New approach makes sprayed droplets hit and stick to their targets
Credit: The Varanasi Research Group CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When spraying paint or coatings onto a surface, or fertilizers or pesticides onto crops, the size of...
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Novel brain network linked to chronic pain in Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have revealed a novel brain network that links pain in Parkinson's disease (PD) to a specific region of the brain, according to a report...
Scientists find a new way to attack herpesviruses
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 28, 2018--Human cytomegalovirus is a leading cause of birth defects and transplant failures. As it's evolved over time, this virus from the...
Study provides new insights for ways to use cell metabolism to treat cancer
Credit: Colleen Kelley, University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have discovered that cell metabolism plays an important role...
Researchers find elusive source of most abundant immune cell
Credit: Dr. Yanfang Peipei Zhu, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--Neutrophils--short-lived, highly mobile and versatile--outnumber all other immune cells circulating throu..
Mapping out cancer’s movements
Credit: Dan Graham and Blake Bluestein WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28, 2018 -- Cancer researchers struggle to identify tumor cells that are interspersed within nonmalignant tissues...
A non-canonical strategy may improve cancer radiotherapy
Credit: Ralph Weichselbaum and Yang Xin Fu Although the success or failure of radiation therapy for cancer has long been associated with the intrinsic radio-resistance...
Study finds how NF-2 gene mutations make cells hyper-responsive to growth factor signaling
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center researchers has determined one way that mutations in a gene involved in a rare, hereditary cancer...
Metabolic engineering of E. coli for the secretory production of free haem
Credit: KAIST Researchers of KAIST have defined a novel strategy for the secretory production of free haem using engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains. They...
Scientists alter membrane proteins to make them easier to study
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- About 30 percent of the proteins encoded by the human genome are membrane proteins -- proteins that span the cell membrane so...
All wired up: New molecular wires for single-molecule electronic devices
Credit: Journal of the American Chemical Society Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology designed a new type of molecular wire doped with organometallic ruthenium to...
How eggplants became Asian — genomes and elephants tell the story
Credit: Élise Sanceaume The evolutionary context of the eggplant was until recently very poorly known. Historical documents and genetic data have shown that the eggplant...
Remote islands harbour higher numbers of non-native species
Credit: © Pablo GarcÃa-DÃaz The effects of island remoteness from the mainland on the number of species found on islands differs strongly for non-native compared...
A novel nanoactuator system has been developed
Credit: Jussi Toppari Researchers at University of Jyväskylä (Finland) and University of Tampere (Finland) together with BioNavis Ltd (Finland) have developed a novel nanoactuator system,...
Invisible needles
Credit: © NUST MISIS An international research group of scientists from Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and NUST MISIS (Russia) has developed a model of a...
