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NASA, ASU collaboration develops 3-D tissue culture models to mimic human gut infections
Credit: Jennifer Barrila, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University Vaccines and antimicrobials have done more to transform medicine and extend the...
Cebit 2017: Computational biologists predict antibiotic resistances using biotech
Credit: Curetis The researchers will be presenting their rapid test procedures, and their outlook for the future, at Stand E28...
Biodegradable packages will keep your food fresh
Credit: KTU On average a European country citizen produces around 160 kilos of packaging waste; around 19 percent of which...
Floods and hurricanes predicted with social media
Social media can warn us about extreme weather events before they happen - such as hurricanes, storms and floods -...
CNIC coordinates an EU project to foster partnership between researchers in academia and industry
Credit: CNIC The 4DHeart project (4D Analysis of Heart Development and Regeneration Using Advanced Light Microscopy) was launched on January...
Why the discovery of a bevy of quasars will boost efforts to understand galaxies’ origins
Late last year, an international team including researchers from the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics (KIAA) at Peking University...
Single molecule switch
Credit: Prof. Fabian Pauly, University of Konstanz The theoretical physicists Junior Professor Fabian Pauly and his postdoc Dr. Safa G....
New research shows promise in disabling cancer’s defences
Credit: University of Ottawa Recent study out of the University of Ottawa opens door for new disease therapies in cancer,...
Carbon-based approaches for saving rainforests should include biodiversity studies
Credit: Miguel Leal New York (March 9, 2017) - Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth...
Combination immunotherapy effective for advanced prostate cancer
Advanced prostate cancer resistant to castration therapy appears to respond well to a combination of immune checkpoint blockades and treatments...
Rosalind Franklin University announces construction of new Innovation and Research Park
Credit: Architectural rendering: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science has announced plans...
Federal agencies need to prepare for greater quantity, range of biotechnology products
WASHINGTON -- A profusion of biotechnology products is expected over the next five to 10 years, and the number and...
Perovskite edges can be tuned for optoelectronic performance
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March 9, 2017 -- In the eternal search for next generation high-efficiency...
Illinois researchers create first exact model for diffusion in magnesium alloys
The movement of atoms in solids controls everything. In order to develop new materials, material engineers need to be able...