Scientists get sly, use deception to fight cancer
Hebrew University researchers create decoys that block RNA-binding proteins from spreading cancerCredit: Rotem Karni In recent years, it's become clear that RNA-binding proteins play a...
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Irregular schedules raise risk of injury for miners working long hours
Numerous studies have reported on the association between long work shifts and an increased risk of getting injured on the job. Fatigue, fewer breaks and...
Australia launches multi-billion smart satellite revolution
Credit: Video by Sasa Sefer Australia has today announced the biggest investment in space R&D in the country's history, with the launch of a multi-billion...
‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits
Scientists in Cambridge and London have developed a catalogue of DNA mutation 'fingerprints' that could help doctors pinpoint the environmental culprit responsible for a patient's...
RNA transport in neurons — Staufen2 detects its target transcripts in a complex manner
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen A team of scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Ulm has discovered that the neuronal transport factor...
PolyU wins big with 18 prizes in Geneva Inventions Expo
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Among the nine Grand Awards Hong Kong delegation took home, PolyU was awarded four of them. PolyU garnered 18...
The trouble with thaw
The warming Arctic permafrost may be releasing more nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, than previously thought About one fourth of the Northern Hemisphere is...
Sharks more vulnerable than originally thought, new research shows
Total number of sharks and rays caught annually by small-scale fisheries in the South West Indian Ocean is estimated to be 2,500,000 individuals - 73%...
Diet during development affects mating habits, insect study shows
An animal's choice of mate can be influenced by its diet as it reaches sexual maturity, research has shown. The study in beetles is the...
Travel through wormholes is possible, but slow
Wormholes can exist -- but don't pack your bags just yet, said Harvard physicist presenting at the 2019 APS April Meeting in Denver WASHINGTON, D.C.,...
Necrophagy: A means of survival in the Dead Sea
UNIGE researchers have found that bacteria can survive in the sediments of the Dead Sea at a depth of over 400 metres in spite of...
What happens in the bodies of ALS patients?
Scientists from TU Dresden find ways to reduce the number of dying neurons and search for therapeutic approaches to treat ALSCredit: CRTD Dresden, 15th April...
NRL develops laser processing method to increase efficiency of optoelectronic devices
Credit: (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory) WASHINGTON -- Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) discovered a new method to passivate defects in next generation...
Cell biology: The complexity of division by two
New cells are formed during cell division by a precisely regulated partitioning of cellular content into the two daughter cells. Cell division is therefore a...
Tel Aviv University scientists print first 3D heart using patient’s biological materials
Engineered heart completely matches the immunological, cellular, biochemical and anatomical properties of the patientCredit: Advanced Science. © 2019 The Authors. In a major medical breakthrough,...
