Professor Ugur Sahin receives German Cancer Award 2019
Prestigious award for Mainz cancer scientist Professor Ugur Sahin has been awarded the 2019 German Cancer Award, one of the most prestigious distinctions in cancer...
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Psychosocial stress, the unpredictability schema, and cardiovascular disease in women
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Volume 3, Number 4, 2019, Guest Editor Gladys P. Velarde)...
Recent advances in spina bifida care extend life and improve quality of life
Recent research on spina bifida provides new insights into how to manage the disorder and help patients transition to adulthood, reports the Journal of Pediatric...
Heart disease in pregnancy: A special look at peripartum cardiomyopathy
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Volume 3, Number 4, 2019, Guest Editor Gladys P. Velarde)...
G-ray Nanotech and IKZ join forces to develop detector-grade gallium arsenide wafers
New platform for very high performance X-ray detectorsCredit: Matthias Kern, IKZ G-ray Nanotech and IKZ have entered into a research and development collaboration covering the...
Challenges in cardiovascular risk prediction and stratification in women
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Women's Cardiovascular Health, Volume 3, Number 4, 2019, Guest Editor Gladys P. Velarde)...
Home insurance buyers lack access to public flood data
Canadian homeowners do not have the information they need to know if they should buy flood insurance leaving them exposed to significant financial risk. A...
Reduced salinity of seawater wreaks havoc on coral chemistry
North Queensland floods could cause 'freshwater bleaching' of GBRCredit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies/Greg Torda New research confirms that drastic changes in...
Scientists at FAU are researching a new method for developing artificial ovaries
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) led by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini from the Chair of Materials Science (biomaterials) and Prof. Dr....
Zips on the nanoscale
New method of synthesising nanographene on metal oxide surfaces Nanostructures based on carbon are promising materials for nanoelectronics. However, to be suitable, they would often...
Zika: Silent long-term circulation in Thailand
Credit: (c) Institut Pasteur The circulation of the dengue virus for the past sixty years in South-East Asia is relatively well known. For Zika, the...
Bungee jumping for science
Researchers measure readiness potential outside a laboratory for the first timeCredit: Soekadar/Charité Immediately before a person decides to launch themselves off a bridge for a...
A trap for positrons
Interview with Dr. Eve Stenson on the delicate antiparticles of electronsCredit: Axel Griesch / IPP For the first time, scientists from the Technical University of...
Turning them on, turning them off — how to control stem cells
Scientists at the University of Bath have identified how a mutant gene in fish is involved in controlling stem cells. Scientists at the University of...
‘Mutation hotspot’ allows common fungus to adapt to different host environments
Credit: Bennett Lab/Brown University ROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The fungus Candida albicans is found in the gastrointestinal tract of about half of healthy adults with little...
