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Study finds less fragmentation in muzzleloading and black powder cartridge rifles
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading rifles and black powder rifle cartridges fragment less...
Scientists develop new drug screening tool for dystonia
Credit: Zac Caffall, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have identified a common mechanism underlying separate forms of...
Fishery bycatch rapidly driving Mexico’s vaquita to extinction, new studies find
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Barbara Taylor One of the most sophisticated networks of acoustic detectors ever developed for wildlife science has documented...
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards NARSAD Distinguished Investigator grants
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the award of NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants valued at $1.5 million to...
Protein disrupts infectious biofilms
Credit: Kyle Costa/Caltech Many infectious pathogens are difficult to treat because they develop into biofilms, layers of metabolically active but...
Immune system’s ‘workaround’ may explain heart disease in psoriasis patients
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Psoriasis is well-known for causing too many skin cells on elbows, knees,...
Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’ exposure to air pollution
Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an...
A nano-roundabout for light
Credit: TU Wien Just like in normal road traffic, crossings are indispensable in optical signal processing. In order to avoid...
Electron highway inside crystal
Credit: Video: Thomas Bathon/Paolo Sessi/Matthias Bode Physicists of the University of Würzburg have made an astonishing discovery in a specific...
Further improvement of qubit lifetime for quantum computers
Credit: Philip Krantz, Krantz NanoArt Jülich, 8 December 2016. An international team of scientists has succeeded in making further improvements...
Researchers identify biomarkers of response to treatment in invasive breast cancer
CHAPEL HILL - Why do some breast cancers respond to treatment while others resist it? A study led by researchers...
An anti-CRISPR for gene editing
Credit: Pawluk et al./Cell 2016 Researchers have discovered a way to program cells to inhibit CRISPR-Cas9 activity. "Anti-CRISPR" proteins had...
Valuable Caribbean spiny lobsters get their food from an unexpected source
Credit: William Pinder In the typical food web that most of us learned in school, the sun is the ultimate...
Soil pHertility
For some time now, scientists have known that climate influences soil chemistry -- and, in particular, soil pH, a measure...
How miniature predators get their favorite soil bacteria
Credit: iTZiT Visual Techonology/NIOO-KNAW Tiny predators in the soil can literally sniff out their prey: soil bacteria, which communicate with...
Chemical trickery corrals ‘hyperactive’ metal-oxide cluster
CORVALLIS, Ore. - After decades of eluding researchers because of chemical instability, key metal-oxide clusters have been isolated in water,...
Researchers peer into atom-sized tunnels in hunt for better battery
Credit: Reza Shahbazian-Yassar/UIC Battery researchers seeking improved electrode materials have focused on "tunneled" structures that make it easier for charge-carrying...
Blood-borne HPV antibodies indicate head, neck cancer prognosis
Credit: National Cancer Institute PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- People with head and neck cancers with evidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection...
Study shows new treatment strategy in head & neck cancer not better than current standard
(TORONTO, Canada - Dec. 8, 2016) - Results of the largest Canadian clinical trial to date comparing standard treatment for...
Scientists reveal ‘safety catch’ within all dividing cells
Researchers have made a major discovery about how cells control when to divide - representing a step forward in scientists'...
