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Paracetamol study could open door for way to treat liver damage
Scientists have shed new light on how the common painkiller paracetamol causes liver damage. Their findings may offer valuable insights...
Scientists step closer to developing new drug in fight against antimicrobial resistance
Scientists have for the first time determined the molecular structure of a new antibiotic which could hold the key to...
Paper spotlights key flaw in widely used radioisotope dating technique
An oversight in a radioisotope dating technique used to date everything from meteorites to geologic samples means that scientists have...
Spider silk demonstrates Spider Man-like abilities
Credit: Shuyuan Lin WASHINGTON, D.C., January, 31, 2017 -- Our muscles are amazing structures. With the trigger of a thought,...
Drug candidate stabilizes essential transport mechanism in nerve cells
Tau is a key brain protein involved in Alzheimer's disease and other brain diseases. Aggregates of Tau known as "neurofibrillary...
MD Anderson and Guardant Health announce partnership to make comprehensive liquid biopsy part of on
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Guardant Health today announced a multi-year...
Valo Therapeutics develops a novel virus-based cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Valo Therapeutics Valo Therapeutics recently closed its seed funding round, establishing strategic partnerships with world class investors in this...
NIST, partners ‘cutting the cord’ (and wires) from factory communication networks
Credit: Fran Webber/NIST Providing wireless communications in a factory, plant or other industrial environment these days means more than just...
Chinese Academy of Sciences awards LSU physicist for international scientific contributions
LSU Department of Physics & Astronomy Professor E. Ward Plummer has been honored with the Award for International Scientific Cooperation...
New Cheyenne supercomputer triples scientific capability with greater efficiency
CHEYENNE, Wyoming -- The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is launching operations this month of one of the world's...
UD’s Anderson Janotti receives NSF Career Award to model defects in complex materials
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware The University of Delaware's Anderson Janotti has won a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career...
Salofa introduces a blue-green algae test developed by VTT and the University of Turku
Salofa Oy will commercialise the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) test originally developed by the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and...
Major 5M project to improve heart disease treatment with smart pacemaker technology
Credit: University of Bath Creating a new generation of advanced pacemakers which adapt to the demands of a patient's body...
Scientists take the first step toward creating efficient electrolyte-free batteries
Credit: Press photo Scientists of Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with the French, Swiss and Polish...
How stressful will a trip to Mars be on the human body?
Credit: NASA Preliminary research results for the NASA Twins Study debuted at NASA's Human Research Program's annual Investigators' Workshop in...
New TSRI study shows early brain changes in Fragile X syndrome
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute (Photo by Madeline McCurry-Schmidt.) LA JOLLA, CA - January 30, 2017 - A new study...
Engineered intrinsically disordered proteins provide biomedical insights
Credit: The University of New Mexico Biomedical researchers have engineered the first examples of biomimetic structures composed from a mysterious...
How X-rays in matter create genetoxic low-energy electrons
Credit: Kiyoshi Ueda Researchers led by Kiyoshi Ueda of Tohoku University have investigated what x-rays in matter really do and...
NUS engineers develop low-cost, flexible terahertz radiation source for fast, non-invasive screening
Credit: National University of Singapore Portable handheld sensors for detecting explosives, wearable sensors that can detect chemical agents, compact devices...
Colorado’s wildfire-stricken forests showing limited recovery
Credit: University of Colorado Boulder Colorado forests stricken by wildfire are not regenerating as well as expected and may partially...
