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New insights into mechanisms of breast cancer development and resistance to therapy
Why does breast cancer develop and how come certain patients are resistant to established therapies? Researchers from the University of...
How on earth does geotagging work?
Credit: John Ulan EDMONTON (Monday, January 9, 2017)--In an increasingly digital world, we don't always consider where on earth the...
For chemicals, mega is out and bio is in
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Ramon Gonzalez sees flares burning methane from the stacks above Houston's refineries and thinks, "What a...
Illinois team advances GaN-on-Silicon for scalable high electron mobility transistors
Credit: University of Illinois A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has advanced gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon...
Researchers create practical and versatile microscopic optomechanical device
Credit: Thiago P. Mayer Alegre, University of Campinas WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a new type of optomechanical device that...
Study: Some catalysts contribute their own oxygen for reactions
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Chemical reactions that release oxygen in the presence of a catalyst, known as oxygen-evolution reactions, are a...
The legal battle over CRISPR (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2017 -- CRISPR could potentially engineer super crops, make designer animal models...
The science of baby’s first sight
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - When a newborn opens her eyes, she does not see well...
Breakthrough in MS treatment
Credit: The Neuro In separate clinical trials, a drug called ocrelizumab has been shown to reduce new attacks in patients...
An ecological invasion mimics a drunken walk
A theory that uses the mathematics of a drunken walk describes ecological invasions better than waves, according to Tim Reluga,...
Hidden seeds reveal Canary Islands history
(Linköping University) Have you tried the national dish gofio while on holiday on the Canary Islands? If so, you have...
Hidden diversity: 3 new species of land flatworms from the Brazilian Araucaria forest
Credit: Ilana Rossi A huge invertebrate diversity is hidden on the forest floor in areas of the Araucaria moist forest,...
The fly reveals a new signal involved in limb growth
Credit: Carles Recasens-Alvarez and Ana Ferreira, IRB Barcelona Many of the secrets of life, such as how we become a...
Epigenetic changes promote development of fatty liver in mouse and man
Credit: © DIfE Mice with a strong tendency to obesity already exhibit epigenetic changes at six weeks of age, inducing...
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