The energy implications of organic radical polymers
New technology could change the way we charge everything from phones to electric vehiclesCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering Texas A&M University professor Dr....
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Tiny eye movements affect how we see contrast
Credit: University of Rochester photo / J. Adam Fenster It is often difficult for a driver to see a person walking on the side of...
Kick-starting the genome in early development
Unravelling how instructions for new life are readCredit: Dr Melanie Eckersley-Maslin, Babraham Institute Key points: Researchers identify factors responsible for activating the zygotic genome A...
Waist-stature ratio can indicate the risk of cardiovascular disease even in healthy men
Physically active men who are not overweight but who have a relatively high waist-stature ratio are more likely to develop heart disorders, according to a...
Mechanism explains breast cancer cell plasticity
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine One of the main obstacles to successfully treating breast cancer is the cells' ability to change in ways that make...
Blocking pro-fibrosis pathway may improve immunotherapy of metastatic breast cancer
Drug approved for lymphoma and multiple myeloma may reduce fibrosis and immunosuppression A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has found that the overgrowth of...
Whopping big viruses prey on human gut bacteria
Largest phages ever found in humans target bacteria associated with hunter-gatherer diets Viruses plague bacteria just as viruses like influenza plague humans. Some of the...
UIC gets $12M to continue largest study of Latinos
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $12 million contract from the National Institutes of Health to continue its role as the Chicago...
Johns Hopkins faculty data highlight how gender disparities in salary add up over a lifetime
When women medical school faculty make a few percent less per year than men, that means many tens of thousands of dollars less in lifetime...
Stand Up To Cancer dream team tackles t-cell lymphoma, focused on CAR-based strategies
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Jan. 28, 2019 - Stand Up To Cancer announced here today the creation of an $8...
Bad brakes
Researchers identify faulty 'brake' that interferes with heart muscle's ability to contract and relax Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic disease of the...
Myocarditis: Overshooting the mark
Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that a protein called midkine, a member of the class of signaling molecules known as cytokines, is...
Making 'sense' of the 'cart before the horse' in mammalian cells.
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A fusion gene is a new gene made by joining parts of two different genes. The current thought is that...
For endangered lemurs, internet fame has a dark side
That cute lemur selfie you shared may be fueling the illegal pet trade in MadagascarCredit: Photo courtesy of Pet Lemur Survey DURHAM, N.C. -- Cats...
Brain biomarkers could help identify those at risk of severe PTSD
NIH-funded study links brain activity related to associative learning with PTSD symptom severity A study has shed light on the neurocomputational contributions to the development...
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