It is easier for a DNA knot…
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New quantum gadget could make contactless payment more secure
Credit: Iris Choi. Oxford University A prototype gadget that sends secret keys to encrypt information passed from a mobile device to a payment terminal, could...
Georgia Cancer Center participates in NCI-driven initiative to understand racial, ethnic, age disparities in six cancers
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 28, 2017) - The Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University is one of a dozen sites across the nation...
Protein identified as potential druggable target for pancreatic cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A protein known as arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) may be a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma...
Mayo Clinic researchers identify interaction among proteins that cause cancer cells to metastasize
ROCHESTER Minn. -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified an interaction among proteins that allows cancer cells to grow and metastasize. They say the discovery...
Unraveling the functional diversity of longevity gene SIRT1
Credit: Sweta/Babukrishna, TIFR While the search for elixir of life has captivated human imagination for millennia, researchers around the world have put in efforts to...
How bacteria hunt other bacteria
Credit: Jashnsaz et al./Biophysical Journal 2017 A bacterial species that hunts other bacteria has attracted great interest as a potential living antibiotic, but exactly how...
NASA’s James Webb space telescope completes acoustic and vibration tests
Loading video... Credit: Credits: NASA/Michael P Menzel At NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland the James Webb Space Telescope team completed the acoustic...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Debbie make landfall in Queensland
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA Tropical Cyclone Debbie made landfall in Queensland bringing heavy rainfall, hurricane-force winds, rough seas, and flooding. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provide..
NIST physicists show ion pairs perform enhanced ‘spooky action’
Credit: Design: K. Irvine/NIST Adding to strong recent demonstrations that particles of light perform what Einstein called "spooky action at a distance," in which two...
Understanding predictability and randomness by digging in the dirt
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28, 2017 -- When tilling soil, the blade of the tillage tool cuts through the dirt, loosening it up in preparation for...
Lead exposure in childhood linked to lower IQ, lower status
Credit: Credit - Duke University from JAMA, 2017;317(12):1-8 DURHAM, N.C. -- A long-term study of more than 500 children who grew up in the era...
ASCO and Cancer Care Ontario update guideline on radiation therapy for prostate cancer
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Toronto, Canada - The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and Cancer Care Ontario today issued a joint clinical practice guideline update on...
About time! Predicting midge seasonality key to reducing livestock diseases
Credit: Stefanie Schafer Ecologists at the UK-based Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) have led a study which informs optimal strategies for control of devastating...
The physics of wealth inequality
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - A Duke University professor has proposed an explanation for why the income disparity in America between the rich and...
