NEWS
UCF research finds google glass technology may slow down response time
Credit: UCF Heads-up display technology -- think Google Glass -- offers lots of information to users in seconds, literally in...
Shaking things up with more control
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 22, 2016 -- This month, Samsung recalled 2.8 million top-loading washing machines due to excessive vibrations that...
Micro-bubbles make big impact
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 22, 2016 -- The quest to develop a wireless micro-robot for biomedical applications requires a small-scale "motor"...
Innovative technique to curtail illegal copying of digital media
Credit: Yishi Shi, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences WASHINGTON -- In today's digital world it can be challenging to...
Towards a better understanding of the puzzling ‘droplets’ in the cell cytoplasm
Credit: (Jordina Guillén-Boixet, IRB Barcelona) Liquid-like droplets are highly dynamic cytoplasmic aggregates of proteins with no apparent structure. Over the...
Hypertension and prehypertension underdiagnosed and undertreated in US children
Hypertension and prehypertension in children often go undiagnosed, according to a new study published today in Pediatrics. The study focused...
ASGCT announces plan to educate the public on gene editing
MILWAUKEE, WI --- On Nov. 21, 2016, the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) released Therapeutic Gene Editing:...
Trifluridine/tipiracil in colorectal cancer: Added benefit only for some patients
The fixed combination of trifluridine/tipiracil (trade name: Lonsurf) has been approved since April 2016 for the treatment of metastatic colorectal...
Pembrolizumab in lung cancer: Indication of considerable added benefit
Pembrolizumab (trade name: Keytruda) was initially introduced for the treatment of melanoma. Since July 2016, the monoclonal antibody has also...
Cancer cells ‘talk’ to their environment, and it talks back
Credit: Matthew Hall/Provided Interactions between an animal cell and its environment, a fibrous network called the extracellular matrix, play a...
Butterfly mother’s food choice for offspring changes with experience
Credit: Thomas Marler Plants communicate with animals using a blend of signals that influence animal behavior. The balance of plant...
Turning back the aging clock
Researchers from Caltech and UCLA have developed a new approach to removing cellular damage that accumulates with age. The technique...
Deep sea coral in North Atlantic faces threat from climate change
Credit: UK Ocean Acidification programme North Atlantic coral populations - key to supporting a variety of sea life - are...
New ‘electron gun’ could help enable X-ray movies
Ultrashort bursts of electrons have several important applications in scientific imaging, but producing them has typically required a costly, power-hungry...
New open access journal Rethinking Ecology publishes novel ideas under Pensoft’s imprint
Credit: Rethinking Ecology and Pensoft Needless to say, it is through sharing new ideas and hypotheses that critical issues such...
NFL doctors should be loyal to players, not teams
As concerns for the health of current and former players in the National Football League have been mounting, a new...
Do stress and strain lead to deviant behavior?
Chances are good that youngsters growing up around family members who gamble will also start doing so to release the...
Know your flow
Credit: Simon Haward Liquids are an important part of our everyday lives. Fluids such as water are Newtonian, and their...
Mystery of how plants produce oxygen soon solved
Credit: Johannes Messinger, Umeå University With the help of experimental studies on molecular level, researchers are acquiring increased knowledge on...
Single photon converter — a key component of quantum internet
Credit: Source: FUW, Grzegorz Krzyzewski A Polish-British team of physicists has constructed and tested a compact, efficient converter capable of...
