Stretchable, wearable coils may make MRI, other medical tests easier on patients
Credit: Joseph Rispoli/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Anyone who has had a mammogram or an MRI knows how uncomfortable and awkward the tests can...
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Structural framework for tumors also provides immune protection
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Aggressive colorectal cancers set up an interactive network of checkpoints to keep the immune system at bay, scientists...
Seeds in Tibet face impacts from climate change
Warming and increased precipitation tests the resilience of soil seed banks against harm done by climate changeCredit: Photo courtesy of Scott Collins. Seeds offer a...
Scientists develop enzyme produced from agricultural waste for use as laundry detergent
Credit: University of Portsmouth An international team of researchers has developed an enzyme produced from agricultural waste that could be used as an important additive...
MicroRNA regulates process vital to placenta growth in early pregnancy
University of South Florida medical researchers applied CRISPR technology to study the function of a very large human non-protein coding gene expressed only in placenta,...
The do’s and don’ts of monitoring many wildlife species at once
UMass Amherst ecologists name pitfalls of older methods and recommend best practicesCredit: UMass Amherst/K. Devarajan AMHERST, Mass. - A new analysis of 92 studies from...
Stanford research maps a faster, easier way to build diamond
With the right amount of pressure and surprisingly little heat, a substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure diamondCredit: Andrew Brodhead It sounds...
Small farmers sink or swim in globalization’s tsunami
Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Whether small-time farmers across the world get swept away by globalization or ride a wave of new opportunities depends...
Stabilizing freeze-dried cellular machinery unlocks cell-free biotechnology
A low-cost approach improves cell-free biotechnology's utility for bio-manufacturing and portability for field applicationsCredit: Nicole Gregorio Researchers at California Polytechnic State University have developed a...
Mortality decreased with further treatment for opioid use disorder after detox
Credit: Boston Medical Center Boston - A new study shows that people with opioid use disorder who enter inpatient medically managed withdrawal treatment (detox) do...
Instrument may enable mail-in testing to detect heavy metals in water
Whisk-shaped device absorbs trace contaminants, preserves them in dry state that can be shipped to labs for analysisCredit: Image: Melanie Gonick/MIT Lead, arsenic, and other...
A nacre-inspired separator coating for impact-tolerant lithium batteries
Credit: SONG Yonghui Lithium batteries are easy to explode? Scientists at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) may have a way to prevent....
Regioselective magnetization enabled chiral semiconducting heteronanorods
Credit: ZHUANG et al. The USTC team led by Prof. Shu-Hong Yu (USTC), collaborating with Prof. Zhiyong Tang (National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China)...
USTC realizes the first quantum-entangling-measurements-enhanced quantum orienteering
Credit: TANG Junfeng et al. The CAS key lab of quantum information makes a significant progress in quantum orienteering. Under the lead of Prof. GUO...
Scientists develop algorithm for researching evolution of species with WGD
Scientists created an algorithm for studying the evolutionary history of species with whole-genome duplications, chiefly yeast and plantsCredit: Dmitry Lisovskiy, ITMO.NEWS An international team of...
