Scientists show drug may greatly improve cancer immunotherapy success
Credit: University of Southampton A study led by the University of Southampton, funded by Cancer Research UK, has shown a new drug - originally developed...
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Scientists seize rare chance to watch faraway star system evolve
At only 1% the age of the sun, the DS Tuc binary system shows us how a planet might naturally develop before its orbit is...
ITMO scientists develop new algorithm that can predict population’s demographic history
ITMO Scientists develop an algorithm that makes population history models for people and animals more accurate and easier to generateCredit: Dmitry Lisovskiy, ITMO.NEWS Bioinformatics scientists...
The flagship of the International Winter School 2020 is the ‘Two Capitals’ joint course
The 'Two Capitals' joint course of SPbPU and RUDNCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) together with the...
Sinking sea mountains make and muffle earthquakes
Credit: Andrew Gase/National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Subduction zones -- places where one tectonic plate dives beneath another -- are where the world's...
Could targeting an Alzheimer’s-associated protein prevent Autism?
New study shows reducing levels of the protein tau prevents core autism symptoms in animal modelsCredit: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes SAN FRANCISCO, CA March 2,...
Scientists find functioning amyloid in healthy brain
Researchers at the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology of St Petersburg University have discovered a functioning amyloid in a healthy brain.Credit: SPbU Scientists from St...
Fish school by randomly copying each other, rather than following the group
Credit: Photo by Milos Prelevic on Unsplash. Fish school by copying each other and changing directions randomly, rather than calculating and adapting to an average...
World’s first next-generation protein sequencing device to accelerate the study of diseases and pandemics
From the team that brought the world the first high-throughput DNA sequencing technologyCredit: Quantum-Si GUILFORD, CT (March 2, 2020) - Quantum-Si, a Connecticut-based start-up, today...
Directed species loss from species-rich forests strongly decreases productivity
Credit: Yuanyuan Huang The forest biodiversity experiment BEF-China began in 2009 with the collaboration among institutions in China, Germany and Switzerland and is one of...
Cloud data speeds set to soar with aid of laser mini-magnets
Credit: Dr Olof Johansson Tiny, laser-activated magnets could enable cloud computing systems to process data up to 100 times faster than current technologies, a study...
Battle with the cancer: New avenues from childhood vaccines
Credit: Cerullo's research group A new research from the University of Helsinki showed for the first time how the pre-immunization acquired through common childhood vaccines...
Hydrogen energy at the root of life
Evolutionary biologyCredit: Susan Lang, U. of SC. / NSF / ROV Jason / 2018 © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Since the discovery of submarine hydrothermal...
How three genes rule plant symbioses
Credit: Pierre-Marc Delaux For billions of years life on Earth was restricted to aquatic environments, the oceans, seas, rivers and lakes. Then 450 million years...
A current map for improving circuit design
Credit: © 2020 KAUST A practical method for mapping the flow of a current in devices with complex geometries that could be used to optimize...
