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Hexagonal boron nitride enables the fabrication of 2-dimensional electronic memories
Credit: Copyright Wiley-VCH 2017. Reproduced with permission from the authors. The use of two dimensional (2D) layered materials to improve...
Moscow State University scientists reveal the secret of naked mole-rat longevity
New paper was recently published in one of the most prominent scientific journals: Physiological Reviews. A group of Russian and...
Resveratrol preserves neuromuscular synapses, muscle fibers in aging mice
Credit: David Hungate/Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Scientists have discovered that resveratrol, a compound in the skin of red grapes...
First public data released by hyper suprime-cam Subaru Strategic Program
Credit: NAOJ/HSC Project The first massive data set of a "cosmic census" has been released using the largest digital camera...
SLU researchers study a new way to lower LDL cholesterol
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- In a paper published in Biochemical Pharmacology, Saint Louis University researchers examined the...
New study shines light on photosynthesis
Terry Bricker, Moreland Family Professor in the Louisiana State University (LSU) Department of Biological Sciences, and colleagues at Palacký University...
Helping women progress in traditionally male dominated fields
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed recommendations to improve female progression in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)...
First underwater video footage of the True’s beaked whale
(PeerJ) The True's beaked whale is a deep-diving mammal so rarely seen that it often defies recognition at sea by...
Male infertility research reveals how a new life begins
Research into a genetic mutation causing some men to be infertile shows that an important protein in the sperm that...
Towards mastering terahertz waves?
Credit: ©UNIGE The terahertz waves span frequency ranges between the infrared spectrum (used, for example, for night vision) and gigahertz...
Fruit flies halt reproduction during infection
A protective mechanism that allows fruit flies to lay fewer eggs in response to bacterial infection is explained in a...
Targeted Anticancer Therapies (TAT) Congress becomes an annual ESMO event
Lugano, 7 March 2017 - ESMO, the leading European organisation for medical oncology, has announced it will take over the...
Lifestyle choices condition colon and rectal cancer risk more than genetics
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers of the Colorectal Cancer research group of Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Víctor Moreno,...
New research shows crude oil chemicals move and change more quickly than EPA standards
Credit: Parichehr Saranjampour, LSU The Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, lists about 65 chemicals as "toxic pollutants" under the Clean...