Super berries power up porridge
As the popularity of porridge continues to rise, the addition of a super berry could make it the ultimate new power breakfast for health-conscious, gluten-intolerant...
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HZB contributions to special edition on ultrafast dynamics with X-ray methods
Credit: Royal Society Almost 350 years after Isaac Newton's ground-breaking paper "Theory of Light and Colors (1671)", the world's oldest scientific journal Philosophical Transactions is...
Can human breast milk reduce intestinal injury following bone marrow transplant?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 4, 2019--A new pilot study compared the use of human breast milk to formula in...
Catalyst research for solar fuels: Amorphous molybdenum sulfide works best
Credit: HZB Sunlight not only can be used to generate electricity, but also hydrogen. Hydrogen is a climate-neutral fuel that stores energy chemically and releases...
ERC Advanced Grant for Thomas Rudel
Credit: (Photo: Robert Emmerich / JMUW) Chlamydia is the main cause of venereal diseases in Germany. These sexually transmitted bacteria can cause inflammations in the...
Dye chemistry transferred to modern times
Credit: Ingo Peters / University of Wuerzburg "With your work, you have transferred dye chemistry to modern times." This praise, expressed by the President of...
Photons trained for optical fibre obstacle course will deliver stronger cyber security
Researchers from the NUS-Singtel Cyber Security Research & Development Laboratory in Singapore demonstrate a way to improve quantum key distribution over fibre networksCredit: National University...
One in every 12 Canadian with migraines has attempted suicide
Childhood exposure to parental domestic violence, sexual abuse and/or physical abuse substantially increased the likelihood of suicide attempts among adults with migraines Toronto, ON -...
Researchers engineer a cost-effective treatment for neglected tropical disease
A fungus, an antibiotic, a parasite, and a cureCredit: Image by Motomichi Matsuzaki, CC-BY Researchers have turned a fungus into a disease-curing factory through modern...
No such thing as ‘sugar rush’! Sugar worsens mood rather than improving it
Sugar does not improve any aspect of mood and can even worsen it, according to new research published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Using data...
Black nanoparticles slow the growth of tumors
Melanin as a new diagnosis and treatment tool for tumorsCredit: Vipul Gujrati / Technical University of Munich The dark skin pigment melanin protects us from...
Radiation oncology workforce study indicates potential threat to rural cancer care access
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., April 4, 2019 -- The newest study of America's radiation oncology workforce finds that gender and...
Capturing mosquito waste could speed up virus detection
Proof-of-concept test results in first-ever detection of viruses in field-collected mosquito wasteCredit: James Gathany, CDC Public Health Image Library Annapolis, MD; April 4, 2019--Public health...
University of Manchester technology set to lead fight against anti-microbial resistance
Increasing pressures on health services have led to the over-prescription of commonly used antibiotics, more instances of mis-prescription and subsequently, the emergence of antibiotic resistance...
Researchers uncover new cause of abdominal aortic aneurysm
Lipids research could lead to preventative treatments for potentially fatal condition Researchers have discovered that a family of lipids (fats) contribute to the development of...
