New gene sequencing software could aid in early detection, treatment of cancer
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New link found between sex and viruses
Credit: Felix Rey, Pasteur Institute Sexual reproduction and viral infections actually have a lot in common. According to new research, ...
Hitching a ride with a predator
Credit: Kate Broadley and Clayton Lamb EDMONTON (Under embargo until Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 10 a.m. MST)--In the middle ...
PERK protein opens line of communication between inside and outside of the cell
Credit: KU Leuven - Alex van Vliet PERK is known to detect protein folding errors in the cell. Researchers at ...
Diving deep into the dolphin genome could benefit human health
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Vast luminous nebula poses a cosmic mystery
Credit: Cai et al., Astrophysical Journal (Figure 2) Astronomers have found an enormous, glowing blob of gas in the distant ...
Julia Hirschberg elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Credit: Jeffrey Schifman/Columbia Engineering Professor Julia Hirschberg has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the ...
Brains of the operation — NASA team develops modular avionics systems for small missions
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk In just two years' time, a team of NASA engineers accomplished what some thought impossible: the ...
UC researchers teach drones to land themselves on moving targets
Credit: UC Creative Services/Andrew Higley The buzzword in drone research is autonomous -- having the unmanned aerial vehicle do most ...
Direct-to-consumer genomics: Harmful or empowering?
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Thanks to recent scientific advances and plunging costs in genetic sequencing, consumers now ...
Three layers of graphene reveals a new kind of magnet
Credit: Biswajit Datta, Mandar Deshmukh Metals have a large density of electrons and to be able to see the wave ...
AAV gene delivery vectors and cancer — The debate continues
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 23, 2017--Overwhelming evidence from the biomedical literature shows that adeno-associated ...
Sugar’s ‘tipping point’ link to Alzheimer’s disease revealed
Credit: AP Commercial Photography For the first time a "tipping point" molecular link between the blood sugar glucose and Alzheimer's ...
Official naming of surface features on Pluto and its satellites: First step approved
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute In 2015, in partnership with NASA's New Horizons mission and the ...
Researchers use laser-generated bubbles to create 3-D images in liquid
Credit: Kota Kumagai, Utsunomiya University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a completely new type of display that creates 3D images ...
Anti-aging gene identified as a promising therapeutic target for older melanoma patients
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#Unfiltered: Instagram has become a haven for people making sensitive self-disclosures
Depression has a way of silencing its sufferers. Even in today's technology-connected society, people are hesitant to talk about their ...
Julia Hirschberg elected to the National Academy of Engineers
Credit: Jeffrey Schifman/Columbia Engineering Professor Julia Hirschberg has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the ...
Liquid hydrogen may be way forward for sustainable air travel
Transport makes up around 20 percent of our energy use around the world--and that figure is set to grow, according ...
Impossible (but working!) recipe for ultrashort laser pulses
Credit: IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski Pulse lasers built entirely on optical fibers are increasingly readily being used by industry. Optical ...
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