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Stereochemistry: Self-amplifying selectivity
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich chemist Oliver Trapp has designed and synthesized a catalyst which flexibly molds the handedness of the...
Hubble spotlight on irregular galaxy IC 3583
Credit: Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA This delicate blue group of stars -- actually an irregular galaxy named IC 3583 --...
AACR recognizes Fergus Couch and Max Wicha for contributions to breast cancer reseach
SAN ANTONIO -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will honor two renowned researchers for their work in breast...
Mount Sinai Health System researchers present influential research at ASH 2016
(San Diego, CA - December 1, 2016) - Physicians and researchers from Mount Sinai Health System are presenting influential research...
Research uses mobile technology to help people quit smoking
What if a smartphone app could help you avoid relapsing back to smoking even before you knew you were at...
New method improves stability, extends shelf life of protein drugs
Credit: University of Notre Dame Gaining access to important biopharmaceuticals needed to treat illnesses and autoimmune diseases is one of...
New tool uses UV light to control inflammation
Black light does more than make posters glow. Cornell researchers have developed a chemical tool to control inflammation that is...
Tunneling holds key to high-speed modulation of transistor and laser development
Credit: University of Illinois In 2004, electrical engineering pioneers Nick Holonyak, Jr. and Milton Feng at the University of Illinois...
Fast, efficient sperm tails inspire nanobiotechnology
Credit: Cornell University Just like workers in a factory, enzymes can create a final product more efficiently if they are...
Penn Medicine team to present findings of personalized cellular therapies at ASH Meeting
PHILADELPHIA - Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia...
Three new ASCB celldance video awards take you inside living cells
Credit: SCB Celldance 2016 and Daniela Cimini, Virginia Tech SAN FRANCISCO, CA--Riding a wave of powerful new imaging technologies, three...
Drug/catheter combo for labor induction could save 2.4 million hours of labor annually, Penn study shows
PHILADELPHIA - Labor induction is one of the most common medical procedures in the world, with nearly one-quarter of women...
‘Shock and kill’ strategy for curing HIV may endanger patients’ brains
Credit: Stephen Wietgrefe Combination drug treatments have become successful at long-term control of HIV infection, but the goal of totally...
Advanced imaging of intact brains during ischemic stroke reveals a new role for pericytes
Credit: Andy Y. Shih, Ph.D., and Robert Underly, Medical University of South Carolina. Pericytes are the primary locus of matrix-mellaproteinase-9-dependent...
Map of drugs reveals uncharted waters in search for new treatments
Scientists have created a map of all 1,578 licensed drugs and their mechanisms of action - as a means of...
Exotic insulator may hold clue to key mystery of modern physics
Experiments using laser light and pieces of gray material the size of fingernail clippings may offer clues to a fundamental...
Polypharmacy in psychiatric practice, etiology and potential consequences
Psychiatric polypharmacy is defined as the use of two or more drugs in the treatment of a psychiatric condition. Although,...
New study describes 200 million years of geological evolution
Credit: Giulio Viola, University of Bologna Tectonic plates, big sections of Earth's crust and blocks underneath them, are constantly moving....
Bactericidal activity of usnic acid-loaded electrospun fibers
The development of antibiotics generated a revolution in the way we look and treat bacterial infections. In spite of the...
Family member with special connections
Credit: University of Konstanz Through the collaboration of the teams of Professor Elke Deuerling and Professor Christine Peter within the...
