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Strange colon discovery explains racial disparities in colorectal cancer
One side of the colon ages faster than the other, scientists revealCredit: UVA Health The colons of African-Americans and people...
A display that completely blocks off counterfeits
Credit: POSTECH Despite the anticounterfeiting devices attached to luxury handbags, marketable securities, and identification cards, counterfeit goods are on the...
Tough childhood damages life prospects
Credit: David Naylor An adverse upbringing often impairs people's circumstances and health in their adult years, especially for couples who...
How the brain learns that earmuffs are not valuable at the beach
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the NEI in the USA have discovered a circuit in the...
Diamonds need voltage
In addition to heat and high pressure, small electric fields can also play a decisive role in the formation of...
New journal to push the boundaries of biological imaging
Credit: Cambridge University Press A new Open Access journal from Cambridge University Press will provide a home for interdisciplinary research...
COVID-19 virus helps block host immunity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 20, 2020--SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, blocks the processes...
Smooth touchdown: novel camera-based system for automated landing of drone on a fixed spot
Researchers demonstrate automated drone landing using 2D camera-based symbol detection, with potential applications in rescue missionsCredit: Malik Demirhan and Chinthaka...
Kar?na Narbute’s research in extracellular vesicles earns her Young Investigator Award
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Kar?na Narbute, Ph.D. is the latest recipient of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine's Young Investigator...
NAS honors Heino Falcke and Sheperd Doeleman with Henry Draper Medal
American National Academy of Sciences honours Heino Falcke and Sheperd Doeleman with the Henry Draper MedalCredit: National Academy of Sciences...
Size of connections between nerve cells determines their signaling strength
Credit: Kristian Herrera and authors The neocortex is the part of the brain that humans use to process sensory impressions,...
The immune system mounts a lasting defense after recovery from COVID-19
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University As the number of people who have fought off SARS-CoV-2 climbs...
Drug-delivery microcapsules tagged with zirconium-89 can be tracked by PET imaging
If these hollow capsules are modified to target a solid tumor, PET imaging and therapeutic ultrasound can be used to...
Natural hazard events and national risk reduction measures unconnected
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt Countries where massive natural hazard events occur frequently are not more likely than others to make changes...
World’s largest lakes reveal climate change trends
Credit: Karl Bosse/MTRI NASA-funded research on the 11 largest freshwater lakes in the world coupled field and satellite observations to...
INL partners with Coreform to improve open-source modeling and simulation tool MOOSE
Credit: Idaho National Laboratory Long before an advanced nuclear reactor begins to generate power or another complicated project comes to...
Hope for a vaccination against Staphylococcus areus infections?
An epitope based immunisation as a new vaccination strategyCredit: NIAID Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) ranks among the globally most important...
CAREER awardee investigates quantum’s ‘sweet spot’
Electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Boulat Bash applies quantum methods to super-secret sensing and communication.Credit: University of Arizona College...
Scientists discover how the potentially oldest coral reefs in the Mediterranean developed
Credit: ICM-CSIC, University of Southampton A new study from the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC, Spain) and the National...
The physics behind tumor growth
New theory uses physics to predict the growth stages of cancerous tumorsCredit: Bean, et al. Mol. Cell, 2006. DOI: 10.1016/j....
