Chemical engineers boost bacteria’s productivity
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemical engineers have designed a novel genetic switch that allows them to dramatically boost bacteria's production of useful chemicals by shutting...
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Making single-cell RNA sequencing widely available
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Sequencing messenger RNA molecules from individual cells offers a glimpse into the lives of those cells, revealing what they're doing at a...
Success by deception
When computers independently identify bodies of water and their outlines in satellite images, or beat the world's best professional players at the board game Go,...
Scientists isolate new antibodies to fight human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Researchers from VIB, UGent, the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and several collaborators developed a new antiviral strategy to fight human respiratory syncytial virus...
NASA’s TDRS-M space communications satellite begins final testing
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) project has begun final testing on a new satellite that will replenish...
Now you can ‘build your own’ bio-bot
Credit: Janet Sinn-Hanlon, University of Illinois I'll bet you don't have one of these at home. For the past several years, researchers at the University...
NASA watching remnants of ex-Tropical Cyclone Carlos
Credit: Credits: NASA Tropical Cyclone Carlos became sub-tropical and weakened to a remnant low pressure area over the weekend of February 11 and 12. By...
Gene that helps form trauma-related memories may also help prevent PTSD
A specific gene that helps form memories from traumatic events can be manipulated -- and in doing so may actually help prevent post-traumatic stress disorder...
Scientists predicted new high-energy compounds
Credit: MIPT Press Office Using theoretical methods, an international group of scientists led by Artem R. Oganov, Professor of Skoltech, Stony Brook University and Moscow...
New mechanical metamaterials can block symmetry of motion, findings suggest
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering Engineers and scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the AMOLF institute in the Netherlands have invented the...
Booth and panel discussion – The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings at the AAAS 2017 Annual Meeting
During this year's AAAS Meeting, entitled "Serving Society through Science Policy", the organisers of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings will exhibit at booth No. 916...
Altmetric data analysis reveals how Parkinson’s disease research affects the world
February 13 2017, London, UK and Boston, USA: ÜberResearch and Altmetric, leading data and analytics companies serving scientific funders and research organizations, have published an...
How to be a successful pest: Lessons from the green peach aphid
Credit: Andrew David (JIC) UK Scientists, in collaboration with groups in Europe and the US, have discovered why the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is...
Simulated ransomware attack shows vulnerability of industrial controls
Credit: Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech Cybersecurity researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ransomware that can take over...
New study compares bone-inducing properties of 3-D-printed mineralized scaffolds
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 13, 2017--A new study of bone formation from stem cells seeded on 3D-printed bioactive scaffolds...
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