New cell models for ocular drug discovery
Credit: Mika Reinisalo Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed two new cell models that can open up new avenues for ocular drug...
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By imaging the brain, scientists can predict a person’s aptitude for training
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- People with specific brain attributes are more likely than others to benefit from targeted cognitive interventions...
Subsiding air parcels are among the causes of hot spells
KIT climatologists consider subsiding air masses from high altitude to be responsible for extreme hot spells rather than hot air transported from the southCredit: Photo:...
All-optical diffractive neural networks process broadband light
Credit: Ozcan Research Group, UCLA Diffractive deep neural network is an optical machine learning framework that blends deep learning with optical diffraction and light-matter interaction...
Inside ITER — the giant fusion reactor
A new book provides a behind-the-scenes view into ITER -- the world's biggest fusion reactor, and discusses the challenges and opportunities of this potentially limitless...
SMU-TCS iCity Lab’s SHINESeniors project wins 2019 Supernova award
Credit: Singapore Management University SINGAPORE, November 26, 2019: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions...
Bio-inspired hydrogel can rapidly switch to rigid plastic
Credit: Nonoyama T. et al., Advanced Materials, November 18, 2019 A new material that stiffens 1,800-fold when exposed to heat could protect motorcyclists and racecar...
New ‘hyper glue’ formula developed by UBCO and UVic researchers
Cross-linking technology tightly binds where commercial glues cannotCredit: UBC Okanagan With many of the products we use every day held together by adhesives, researchers from...
Finnish children’s motor skills at the top in Europe
Data gathered in Finland, Belgium and Portugal reveal that Finnish children are ahead of their European peers in motor skills at ages 6 to 10...
Water was a winner in capturing CO2
Wetting a polymer membrane improved its ability to capture CO2Credit: Photo: Kenneth P. Mineart, NCSU Climate worries go hand in hand with CO2 emissions concerns....
APS names Dr. John V. Williams as recipient of Norman J. Siegel Outstanding Science Award
Credit: Dr. John V. Williams The American Pediatric Society (APS) is pleased to announce John V. Williams, MD, as the recipient of the 2020 Norman...
NOTCH1 signaling in oral squamous cell carcinoma via a TEL2/SERPINE1 axis
The cover for issue 63 of Oncotarget features Figure 6, "Inverse relationship between ETV7 and SERPINE1 in OSCC," by Salameti, et al.Credit: Correspondence to -...
Targeted therapy better for repeat kidney cancer patients than FDA-approved counterpart
City of Hope co-led a phase 3 clinical trial that may soon change how renal cell carcinoma patients are treated in third- and fourth-line therapiesCredit:...
Chronic opioid treatment may raise risk of post-traumatic stress disorder, study finds
Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA While opioids are often prescribed to treat people with trauma-related pain, a new UCLA-led study suggests doctors should use caution before prescribing...
Star-quake vibrations lead to new estimate for Milky Way age
Data gathered by NASA's now defunct Kepler telescope provides a solution to an astronomical mysteryCredit: NASA/JPL Caltech/R.Hurt/SSC Star-quakes recorded by NASA's Kepler space telescope have...
