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Reading between the lines of highly turbulent plasmas
Plasma, the ionised state of matter found in stars, is still not fully understood, largely due to its instability. Astrophysicists...
An led-based device for imaging radiation induced skin damage
Credit: Anaïs Leproux, Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic SAN DIEGO -- To eradicate any cancer cells that may potentially...
Carnegie Mellon Power Sector Index tracks 24 percent decline in carbon emissions
PITTSBURGH--Yesterday during Carnegie Mellon Energy Week, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) Americas President & CEO Paul Browning unveiled the initial...
Decorating single layer and bilayer graphene with useful chemical groups
Credit: IBS Researchers at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at Ulsan National...
A novel molecular link between cholesterol, inflammation and liver cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a deadly disease with no effective cure that develops in the context of liver diseases associated...
Penn studies find promise for innovations in liquid biopsies
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - From using fluid in the lungs to better understand the potential of immunotherapy treatments in...
Penn Medicine’s Carl June, M.D., named 2017 Fellow of the AACR Academy
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - University of Pennsylvania cancer and HIV gene therapy pioneer Carl June, MD, has been named...
Scientific discovery opens new possibilities for cancer and fibrosis treatment
Researchers from the Turku Centre for Biotechnology (BTK) in Finland have discovered that a cellular fuel sensor, known to control...
Final reminder; less than 30 days to The International Liver CongressTM 2017
With less than 30 days to go until The International Liver CongressTM 2017, it's time to register as a member...
Atomic ‘re-packing’ behind metallic glass mystery
Credit: Lan S. et al., Nature Communications, March 17, 2017 An international collaboration involving Hokkaido University's high-voltage electron microscope has...
New smart system to reduce queues at roundabouts
Credit: Mariló Martín-Gasulla et al./UPV Long queues at certain approaches to some roundabouts could be reduced using magnetic detection devices...
Organic-inorganic heterostructures with programmable electronic properties
Credit: Lohe Vertical stacks of different two-dimensional (2D) crystals, such as graphene, boron nitride, etc., held together by weak van...
Researchers control soft robots using magnetic fields
Credit: Joe Tracy A team of engineering researchers has made a fundamental advance in controlling so-called soft robots, using magnetic...
Microscopic muscles: How non-muscle cells find the strength to move
Credit: Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore (MBI) at the National University of Singapore have described, for...
Viruses in the oceanic basement
Credit: Expedition AT26-03 Scientists A team of scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth...
Sex-shifting fish: Growth rate could determine sea lamprey sex
Credit: Andrea Miehls, USGS p>Unlike most animals, sea lampreys, an invasive, parasitic species of fish damaging the Great Lakes, could...
Mechanism for hMTH1’s broad substrate specificity revealed
Credit: Professor Yuriko Yamagata Human MutT homolog 1 (hMTH1) protein acts as the primary enzyme for breaking down (hydrolyzing) damaged...
Japanese researchers make breakthrough in antioxidant enzyme linked to jaundice
Credit: Kei Wada Osaka - Jaundice, marked by yellowing of the skin, is common in infants, but also a symptom...
Choosing a simpler path to drug discovery
Credit: Kyoto University Drug discovery is in essence the designing of compounds to interact with disease-related proteins. And in many...
Quantum communication: How to outwit noise
Credit: IQOQI/Harald Ritsch Nowadays we communicate via radio signals and send electrical pulses through long cables. This could change soon,...
