SwRI cell expansion research receives additional $5.3 million in funding
MTEC, FDA projects to develop new tool for stem cell, CAR T-cell manufacturingCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 8, 2019 -- Southwest Research...
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WVU-led study reveals uptick in suicide and fatal drug overdoses among blacks, Hispanics, women
Credit: Jennifer Shephard/West Virginia University To classify a death as a suicide, medical examiners and coroners rely on hard evidence, perhaps a suicide note or...
Nanostics expands ClarityDX prostate clinical study into the United States
Nanostics is expanding its ClarityDX Prostate clinical validation study into the US by opening the Florida-based Century Clinical Research Inc. recruitment site; significantly accelerating the...
Cooling nanotube resonators with electrons
Credit: © ICFO/ C. Urgell & W. Yang Mechanical resonators have been used with great success as new resources in quantum technology. Carbon nanotube mechanical...
Forward or backward? New pathways for protons in water or methanol
Credit: MBI A collaborative ultrafast spectroscopy and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations study shows that proton vacancies in the form of hydroxide/methoxide ions are as...
Rice irrigation worsened landslides in deadliest earthquake of 2018 finds NTU study
Credit: Gilles Brocard/University of Sydney Irrigation significantly exacerbated the earthquake-triggered landslides in Palu, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in 2018, according to an international...
A close up on the real world —- atomic migration under ambient conditions
Researchers from Osaka University take a closer look at electrostatically driven reactions at metal surfaces under atmospheric conditionsCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Increasing our...
BioAlchemy: Treating wastewater at the point of production
Credit: OIST Treating wastewater is an arduous process relying on complex sewage systems and treatment plants. While this is easier in developed areas with the...
EU-Japan project explores faster and safer ways to locate victims trapped under rubble
Credit: CURSOR In the wake of major disasters, where structures collapse or people get trapped in hazardous situations, the first 72 hours are critical. Urban...
New approach for modern power grids that increases efficiency, reduces cost
SUTD worked with International Researchers to develop a novel approach to allow for a small, well-defined risk of constraint violation to overcome the challenges that...
Smaller than a coin
Credit: ETH Zurich / Pascal A. Halder Nowadays, a mobile phone can do almost anything: take photos or video, send messages, determine its present location,...
A simple way to control swarming molecular machines
Credit: Daisuke I. et al., ACS Nano. October 4, 2019 The swarming behavior of about 100 million molecular machines can be controlled by applying simple mechanical...
Scientists have identified the presence of cancer-suppressing cells in pancreatic cancer
Credit: Yasuyuki Mizutani A research team led by Nagoya University has revealed that cells containing a protein called Meflin have a role in restraining the...
When laying their eggs, tobacco hawkmoths avoid plants that smell of caterpillar feces
An olfactory co-receptor allows moths to avoid intraspecific competitionCredit: Danny Kessler, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Ovipositing insects use odor cues to select suitable...
UMD discovers new mechanism in the liver that helps prevent invasive fungal infections
Findings have implications for treatment of a variety of fungal infections, including the main cause of meningitisCredit: Nephron As a world-renowned expert using intravital microscopy...
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