To kill ticks, target their animal hosts
Annapolis, MD; March 10, 2017--An emerging tool in the fight against tick-borne disease, host-targeted bait boxes employ a sneaky trick: turning some of ticks' favorite...
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Outwitting climate change with a plant ‘dimmer’?
Credit: Photo: Regnault/ TUM Plants possess molecular mechanisms that prevent them from blooming in winter. Once the cold of win-ter has passed, they are deactivated....
Multi-year study finds ‘hotspots’ of ammonia over world’s major agricultural areas
Credit: Juying Warner/GRL The first global, long-term satellite study of airborne ammonia gas has revealed "hotspots" of the pollutant over four of the world's most...
Nanoparticle paves the way for new triple negative breast cancer drug
Credit: University of Bradford A potential new drug to tackle the highly aggressive 'triple negative' breast cancer - and a nanoparticle to deliver it directly...
Researchers create viruses to selectively attack tumor cells
Credit: (IDIBAPS, IRB Barcelona) Scientists at the IDIBAPS Biomedical Research Institute and at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) lead a study in...
Electro-optical switch transmits data at record-low temperatures
Credit: {FEATUREDCREDIT}{FEATUREDCREDITMORE} WASHINGTON -- A silicon optical switch newly developed at Sandia National Laboratories is the first to transmit up to 10 gigabits per second...
When our world turns ‘upside-down,’ serotonin helps us deal with it
Serotonin, one of the major chemical messengers serving neuronal communication, is usually associated with the direct regulation of affective states and mood in general. But...
New center to address antimicrobial drug development challenge
A state-of-the-art research centre to help accelerate the development of new antibiotics is set to be established by the University of Liverpool. The University has...
The repulsion trick: A self-solving puzzle for organic molecules
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich Jülich, 13 March 2017 - Jülich researchers have succeeded in controlling the growth of organic molecules using a special trick. Molecules...
Precision medicine platform now open for collaborative discovery about cardiovascular diseases
DALLAS, March 16, 2017 -- The American Heart Association Precision Medicine Platform -- a global, secure data discovery platform, recently developed in collaboration with Amazon...
UA part of international alliance to address African antivenom crisis
Credit: UA Health Sciences Venomous snakebites kill an estimated 150,000 people around the world each year -- amid severe shortages of fair-priced antivenom and health...
Pharmacists with greater role in care prevent repeat hospital visits
Pharmacists given an expanded role in patient oversight can reduce the likelihood of high-risk patients returning to the hospital, according to a new study that...
Computer simulation of protein synthesis reveals awesome complexity of cell machinery
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Life depends on proteins. These molecules are produced continually in our cells, which act as microscopic production lines - but...
Better barcoding: New library of DNA sequences improves plant identification
Credit: Dr. Karen L. Bell The ability to identify individual plant species from tiny amounts of material has a surprising range of uses, from monitoring...
Nanocages for gold particles: What is happening inside?
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology In living organisms, free metal ions are stored and transported through proteins assembled into highly ordered structures such as protein...
