Antitumoral effects of LXR activation
Macrophages that boost tumor growthCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Tumor cells are able to avoid the attack of the immune system through several mechanisms. For instance,...
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New insight into protein structures that could treat Huntington’s disease
Credit: Sylvia Germes In Huntington's disease, a faulty protein aggregates in brain cells and eventually kills them. Such protein aggregates could, in principle, be prevented...
UrFU Mathematician’s new methods for solving optimal control problem of objects
Mathematician from Ural Federal University Yurii Averboukh, suggests new methods for solving optimal control problem of a group of objects by implementing the concept of...
Strathclyde physics professor wins international award for contribution to optics
Credit: Fraunhofer UK A Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Strathclyde has received a prestigious international award in recognition of his...
Interaction between iodonium and silver cation was demonstrated for the first time
Credit: Antonio Frontera and Kari Rissanen An international research team led by Professor Kari Rissanen of the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) and Professor Antonio Frontera...
How comparable different stress tests are
Stress can be triggered and investigated in different ways; but do they also lead to the same result?Credit: RUB, Marquard Scientists use many different tests...
Limited transmission of Covid-19 from open schools but teachers were affected
Credit: Mikael Wallerstedt Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite substantial uncertainty regarding the effectiveness in containing SARS-CoV-2. In Sweden, upper-secondary...
Changing the connection between the hemispheres affects speech perception
Credit: Basil Preisig When we listen to speech sounds, the information that enters our left and right ear is not exactly the same. This may...
Mark Torres wins Geochemical Society’s Clarke Award
Early-career honor goes to fourth Rice U. geochemist in 12 yearsCredit: Photo by Woodward Fisher HOUSTON - (Feb. 12, 2021) - Rice University's Mark Torres...
Researchers have broken the code for cell communication
Credit: University of Gothenburg Knowledge on how cells communicate is an important key to understanding many biological systems and diseases. A research team led by...
New machine learning theory raises questions about nature of science
Credit: Elle Starkman / PPPL Office of Communications A novel computer algorithm, or set of rules, that accurately predicts the orbits of planets in the...
Applying quantum computing to a particle process
Berkeley Lab team models parton showers using a quantum algorithmCredit: ATLAS Collaboration A team of researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) used a...
Dr. James Martin Elected to the 2021 Class of the National Academy of Inventors
Texas Heart Institute Cardiomyocyte Renewal Lab Director Honored by NAICredit: Texas Heart Institute The Texas Heart Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. James Martin,...
Researchers find parallels in spread of brain cancer in mammals, zebrafish
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC scientists say zebrafish suitable models for human glioblastoma researchCredit: Robyn Umans/Virginia Tech Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute...
Promising new approach to stop growth of brain cancer cells
Credit: The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation (Friday, February 12, 2021 - Toronto) -- Inhibiting a key enzyme that controls a large network of proteins important...
