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Altmetric data analysis reveals how Parkinson’s disease research affects the world
February 13 2017, London, UK and Boston, USA: ÜberResearch and Altmetric, leading data and analytics companies serving scientific funders and...
How to be a successful pest: Lessons from the green peach aphid
Credit: Andrew David (JIC) UK Scientists, in collaboration with groups in Europe and the US, have discovered why the green...
Simulated ransomware attack shows vulnerability of industrial controls
Credit: Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new form of...
New study compares bone-inducing properties of 3-D-printed mineralized scaffolds
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 13, 2017--A new study of bone formation from stem cells...
Rutgers develops eco-friendly concrete
Credit: Cameron Bowman In the future, wide-ranging composite materials are expected to be stronger, lighter, cheaper and greener for our...
Home use of hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system shown safe and effective
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Feb. 13, 2017 -- A pivotal registration trial to evaluate in-home...
UT Institute of Agriculture scientists win for Outstanding Paper Award
Credit: Ginger Rowsey JACKSON, Tenn. - The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) awarded the title of Outstanding Paper in...
Are drones disturbing marine mammals?
Credit: COPYRIGHT: MURDOCH UNIVERSITY CETACEAN RESEARCH UNIT Marine researchers have made sure that their research drones aren't disturbing their research...
A kiss of death — mammals were the first animals to produce venom
Credit: Wits University Africa is a tough place. It always has been. Especially if you have to fend off gigantic...
Superconductivity with two-fold symmetry — new evidence for topological superconductor SrxBi2Se3
Credit: ©Science China Press The study on topological superconductors (TSCs) is one of the hotspots in the field of condensed...
Understanding enzymes
For researchers studying the possible connections between human health and the trillions of microbes that inhabit our digestive tract, what...
Scientists make huge dataset of nearby stars available to public
The search for planets beyond our solar system is about to gain some new recruits. Today, a team that includes...
Manchester researchers enter the ‘Wild West’ of chemistry to reveal a surprise finding
Researchers at The University of Manchester have entered the "Wild West" of the periodic table to finally solve a decades-old...
Researchers identify ‘Achilles’ heel’ of key anti-cancer protein
Credit: Chen et al., 2017 Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York have discovered that a protein called...
Researchers identify ‘Achilles’ heel’ of PTEN that helps drive prostate cancer progression
Credit: Trotman Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have discovered that a...
Blood test provides clues to bladder cancer patients’ prognoses
New research indicates that about one-quarter of patients with bladder cancer treated with radical surgery on curative intent have detectable...
Epstein-Barr virus and cancer: New tricks from an old dog
After an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), the virus persists in the body throughout a person's lifetime, usually without...
Brian Luke awarded a Heisenberg Professorship
Brian Luke, a Group Leader at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, has been awarded a prestigious Heisenberg...
Researchers develop first reliable technique to track web users across browsers
For good or ill, what users do on the web is tracked. Banks track users as an authentication technique, to...
USC computer scientist to explain socially intelligent robots on Feb. 17
WHAT: A University of Southern California computer scientist will present her research on socially assistive robots on Friday, Feb. 17...
