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New mechanobiology technique to stop cancer cell migration
Credit: OIST's Bioinspired Soft matter Unit Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate university (OIST) have developed...
The Internet and your brain are more alike than you think
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(February 9, 2017) Although we spend a lot of our time online nowadays--streaming music and video,...
Researchers show how Lou Gehrig’s disease progression could be delayed
(University of California - Riverside) A team of biomedical scientists led by researchers at the University of California, Riverside has...
University of Maryland researchers make strides in Schizophrenia diagnosis research
COLLEGE PARK, MD -- Researchers from the University of Maryland College Park (UMD) and Baltimore (UMB) campuses have developed a...
Sorting machine for atoms
(University of Bonn) Physicists at the University of Bonn have cleared a further hurdle on the path to creating quantum...
Two investigational antitumor agents work better together against MPNST and neuroblastoma
(Nationwide Children's Hospital) A new study published last week in Oncotarget demonstrates that the combined usage of Aurora A kinase...
Sticky gels turn insect-sized drones into artificial pollinators
Loading video... Credit: Dr. Eijiro Miyako As bees slip onto the endangered species list in the United States, researchers in...
Climate change and fishing create ‘trap’ for penguins
(University of Exeter) Endangered penguins are foraging for food in the wrong places due to fishing and climate change, new...
Deeper origin of gill evolution suggests ‘active lifestyle’ link in early vertebrates
(University of Cambridge) Fish embryo study indicates that the last common ancestor of vertebrates was a complex animal complete with...
NASA spots Tropical Cyclone Carlos south of La Reunion Island
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Carlos as it moved south of La Reunion Island...
Researchers develop device that emulates human kidney function
Credit: Gretchen Mahler BINGHAMTON, NY - Instead of running tests on live kidneys, researchers at Binghamton, University State University of...
ORNL wins four FLC technology transfer awards
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 9, 2017 - Four technologies developed at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National...
Rice takes deeper look at unconventional oil and gas
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Understanding how oil and gas molecules, water and rocks interact at the nanoscale will help make...
We like taking selfies but not looking at them
Credit: Images courtesy of Sarah Diefenbach. Selfies are enormously popular on social media. Google statistics have estimated that about 93...
Direct radiolabeling of nanomaterials
Positron emission tomography plays a pivotal role for monitoring the distribution and accumulation of radiolabeled nanomaterials in living subjects. The...
Hubble finds big brother of Halley’s Comet ripped apart by white dwarf
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levy (STScI) The international team of astronomers observed the white dwarf WD 1425+540, about 170...
Hubble witnesses massive comet-like object pollute atmosphere of a white dwarf
Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI) For the first time, scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a...
ESMO announces new award for achievements in immuno-oncology
Lugano, Feb. 9, 2017 - ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, has announced today a new award...
Extended lactation does not impair the quality or cheese-making property of milk
On average, a Danish dairy cow calve once a year. However, there are many indications that fewer calvings and extended...
Meta-lenses bring benchtop performance to small, hand-held spectrometer
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 9, 2017 -- A research team of physicists from Harvard University has developed new hand-held spectrometers capable...
