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A polar-bear-inspired material for heat insulation
Credit: Hui-Juan Zhan For polar bears, the insulation provided by their fat, skin, and fur is a matter of survival...
New research helping to reveal more about megaviruses
Swansea University has played a key role in transatlantic research to develop a greater understanding of megaviruses and their potential...
Creating new molecular sieves
Researchers make organic frameworks that could sift antibiotic residue out of waterCredit: Illustration by Joy Smoker An international team of...
The universal beauty of the mountains can be seen in graphs
Credit: Source: IFJ PAN Mountains have character. The continuous gentle, wavy hills and wide valleys of the Carpathians, Appalachians or...
Race could be a determinant in physician-patient interactions and pain treatment in cancer
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A 62-year-old with stage IV lung cancer that has spread to his bones, causing unspeakable pain,...
Could you fail a drug test by taking CBD? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2019 -- Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a non-psychoactive compound produced by the...
Ultrasound method restores dopaminergic pathway in brain at Parkinson’s early stages
Researchers use transcranial ultrasound + intravenously inject microbubbles to open a pathway through the blood-brain barrier for drugs to penetrate...
Large placebo-controlled trial confirms safety of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)
Bethesda, MD (June 6, 2019) -- For patients taking proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to treat gastroesophageal disease (GERD) or other...
Drug makes tumors more susceptible to chemo
Compound that knocks out a DNA repair pathway enhances cisplatin treatment and helps prevent drug-resistance CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Many chemotherapy...
Scientists propose a fresh look at the role of ferroptosis in the development of cancer
Ferroptotic cancer cells can stimulate the immune system and activate anticancer immunity and improve the effectiveness of anticancer therapyCredit: Nature...
Insilico Medicine unveils top 3 winners of MolHack 2019
The total number of 65 participants demonstrated their phenomenal solutions in front of an esteemed panel of judges, with only...
Toward a low-cost industrialization of lithium-ion capacitors
Combining two additives instead of one to facilitate the incorporation of lithium within capacitors: that is the solution proposed by...
Atrial fibrillation set to affect more than 14 million over-65s in the EU by 2060
Sophia Antipolis, 6 June 2019: Urgent action is needed to prevent, detect and treat atrial fibrillation to stop a substantial...
Organic electronics: a new semiconductor in the carbon-nitride family
Credit: C. Merschjann/HZB Some organic materials might be able to be utilised similarly to silicon semiconductors in optoelectronics. Whether in...
Three-drug combination helps curb the growth of deadly type of skin cancer
Combining an immunotherapy drug with two target therapies helps extend the lives of people with advanced melanoma Los Angeles -...
Radon inferior to radium for electric dipole moments (EDM) searches
Credit: University of Liverpool An international research team led by the University of Liverpool has made a discovery that will...
Researchers develop fast, efficient way to build amino acid chains
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists often build new protein molecules by stringing groups of amino...
How flow shapes bacterial biofilms
EPFL biophysicists have taken a systematic look into how bacterial biofilms are affected by fluid flowCredit: © Philippe Barraud Although...
Name an exoplanet
IAU100 NameExoWorlds gives every country in the world the opportunity to name an exoplanet and its host starCredit: IAU/L. Calçada...
Jam-packed: A novel microscopic approach to amorphous solids
Tokyo, Japan - A team led by The University of Tokyo developed a new method for understanding the structure organization...
