Captured on video: DNA nanotubes build a bridge between 2 molecular posts
Credit: Nature Nanotechnology, 2016, Abdul M. Mohammed, et alia In a microscopic feat that resembled a high-wire circus act, Johns ...
Evaluating tissue response to biomaterials with a new bone-implant interaction model
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 5, 2017--To understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction ...
New university research center to test boundaries of smart transportation in NYC and more
BROOKLYN, New York - The U.S. Department of Transportation has selected a research consortium led by the New York University ...
New report calls for use of emerging scientific data to better assess public health risks
WASHINGTON - Recent scientific and technological advances have the potential to improve assessment of public health risks posed by chemicals, ...
Cancer death rate has dropped 25 percent since 1991 peak
ATLANTA -January 5, 2017- A steady decline over more than two decades has resulted in a 25% drop in the ...
La Roche-Posay and GW publish study on sun protection behavior and skin cancer awareness
WASHINGTON (Jan. 5, 2017) -- A large international survey on sun exposure behaviors and skin cancer detection found there are ...
High-tech mooring will measure beneath Antarctic ice
Credit: Photo courtesy of VIMS. Earth's oceans have soaked up about a third of the carbon dioxide added to the ...
Are tiny grazers the new hope for Caribbean reefs?
Credit: J. Ruvalcaba, STRI Thirty years ago a mysterious disease wiped out long-spined black sea urchins across the Caribbean, leading ...
HKU biologist reveals important role cities play in conservation of threatened species
Credit: Peter and Michelle Wong The exhaustive international trade of wildlife has pushed many species to the brink of extinction. ...
Hong Kong hosts more than a quarter of all marine species recorded in China
Credit: Dr. Qiu Jianwen, Dr. Stella Wong and Mr. Gomen See Hong Kong is best known as a bustling harbour, ...
A colorful yet little known snout moth genus from China with 5 new species
Credit: Dr. Mingqiang Wang A group of beautiful snout moths from China was revised by three scientists from the Institute ...
Mouse model points to potential new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
Philadelphia, PA, January 5, 2017 - Treatment with an inhibitor of 12/15-lipoxygenase, an enzyme elevated in patients with Alzheimer's disease ...
Harmonization needed!
Since the first reports on a dramatic increase in microplastic contamination in the sea twenty years ago, research efforts have ...
Radar reveals meltwater’s year-round life under Greenland ice
Credit: Marco Tedesco/Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory When summer temperatures rise in Greenland and the melt season begins, water pools on the ...
New therapeutic agent proves more effective treatment for advanced prostate cancer
Credit: Kambiz Rahbar, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Muenster, and Wolfgang Peter Fendler, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, ...
Better the devil you know
Credit: Peter H. Becker Many birds choose partners for life - it offers many advantages and often improves a couple's ...
Hot weather not to blame for Salmonella on egg farms
Credit: Photo by Andrea Kratzenberg. New research conducted by the University of Adelaide shows there is no greater risk of ...
Buzzing the vagus nerve just right to fight inflammatory disease
Credit: Georgia Tech / Robert Butera Is a treatment only making things better or maybe also making some things a ...
New microscope chemically identifies micron-sized particles
Credit: Ryan Sullenberger, MIT Lincoln Laboratory WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a microscope that can chemically identify individual micron-sized particles. ...
Two HKU architects receive RIBA Award
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Joshua Bolchover and John Lin, Associate Professors in the Faculty of Architecture at the ...
