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Collapsing star gives birth to a black hole
Credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Kochanek (OSU) Astronomers have watched as a massive, dying star was likely reborn as a...
Study provides better understanding of how brain tumors ‘feed’
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center All cancer tumors have one thing in common - they must feed themselves to grow...
UW engineers borrow from electronics to build largest circuits in eukaryotic cells
Credit: University of Washington Living cells must constantly process information to keep track of the changing world around them and...
Expressing genetic interactions through music
Loading video... Credit: Max Cooper/Andy Lomas An artistic collaboration between musician and sound producer Max Cooper, respected visual artist Andy...
The best teams of the engineering competition ‘Capture the Flag’ were awarded
Credit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University On May 24, at the Plenary session of the International Polytechnic Week,...
Preliminary: BRCA variations may work alongside COMT variation to reduce breast cancer
WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) -- Research looking at genomic data from women with a genetic risk for breast cancer, who...
Solving the riddle of the snow globe
If you've shaken a snow globe, you've enjoyed watching its tiny particles slowly sink to the bottom. But do all...
Ineffective antibiotics form strong teams against deadly super bacteria
BUFFALO, N.Y. - In the fight against super bacteria, University at Buffalo scientists are relying on strength in numbers to...
Genetic risk factor for equine eye cancer identified
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most common cancer found in equine eyes and the second most common tumor of...
Study: Many patients with early-stage breast cancer receive costly, inappropriate testing
Credit: Bo Jungmayer/Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE -- May 24, 2017 -- A study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center...
Researchers find new way to control light with electric fields
Researchers from North Carolina State University have discovered a technique for controlling light with electric fields. "Our method is similar...
eLearning Stakeholders and Researchers Summit 2017 is held in Moscow for the first time
National Research University Higher School of Economics, in cooperation with the global online learning platform Coursera, is holding eLearning Stakeholders...
MIT researchers engineer shape-shifting food
Credit: Michael Indresano Photography "Don't play with your food" is a saying that MIT researchers are taking with a grain...
Ag/ZnO-Nanorods Schottky diodes based UV-PDs are fabricated and tested
Credit: NANO In the recent past ZnO has emerged as a promising alternative to Si and GaN in devices like...
Unveiling the quantum necklace
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University The quantum world is both elegant and mysterious. It is a...
Controlling 3-D behavior of biological cells using laser holographic techniques
Credit: KAIST A research team led by Professor YongKeun Park of the Physics Department at KAIST has developed an optical...
Regenerative medicine researcher’s startup companies give hope to patients
Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Sometimes it takes a researcher with a flair for entrepreneurship to translate a...
Summer rainfall in vulnerable African region can be predicted
Summer rainfall in one of the world's most drought-prone regions can now be predicted months or years in advance, climate...
High pressure key to lighter, stronger metal alloys, Stanford scientists find
High pressure could be the key to making advanced metal mixtures that are lighter, stronger and more heat-resistant than conventional...
Elsevier adds ClinicalKey to Research4Life access program for developing countries
Philadelphia, PA, May 25, 2017 - Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, will add ClinicalKey to...
