Stand Up To Cancer awards 5 ‘Phillip A. Sharp Innovation in Collaboration’ grants
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer "Innovation in Collaboration" among Research Teams Rewarded by Grants from Stand Up To Cancer PHILADELPHIA - May 2, 2019 -...
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New chemical probe for visualizing brain immune cells
Credit: The Je Lab. Dr. Masahiro Fukuda. Duke-NUS Intravital Imaging Core. Researchers in South Korea and Singapore have, for the first time, developed a chemical...
Chemical modifiers tag-team to regulate essential mechanism of life
Basic science discovery explains a fundamental way human cells differ from yeast cells SAN FRANCISCO, CA--May 2, 2019-- Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have made...
New clues to coastal erosion
What we can learn from the seaCredit: Stock photo: Getty Images. New research has uncovered a missing nutrient source in coastal oceans, which could promote...
LIGO and Virgo detect neutron star smash-ups
Issued by the LIGO Laboratory, LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and Virgo Collaboration. On April 25, 2019, the National Science Foundation's Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) and...
Design flaws create security vulnerabilities for ‘smart home’ internet-of-things devices
Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified design flaws in "smart home" Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices that allow third parties to prevent devices from sharing...
Dynamic checklist developed for web designers to work more efficiently, creatively
Credit: Virginia Tech According to the Checklist Manifesto, the New York Times bestseller by Atul Gawande, professionals who do highly technical work such as surgeons,...
Knit 1, purl 2: Assembly instructions for a robot?
Researchers make soft, actuated objects using commercial knitting machinesCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH-- Carnegie Mellon University researchers have used computationally controlled knitting machines to create...
New study targets breast cancer ‘double jeopardy’
Heart disease risks go under microscopeCredit: Photo: Flinders University An Australian study is set to deliver a world-first model of care to reduce cardiovascular disease...
Researchers crack the peanut genome
New genome map sheds light on ancestry, diversity of today's peanutsCredit: Fábio de Oliveira Freitas Working to understand the genetics of peanut disease resistance and...
These trippy images were designed by AI to super-stimulate monkey neurons
Credit: Ponce, Xiao, and Schade et al./Cell To find out which sights specific neurons in monkeys "like" best, researchers designed an algorithm, called XDREAM, that...
Less-invasive mastectomy safe for more breast cancer patients, Mayo Clinic study finds
DALLAS -- A less-invasive mastectomy that leaves the surface of the breast intact has become a safe option for more patients, including those whose breast...
Invasive beavers: Bad for the climate
Credit: Cristian Samper/WCS Scientists documented the effects of invasive North American beavers (Castor canadensis) on carbon sequestration of a riparian forest in Tierra del Fuego....
Researchers find gene for urethral obstruction
University of Bonn study shows BNC2 is involved in LUTOCredit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Even before birth, an obstructed urethra can cause a variety...
Strathclyde Principal to receive Energy Institute award
Credit: University of Strathclyde The University of Strathclyde's Principal, Professor Sir Jim McDonald, is to receive a prestigious award in recognition of his achievements in...
