Research pushes concept of entropy out of kilter
Credit: Stein lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Entropy, the measure of disorder in a physical system, is something that physicists understand well when...
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TSRI chemists unveil versatile new method for making chiral drug molecules
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - Feb. 2, 2017 - Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have invented a new technique...
Toxic liver effects of fifteen drugs predicted using computational approach
Credit: Thiel, Kuepfer A team of researchers has used a computational modeling approach to analyze and compare the toxic effects of fifteen different drugs on...
UW sleep research high-resolution images show how the brain resets during sleep
Credit: Credit: Wisconsin Center for Sleep and Consciousness. Madison, Wis. -- Striking electron microscope pictures from inside the brains of mice suggest what happens in...
The best treatment for laryngeal cancer? This approach helps decide
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Even as treatment options for laryngeal cancer seemed to improve, survival rates did not. For the most advanced patients, 50 percent...
HKU scientists utilize innovative neuroimaging approach to unravel complex brain networks
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A research team led by Professor Ed X. Wu of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the...
1,000 times more efficient nano-LED opens door to faster microchips
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology The electronic data connections within and between microchips are increasingly becoming a bottleneck in the exponential growth of data traffic...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, February 2017
To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications staff member identified at the end of each tip. For more information on...
NYU’s Panozzo wins NSF CAREER award
New York University Professor Daniele Panozzo has won a 2017 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation. Under the award, Panozzo,...
New skin-graft system a better fix for chronic wounds
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health According to the National Institutes of Health, more than six million cases of chronic wounds cost $20 billion...
Researchers chart global genetic interaction networks in human cancer cells
Credit: Sigrid Knemeyer Cambridge, MA, February 2, 2017-- Cancer is a heterogeneous disease, with myriad distinct subtypes that differ in their genetic roots. As a...
Experiment involving ultracold rubidium lifts off with research rocket
Credit: photo/©: André Wenzlawski, JGU Physicists want to use ultracold gases in space to measure the Earth's gravitational field, to subject Einstein's Equivalence Principle to...
Medical marijuana’s underexplored potential for helping opioid addiction
A small human pilot study, along with a number of animal studies, are revealing that cannabinoids, extracts of cannabis legally sold as medical marijuana, could...
So-called ‘synthetic marijuana’ linked to serious health problems
Synthetic marijuana compounds are marketed as safe, legal alternatives to marijuana that cannot be detected by standard drug testing, but these substances differ chemically from...
‘In vivo’ reprogramming induces signs of telomere rejuvenation
During the 'in vivo' reprogramming process, cellular telomeres are extended due to an increase in endogenous telomerase. This is the main conclusion of a paper...
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