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New technique offers faster, safer way to optimize industrial chemical reactions
Credit: Milad Abolhasani Researchers have developed a flow-based high-throughput screening technology that offers a faster, safer and less expensive means...
EPSRC announces £16 million investment in Supergen Energy Hubs and Solar Network
(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Three £5 million energy research hubs and a new £1 million network in solar...
Previously undiagnosed neurological disorder linked to gene IRF2BPL
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of scientists, including researchers from Baylor College of Medicine, has discovered mutations...
End-of-life conversations with nonclinical worker bring patient satisfaction, lower costs
Patients with advanced cancer who spoke with a trained nonclinical worker about personal goals for care were more likely to...
Adult fish ‘predict’ availability of food for their young
Credit: Northeast Fisheries Science Center NOAA. In seasonal environments, timing is everything: Ecosystem dynamics are controlled by how well predators...
Public views of gene editing for babies depend on how it would be used
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 26, 2018) - A majority of Americans support the idea of using gene editing with the goal...
Mathematical analysis explains transpiration-driven sap flow in coniferous trees
The exact science of tree sap transport has puzzled plant physiologists for many years. Sap's migration throughout tree trunks and...
IGC scientists discover a tap that controls the flow of pro-inflammatory molecules
One of the major therapeutic targets for inflammatory diseases is the inflammation-inducing molecule TNF. However, excess levels of TNF cause...
Removing malaria-carrying mosquitoes unlikely to affect ecosystems, says report
By combining studies on one species of malaria-carrying mosquito, researchers found that no other animals rely solely on them for...
New possibilities for using ozonized erythrocyte mass explored by UNN scientists
Credit: Lobachevsky University Any bleeding results in a decrease of the amount of circulating blood, and the disruption of the...
Traumatic brain injury: Discovery of two molecules could lead to new drug treatments
Credit: Mihir Patel/Rutgers University-New Brunswick After 10 years of research, a Rutgers-led team of scientists has identified two molecules that...
Researchers report unraveling the immune recognition of nucleic acid nanoparticles
Credit: "Reproduced with permission from Nano Lett. 2018, 18(7), 4309-4321. Copyright 2018 American Chemical Society. " An extensive experiment testing...
Researchers design a nano-carrier to release drugs into damaged cells
Credit: Guillem Garaulet and Francisca Mulero, CNIO. Senescent cells are damaged cells that do not perform their normal roles anymore...
Mysteries of Okinawan habu venom decoded
Credit: Prof. Hiroki Shibata It is more likely that you have seen a habu snake in a bottle of local...
Plant defense mechanisms
Credit: Per Harald Olsen, NTNU A plant's defense systems help each other. When one system fails, another one can -...
Breakthrough in industrial CO2 usage
Professor Arne Skerra of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has succeeded for the first time in using gaseous CO2...
High-precision on-site analysis of precious metals in metallurgical waste spills
Credit: Kanazawa University Precious metals come in limited supply but are in high demand. They are mainly sourced through mining,...
National Academy of Medicine and FDA announce the 2018 Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellows
July 26, 2018 - WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) along with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's...
Solution to medical mystery may help some children avoid bone marrow transplantation
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Justin Veneman Researchers have helped solve a decades-old mystery about which mutations are...
New center for caregiving research, education and policy to launch
PITTSBURGH, July 26, 2018 - The University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Institute recently launched the Center for Caregiving Research, Education...
