
(University of Washington) Scientists at the University of Washington have announced that, for a Galápagos penguin, beak size is nearly ...
