A close look at sharp vision in eye structure seen only in humans and other primates
Credit: Xiaoyun Wu/UW Medicine Vision scientists have uncovered some of the reasons behind the unusual perceptual properties of the eye's ...
How proteins find one another
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been studying two proteins that play a vital role in many bodily processes. ...
First trace of differences between matter and ‘ordinary’ antimatter
Credit: Source: CERN, The LHCb Collaboration Cracow, 22 February 2017 The world around us is mainly constructed of baryons, particles ...
Antimicrobial substances identified in Komodo dragon blood
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Grimes awarded Sloan Research Fellowship for work on chronic inflammatory diseases
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware It's not every day that you're congratulated in a full-page ad in The New York ...
See-through heating pad could help prevent burns from thermotherapy (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society To soothe aches and pains, many people turn to heating pads, patches or creams. Although a ...
Improved polymer and new assembly method for ultra-conformable ‘electronic tattoo’ devices
Credit: Waseda University Tokyo, Feb 21, 2017 -- A group of researchers at Waseda University has developed processes and materials ...
Device will rapidly, accurately and inexpensively detect the Zika virus at airports
Credit: Florida Atlantic University About the size of a tablet, a portable device that could be used in a host ...
Nanotechnology and nanopore sequencing
DNA is the hereditary material in our cells and contains the instructions for them to live, behave, grow, and develop. ...
Russian and Indian scientists collaborate on development of a new type accumulator
Credit: Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University In mid-February 2017 researchers of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) ...
CredibleMeds launches mobile app to expand access to online QTdrugs database
Tucson, Ariz., February 22, 2017 - CredibleMeds, the internationally recognized authority on drugs that increase the risk of heart arrhythmia ...
Microhotplates for a smart gas sensor
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Gas sensors used for leakage alerts and air quality monitoring ...
What’s the buzz on bee parasites?
Credit: Dong et. al, Draft genome of the honey bee ectoparasitic mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae, is shaped by the parasitic life ...
Scientists identify chain reaction that shields breast cancer stem cells from chemotherapy
Working with human breast cancer cells and mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have identified a biochemical pathway that ...
A low-cost mechanical device for minimally invasive surgery
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Stanford-developed nanostraws sample a cell’s contents without damage
Credit: L.A. Cicero Cells within our bodies divide and change over time, with thousands of chemical reactions occurring within each ...
The never-ending story: Chemicals that outlive — and harm — us
Chemical manufacturers have agreed to pay $670 million in damages to people with cancer and other health harm from exposure ...
tDCS combined with computer games at home reduces cognitive symptoms of multiple sclerosis
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Unravelling the atomic and nuclear structure of the heaviest elements
Little is known about the heaviest, radioactive elements in Mendeleev's table. But an extremely sensitive technique involving laser light and ...
Scientists create a nano-trampoline to probe quantum behavior
A research group from Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with French colleagues at CNRS Grenoble, has developed a unique experiment to ...
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