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Robotics Flagship, a program for the sustainable development of future robots in Europe
The Robotics Flagship aims to develop robots and artificial intelligence that are economically, socially and environmentally sustainable: this is the...
Genomics provide hope for those with ‘one in a million’ cancer diagnosis
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia New research has shown that many Australians with rare cancers can benefit from...
‘Scaring’ soybeans into defensive mode yields better plants a generation later
Credit: Stephen Kirkpatrick, USDA National Resource Conservation Service By temporarily silencing the expression of a critical gene, researchers fooled soybean...
First microarrayed 3D neuronal culture platform developed
Credit: City University of Hong Kong Neuronal development is often regulated by the graded distribution of guidance molecules, which can...
Osteopontin: A new emerging role in HCV-related hepatocellular carcinoma
Credit: Kanazawa University Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is the major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and was estimated to...
Carbon goes with the flow
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Many people see the carbon cycle as vertical - CO2 moving up...
Enable Injections enters into strategic partnerships with UCB and Apellis Pharmaceuticals
Credit: Enable Injections CINCINNATI, OH--November 13, 2018--Enable Injections, Inc., a patient-centric drug delivery combination product company developing advanced wearable devices...
UH Physicist Zhifeng Ren receives Humboldt Prize
Credit: University of Houston Physicist Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston, has...
Immunotherapy combination and chemotherapy show encouraging results in Phase II acute myeloid leukemia study
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A triple therapy combining two immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICPIs) with the standard-of-care chemotherapy, a hypomethylating...
Stretchy solar cells a step closer
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 13, 2018) - Organic solar cells that can be painted or printed on...
Moths and magnets could save lives
Credit: Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Nanomedicine/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 13, 2018) - A new technology that relies on...
‘Waltzing’ nanoparticles could advance search for better drug delivery methods
Credit: NIAID BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University researchers have discovered that drug-delivering nanoparticles attach to their targets differently based upon...
WPI and Albany Medical College developing robotic system to treat brain tumors
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Albany Medical College, along with...
Scientists identify potential new treatment strategy for kidney cancer
Researchers have provided new insight on the mechanisms behind the development of clear cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC), according to...
Diabetic foot ulcers heal quickly with nitric oxide technology
Credit: Sarah Bird/Michigan Tech Diabetic foot ulcers can take up to 150 days to heal. A biomedical engineering team wants...
Solving the mystery of NPM1 in acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine While it has long been recognized that mutated gene NPM1 plays an important role in...
Structure of fossil-fuel source rocks is finally decoded
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The fossil fuels that provide much of the world's energy orginate in a type of rock known...
First blood-based biomarker in response to the treatment of the most aggressive prostate cancer
(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)) In castration-resistant prostate cancer, the tumors continue to progress even though testosterone production has...
Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University launch joint nanoscience program
A new collaborative venture between Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University brings together researchers and students in the field of...
Precision-medicine platform for mild Alzheimer’s disease and at-risk individuals
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative condition in which individuals exhibit memory loss, dementia, and impaired metabolism. Nearly all...
