New pathway to attack tumor cells identified
Credit: INC-UAB A study led by the Institut de Neurociències (INc-UAB) describes a new strategy to tackle cancer, based on inducing a potent stress in...
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Oregon timber harvests don’t appear to affect rare salamander, study finds
Credit: Tiffany Garcia, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A seven-year field experiment on 88 tree stands across Oregon's western Cascade Range found no discernable...
Machine learning predicts nanoparticles’ structure and dynamics
Credit: Antti Pihlajamäki/The University of Jyväskylä Researchers at the Nanoscience Center and at the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland...
Human presence weakens social relationships of giraffes
Credit: Christian Kiffner The effects of human presence on the social relationships of wild animals have rarely been studied. Even if the animals are not...
Feeding habits differ by age and sex in Asian black bears: Data may help wildlife experts better manage bears’ habitats
Credit: Hiroshi Yokota A ten-year study shows that Asian black bears' diets vary greatly depending on sex, stage of life, and resource availability, providing important...
Re-trafficking proteins to fight Salmonella infections
Credit: Joel Selkrig/EMBL When humans get infected by pathogenic bacteria, the body's immune system tries to eliminate the intruders. One way of doing this is...
New hints of volcanism under the heart of northern Europe
Credit: Corné Kreemer / University of Nevada, Reno Scientists have discovered new evidence for active volcanism next door to some of the most densely populated...
Nature’s ‘slow lanes’ offer hope for species feeling heat of climate change
Credit: Photo by Garrett Meigs, OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Pockets of landscape less prone than adjacent areas to disturbances like fire and...
Gabriel honored with Charles F. Richter Early Career Award
Credit: Alice-Agnes Gabriel Alice Gabriel has been honored with the Seismological Society of America's (SSA) 2020 Charles F. Richter Early Career Award for her innovative...
A new mechanism improves the efficiency of antibacterial surfaces
Universitat Rovira i Virgili researchers have developed a nanometric-scale theoretical model to create structures that kill bacteria by using elastic forces. The results of this...
Research reveals insights into bioprinted skeletal muscle tissue models
SUTD collaborates with NTU to provide in-depth analysis of 3D in vitro biomimetic skeletal muscle tissue models, highlighting the great potential of bioprinting technology.Credit: SUTD...
Flight tests show B61-12 compatible with F-15E Strike Eagle
Sandia's design works with US Air Force's primary fighter jetCredit: Photo courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Dropped from above 25,000 feet, the...
Kidneys deteriorate with age, regardless of health
Credit: Jørn Berger-Nyvoll/UiT An international study that has been carried out on nearly 3000 people in Norway, Germany, and Iceland, shows that our kidney function...
New method to identify genes that can drive development of brain tumors
Credit: Graphics: L. Gaffney Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a method for identifying functional mutations and their effect on genes relevant to the development...
National survey shows different bacteria on cell phones and shoes
Microbes mostly harmless, include groups barely known to scienceCredit: Kristen Vincent, https://www.facebook.com/kristenvincentphotography The largest study of its kind in the U.S. shows thousands of different...