Wistar awarded $12.5M grant for improved melanoma targeted therapies
Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 17, 2019) -- The Wistar Institute and collaborating institutions have received a major grant from the National Institutes...
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How roots grow hair
'Smoke detectors' in plants also control the growth of root hairCredit: Andreas Battenberg / TUM The roots of plants can do a lot of things:...
Bio-circuitry mimics synapses and neurons in a step toward sensory computing
Credit: Michelle Lehman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee and...
Stretchable circuits: New process simplifies production of functional prototypes
Credit: Saar-Uni It is based on a so-called laser cutter and its precise, fast cuts. These are provided by easy-to-use software developed by Daniel Gröger...
First generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from domestic cats
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 17, 2019-Researchers have reported for the first time producing feline induced pluripotent stem cells (fiPSCs)...
Computer scientists receive award for pioneering work on time-critical software systems
Credit: Saarland University For their pioneering work, which was published in 2001, they were honored yesterday evening in New York at the International Conference on...
Europe prepares four 5G pilots in industrial applications
Credit: Mohamed Hassan | Pixabay A European research project coordinated by the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), named 5Growth, will implant 5G technology in...
Autonomous tram in depot
KIT, Siemens Mobility, and other partners start the 'autonomous tram in depot' project, BMVI funds research on a fully automated tram depot with autonomous tramsCredit:...
Bone regrowth using ceramic substitute and E. coli-derived growth factors
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2019-Synthetic bone substitutes are promising materials for bone defect repair, but their efficacy can...
Deet gives humans an ‘invisibilty cloak’ to fend off mosquito bites
DEET may chemically 'cloak' humans from malaria-carrying mosquitos, rather than repel themCredit: Christopher Potter Since its invention during the Second World War for soldiers stationed...
Figuring out Alzheimer’s
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski One of the tasks of the scientists work is to explain how the world functions. Their research ideas often seem...
BARseq builds a better brain map
Credit: Zador lab/CSHL, 2019 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Anthony Zador has taken the next step in his quest to solve exactly how the brain...
Stormy cluster weather could unleash black hole power and explain lack of cosmic cooling
Credit: Hubble and Chandra Image: NASA, ESA, CXC, STScI, and B. McNamara (University of Waterloo); Very Large Array Telescope Image: NRAO, and L. Birzan and...
What happens under the Yellowstone Volcano
Study provides information about the processes deep inside the EarthCredit: Steinberger et al. The Yellowstone National Park in the USA with its geysers and hot...
Double layer of graphene helps to control spin currents
New type of transistor one step closerCredit: S. Omar, University of Groningen In order to make transistors that operate using the spin of electrons, rather...
