New methods from material sciences in physics find their way into cancer research
Credit: Murillo Longo Martins Cancer research: A new study on the behavior of water in cancer cells shows how methods usually limited to physics can...
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Dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies activate to generate new brain cells
Credit: Ye Sing Tan Singapore, 18 June 2019 - How dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies are activated and generate new neurons is described...
New AI system manages road infrastructure via Google Street View
Geospatial scientists have developed a new program to monitor street signs needing replacement or repair by tapping into Google Street View imagesCredit: RMIT University Geospatial...
Study shows healthcare workers often care for patients while ill
Employees in patient care work with symptoms of cold, flu, and other respiratory illnesses NEW YORK (June 18, 2019) -- Large numbers of healthcare workers...
New grant funds anti-aging study
Already approved FDA drug could impact brain cell functionCredit: Kathy West Studios San Antonio, Texas (June 17, 2019) - The William and Ella Owens Medical...
New drug compound could tackle major life-limiting kidney disease
Researchers have developed a new class of drugs to tackle a common hereditary kidney disease The disease affects 12 million people worldwide The compound tested...
The Nanoscience Days 2019 in Finland
The abstracts of Plenary Speakers now on web #NSDays2019 The Nanoscience Days 2019 (#NSDays2019) will be held on 8th--9th of October, 2019 at University of...
Redundancies in T cells
Oncologists have had great success with cancer immunotherapy in recent years, especially with the approach known as immune checkpoint inhibition, which was recognised with last...
Gold adds the shine of reversible assembly to protein cages
An international team including researchers from the University of Tsukuba reports the gold led reversible self-assembly of 3D cages from engineered proteinsCredit: University of Tsukuba...
Rebirth of the Japanese black tea market: challenges for entrepreneurial green tea farmers
Credit: Kanazawa University In Japan, tea farms are found in warm areas, whose northern limit is Ibaraki prefecture, where green tea has been produced. However,...
How certain antibiotic combinations could defeat 'superbugs'
Targeting heteroresistance A sneaky form of antibiotic resistance called "heteroresistance" is more widespread than previously appreciated, scientists at the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center report. At...
Changing how we predict coral bleaching
Credit: © 2019 Charlotte Young Coral bleaching events may occur more frequently in the Red Sea than previously thought, according to an algorithm developed by...
Dr. Minah Lee receives Wiley Young Researcher Award
Dr. Lee gained attention as an outstanding researcher in materials scienceCredit: KIST On May 22, Dr. Minah Lee from the Korea Institute of Science and...
Climate change enhances carbon dioxide flux from lakes
The carbon cycling in lakes is studied using a process-based model that describes the temporal evolution of temperature distribution and water quality in a lakeCredit:...
Researchers find genetic cause for fatal response to Hepatitis A
Credit: Belkaya et al., 2019 Researchers have identified a genetic mutation that caused an 11-year-old girl to suffer a fatal reaction to infection with the...