Designer polymers on demand
When jewelers create a necklace, they control the order and number of each bead or jewel they use to form a desired pattern. It's been...
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Proof-of-concept technique makes nanoparticles attractive for new medications
Since the development of insulin to manage diabetes, pharmacists have longed to create an insulin pill. Past attempts have failed because insulin does not survive...
Anticancer drugs delivered by a new drug delivery system reduce tumor size
Credit: Osaka University Cancer tissue cells are divided into two major groups: cancer cells and cancer stem cells (CSCs). CSCs are related to cancer progression...
UToledo chemists discover how blue light speeds blindness
Credit: Dan Miller, The University of Toledo Blue light from digital devices and the sun transforms vital molecules in the eye's retina into cell killers,...
Half a degree less warming can avoid precipitation extremes
Just half a degree Celsius could make a major difference when it comes to global warming, according to a new paper published by a collaborative...
Can manipulating gut microbes improve cardiac function in patients with heart failure?
A clinical study called the GutHeart Trial is poised to examine the potential relationship between the bacterial composition of the gut and inflammatory and metabolic...
Corncob ethanol may help cut China’s greenhouse gas emissions
A new Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining study has found that using ethanol from corncobs for energy production may help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in China,...
Hijacking hormones for plant growth
Hormones designed in the lab through a technique combining chemistry, biology, and engineering might be used to manipulate plant growth in numerous ways, according to...
New research pinpoints pathways Ebola virus uses to enter cells
Credit: Texas Biomedical Research Institute San Antonio, TX (August 8, 2018) - A new study at Texas Biomedical Research Institute is shedding light on the...
Matchmaking for sweet potato? It’s complicated
Credit: Elder C. Mattos Some relationships can be complicated. Take the one between sweet potato crops and soil nitrogen, for example. Too little nitrogen and...
Crowdsourcing algorithms to predict epileptic seizures
A study by University of Melbourne researchers reveals clinically relevant epileptic seizure prediction is possible in a wider range of patients than previously thought, thanks...
Two new UTA School of Social Work professors win international award
Credit: UT Arlington Two professors joining The University of Texas at Arlington this fall were announced as the winners of the Best Human Services App...
Skills and learning improved by closed-loop electrical brain stimulation during sleep
Credit: HRL Laboratories HRL Laboratories, LLC, in collaboration with University of New Mexico (UNM), have published the first study showing that transcranial alternating current stimulation...
Inducing labor can help prevent cesarean births
GALVESTON, Texas -- A new national study has found that inducing labor in first-time mothers at 39 weeks can help prevent cesarean births and high...
Best of both worlds: Combining two skeleton-building chemical reactions
Scripps Research scientists have developed a powerful new strategy for synthesizing molecular skeletons of chemicals used in drugs and other important products, a technique that...
