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New technology offers fast peptide synthesis
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Manufacturing small proteins known as peptides is usually very time-consuming, which has...
Genetic variant of p53 gene linked to breast cancer risk in premenopausal African American women
PHILADELPHIA -- (Feb. 27, 2017) -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute in collaboration with Roswell Park Cancer Institute found a...
Largest study of factors affecting African-Americans with cancer announced in Detroit
DETROIT - The Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University School of Medicine will launch the nation's largest study of...
Who gets sunburned? Survey finds risk is greater for young adults with melanin-rich skin
CHICAGO-February 27, 2017--Results from a study published in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association point to an urgent need...
Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches
Credit: Edgar Lobaton New research from North Carolina State University offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches...
3-D-printed bioabsorbable scaffold for ACL reconstruction with bone regeneration
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 27, 2017--Researchers have designed a 3D-printed porous scaffold for use...
Angiography: Miniature particle accelerator saves on contrast agents
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) The most prevalent method for obtaining images of clogged coronary vessels is coronary angiography. For...
Super resolution imaging helps determine a stem cell’s future
Credit: Courtesy of Prabhas V. Moghe Scientists at Rutgers and other universities have created a new way to identify the...
Study finds biomarker for lung cancer detection in the nasal passages of smokers
(Boston)-- A new nasal test may allow patients suspected of having lung cancer to undergo a simple swab of their...
Greater prairie chickens cannot persist in Illinois without help, researchers report
Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- An iconic bird whose booming mating calls once reverberated across "the Prairie...
Blind matchmaking for more efficient wireless networks
Loading video... Credit: © 2017 KAUST A network management scheme developed by KAUST allows users from different network providers to...
Sandia uses confined nanoparticles to improve hydrogen storage materials performance
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Sometimes, you have to go small to win big. That is the approach...
Archeologists at the vanguard of environmental research
The history of people and landscapes, whether natural or cultural, is fundamentally connected. Answering key historical questions about this relation...
New standards for better water quality in Europe
Credit: UFZ / André Künzelmann The European Water Framework Directive has been in force since 2000. Its purpose is to...
PolyU & CASIL signed collaborative research framework agreement to advance aerospace engineering
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and China Aerospace International Holdings Ltd. (CASIL), a...
New use for paper industry’s sludge and fly ash in plastics
PRESS RELEASE: New use for paper industry's sludge and fly ash in plastics VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland examined,...
Let it glow
Credit: Sarah Wong Chemical compounds that emit light are used in a variety of different materials, from glow-in-the-dark children's toys...
Materials that emit rainbows
Credit: Youhei Takeda Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in their environment, like pressure...
Pregnancy-specific β1-glycoproteins
Development of new strategies and novel drug design to treat trophoblastic diseases and to provide pregnancy success are of crucial...
A sustained and controllable insulin release system
Credit: Dr. Hidetoshi Arima The prevalence of diabetes has grown around the world over the past three decades. In 2016,...
