Smart car technologies save drivers $6.2 billion on fuel costs each year
(Hoboken, N.J. - Nov. 20, 2018) - On one of the busiest traveling holidays of the year, drivers may be focusing on getting to grandma's...
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The shape of things to come: Flexible, foldable supercapacitors for energy storage
London, November 20, 2018 - A team of researchers from the Plasma Physics Research Centre, Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University in Tehran,...
UNH researchers create a more effective hydrogel for healing wounds
Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H. - Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have created an easy-to-make, low-cost injectable hydrogel that could help wounds heal faster,...
HSPC ‘Seeds’ reveal VCAM-1+ macrophage role in homing process
Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells (HSPCs) give rise to all blood lineages that support people's life. HSPCs, like seeds, need a suitable microenvironment to maintain...
Regulating the immune system’s ‘regulator’
A research team at the Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has discovered a possible therapeutic target that pulls...
Chemists develop new method for selective binding of proteins
Credit: University of Münster - Bart Jan Ravoo A new method of selectively binding proteins to nanoparticles has been described by a team of German...
Project receives additional $13 million to accelerate progress to redesign photosynthesis
Credit: Claire Benjamin/RIPE Project This week, families across the U.S. will gather around Thanksgiving tables in a traditional celebration of the season's bounty. By improving...
Tropical fish adapt to cold temperatures in coordination with their microbiome
Credit: (c) Phil's 1stPix Scientists have discovered that tropical fish can control their gut microbes to better survive extremes of temperature, a study in eLife...
The taming of the dog, cow, horse, pig and rabbit
Credit: Pixabay Research at the Earlham Institute into one of the 'genetic orchestra conductors', microRNAs, sheds light on our selectively guided evolution of domestic pets...
Holistic management of emerging forest pests and diseases
Credit: HOMED Forests are the highest ranked land cover type in Europe. Numbering at around 40% of the total land area, they provide numerous goods...
EMBO welcomes twenty-six new Young Investigators
Heidelberg, 20 November 2018 - EMBO has selected 26 life science researchers within their first four years as group leaders to become EMBO Young Investigators....
Inkjet printers can produce cheap micro-waveguides for optical computers
Credit: ITMO University Scientists from ITMO University have proposed a new technology for creating optical micro-waveguides using inkjet printing. Using this method it is possible...
Can genetic therapy help kids with Angelman syndrome overcome seizures?
CHAPEL HILL, NC - Angelman syndrome is a genetic disease with no cure. Children grow up with severe intellectual disabilities and a range of other...
Tattoos are popular — half of all Germans regard tattoo inks as safe
"There is scientific evidence, however, that ink pigments from the tattoos can make their way into the lymphatic system, " says BfR President, Professor Dr....
Could yesterday’s Earth contain clues for making tomorrow’s medicines?
MADISON -- Several billion years ago, as the recently formed planet Earth cooled down from a long and brutal period of heavy meteor bombardment, pools...
