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Spray painting biomaterials onto heart promotes cardiac repair after myocardial infarction
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 21, 2017--Researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of a minimally invasive...
New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Yale scientists have developed an ultra-thin coating material that has the potential to...
Electrons used to control ultrashort laser pulses
We may soon get better insight into the microcosm and the world of electrons. Researchers at Lund University and Louisiana...
New approach uses ultrasound to measure fluid in the lungs
A team of engineering and medical researchers has found a way to use ultrasound to monitor fluid levels in the...
Better learning through zinc?
Zinc is a vital micronutrient involved in many cellular processes: For example, in learning and memory processes, it plays a...
Breaking the supermassive black hole speed limit
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico, March 21, 2017--A new computer simulation helps explain the existence of...
Astronomers hazard a ride in a ‘drifting carousel’ to understand pulsating stars
Credit: Image credit: MWA Project / Curtin University What sounds like a stomach-turning ride at an amusement park might hold...
The foundation of aquatic life can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests
Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research...
Almond-crop fungicides a threat to honey bees
Annapolis, MD; March 17, 2017--Fungicides commonly used in almond orchards can be harmful to almond growers' primary pollinator: honey bees....
New medicine to prevent mothers dying in childbirth succeeds in first trial in humans
Credit: Monash University The Monash University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) today announced positive results from a first-in-human study of...
New technologies in the air by NTU Singapore and Camfil to improve indoor air quality
Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Swedish company Camfil, a global leader in the air filtration...
Research spotlights early signs of disease using infrared light: New research
While more research is needed to confirm the findings published today in the FASEB Journal, the use of FITR could...
Organic electronics can use power from socket
Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can be connected to a socket in the wall by way of a small,...
When helium behaves like a black hole
Credit: Adrian Del Maestro/Nature Physics A team of scientists has discovered that a law controlling the bizarre behavior of black...
Finding the ‘ghost particles’ might be more challenging than what we thought
Credit: IBS Dubbed as "ghost particles," neutrinos have no electric charge and their masses are so tiny that they are...
Interferon drug shows promise in treating Ebola
Credit: University Health Network (Tuesday, March 21, 2017 -- Toronto) -- A pilot study of a class of drugs used...
Chemists created nanoparticles for safe imaging of tumors
Credit: ITMO University Chemists from Russia and Switzerland created biosafe luminescent nanoparticles for imaging tumors and blood vessels damaged by...
Structural knowledge of the DNA repair complex
Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen New Danish research provides mechanistic insight into how DNA is monitored and repaired if damage occurs....
Quantum dots illuminate transport within the cell
Credit: Anna Vinokurova The quantum dots used by the researchers are particles of semi-conducting material just a few nanometres wide,...
Mouse study identifies new method for treating depression
Standard antidepressant medications don't work for everyone, and even when they do they are slow to kick in. In an...
