Making sodium-ion batteries that last
Lithium-ion batteries have become essential in everyday technology. But these power sources can explode under certain circumstances and are not ...
Metal-organic frameworks used as looms
Credit: Image: KIT Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have made major progress in the production of two-dimensional polymer-based ...
Ottawa researchers kill brain cancer in mice with combination immunotherapies
OTTAWA, ON ¬- Feb. 15, 2017 -- A promising combination of immunotherapies delivers a one-two punch to brain cancer tumours ...
GM foods: Why presenting ‘just the facts’ won’t work
When it comes to controversial science issues, scientists need to rethink their approach to engaging the public, according to the ...
Supermarket chains and food companies guilty of ‘lip service’ to farm animal welfare
Credit: University of Huddersfield BY failing to fully understand and embrace the principles of farm animal welfare, big supermarket chains ...
Nanotechnology based gene editing to eradicate HIV brain reservoir in drug abusers
Credit: Florida International University Opiate abuse is a significant risk factor for HIV infection, and in combination they can have ...
Good vibrations help reveal molecular details
Credit: Hafner Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 15, 2017) - Five years of hard work and a little "cosmic luck" ...
Study: Baby’s sex plays a role in pregnant women’s immunity
Loading video... Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center COLUMBUS, Ohio - Women have claimed for years that their ...
Lifetime weight gain linked to esophageal and stomach cancers
People who are overweight in their twenties and become obese later in life may be three times more likely to ...
Bipolar disorder candidate gene, validated in mouse experiment
Credit: UNIST A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has made a significant breakthrough in the search for the potential ...
BioCanRx, and partners, announce funding to manufacture first made-in-Canada CAR-T cells
Credit: BioCanRx OTTAWA, ON - Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 10 a.m. ET - BioCanRx, and its partners, today announced funding ...
Designing bone healing therapies that better mimic regeneration
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Feb.15, 2017 -- The range of biomimetic approaches to promote bone ...
Size doesn’t matter (to everyone) when discounting pre-orders
Introducing new products through pre-order price promotions is a time-honored strategy, but how deep should those discounts be and what ...
Researchers catch extreme waves with higher-resolution modeling
Loading video... Credit: Ben Timmermans and Michael Wehner/Berkeley Lab Surfers aren't the only people trying to catch big waves. Scientists ...
Concentrating milk at the farm does not harm milk quality
At dairies, the reverse osmosis filtration technique is extensively used to remove water from milk to be used for further ...
Is a stretchable smart tablet in our future?
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Engineering researchers at Michigan State University have developed the first stretchable integrated ...
Kaunas Universities’ researchers are developing monitoring system for seniors
Credit: KTU "When faced with problems of the elderly in our closest family, it is us who experience major stress, ...
Graphene from soybeans
A breakthrough by CSIRO-led scientists has made the world's strongest material more commercially viable, thanks to the humble soybean. Graphene ...
New antibiotic from bacteria found on Kenyan ant could help beat MRSA
A new antibiotic, produced by bacteria found on a species of African ant, is very potent against antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs' like ...
New economic water-splitting catalyst, ru@c?N
Credit: UNIST UNIST scientists have developed an exiting new catalyst that can split water into hydrogen almost as good as ...
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