Novel nozzle saves crystals
Credit: Credit: Dominik Oberthuer, DESY Scientists are interested in the spatial structure of proteins, as it reveals much about the workings of these biomolecules. This...
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Kappa Delta awards honor innovative orthopaedic research
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (March 16, 2017) - The Kappa Delta Sorority and the Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) today presented four awards to scientists...
DeepMind-Royal Free deal is ‘cautionary tale’ for health care in the algorithmic age
Researchers studying a deal in which Google's artificial intelligence subsidiary, DeepMind, acquired access to millions of sensitive NHS patient records have warned that more must...
Deep learning and stock trading
A study undertaken by researchers at the School of Business and Economics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has shown that computer programs that algorithms based on...
The need for speed may contribute to dolphin and whale strandings
Surviving in an environment that actively impedes your progress can leave you vulnerable when escape is necessary; couple this with the need to conserve limited...
Glioblastoma clinical trial shows combined therapy extends life for patients 65 and older
Loading video... Credit: UHN (TORONTO, Canada - March 16, 2017) - Treating older patients who have malignant brain cancer with the chemotherapy drug temozolomide plus...
Researchers develop groundbreaking process for creating ultra-selective separation membranes
Credit: University of Minnesota A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has developed a groundbreaking one-step, crystal growth process for making ultra-thin...
How to conserve polar bears — and maintain subsistence harvest — under climate change
Polar bears are listed as a threatened species as the ice-covered ocean they depend on for hunting and transportation becomes scarce. Changes in the Arctic...
UMass Amherst climate expert will study the Arctic’s changing conditions
Credit: National Science Foundation/Kenneth Dunton AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst climate scientist Michael Rawlins has received a five-year, $370,000 grant from the National...
New eyeless, pale catfish from middle of Amazon named
Credit: Courtesy of Mark Sabaj/Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. You've just discovered a unique, eyeless catfish from the murky bottoms of the Amazon...
UNC researchers make discovery that could increase plant yield in wake of looming phosph
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have pinpointed a key genetic switch that helps soil bacteria living on and inside a...
Like elephants, large working proteins have small handlers
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A graduate student's surprise observation in fundamental experiments with small binding molecules at work in protein folding has allowed...
New driver, target in advanced mucosal melanoma
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Not all melanomas are created equal. While most melanomas appear on the skin as the result of sun exposure,...
Dartmouth researchers use new computational method to define immune cell interactions
Credit: Frederick S. Varn Immunotherapy, harnessing a patient's immune system to help fight cancer, has shown much promise as a potential cancer treatment. In a...
Scientists identify a black hole choking on stardust
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- In the center of a distant galaxy, almost 300 million light years from Earth, scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole that...
