First light for band 5 at ALMA
The compound view shows a new ALMA Band 5 view of the colliding galaxy system Arp 220 (in red) on top of an image from...
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RNA pathway plays key role in health, lifespan, fly study shows
Credit: Brian Jones/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Humans and other animals carry rogue sequences of DNA in their genomes called transposable elements (TEs). To prevent...
Threading the RSV vaccine needle
Credit: Stobart et al Nature Communications (2016). Crafting a vaccine against RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has been a minefield for 50 years, but scientists believe...
Novel technique helps ID elusive molecules
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Among the most important molecules in the living world are sugars or carbohydrates, which play a vital...
‘Glue’ that makes plant cell walls strong could hold the key to wooden skyscrapers
Molecules 10,000 times narrower than the width of a human hair could hold the key to making possible wooden skyscrapers and more energy-efficient paper production,...
Heart valves strive to get oxygen one way or another
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 20, 2016) - As the valves in a heart stretch with each beat, their cells take in life-giving...
New material with ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism may lead to better computer memory
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Traditional computer memory, known as DRAM, uses electric fields to store information. In DRAM, the presence or absence of an...
The evolutionary secret of H. pylori to survive in the stomach
Professor Frédéric Veyrier's most recent research, in collaboration with the team of Professor Hilde De Reuse at the Institut Pasteur, has shed light on key...
Arctic Inuit, Native American cold adaptations may originate from extinct hominids
In the Arctic, the Inuits have adapted to severe cold and a predominantly seafood diet. After the first population genomic analysis of the Greenland Inuits...
Magnifying time reveals fundamental rogue wave instabilities of nature
Credit: Benjamin Wetzel Researchers from INRS and the FEMTO-ST Institute in France have used a novel measurement technique that magnifies time to reveal how ultrafast...
Avalanche statistics suggest Tabby’s star is near a continuous phase transition
In its search for extrasolar planets, the Kepler space telescope looks for stars whose light flux periodically dims, signaling the passing of an orbiting planet...
Bright future for energy devices
Credit: Yun Hang Hu, Michigan Tech A little sodium goes a long way. At least that's the case in carbon-based energy technology. Specifically, embedding sodium...
Illuminating cancer: Researchers invent a pH threshold sensor to improve cancer surgery
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Dec. 20, 2016 - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have invented a transistor-like threshold sensor that can illuminate cancer tissue,...
First US babies treated in study of adult stem cell therapy for congenital heart disease
Baltimore, MD - Dec. 20, 2016 - In a first-in-children randomized clinical study, medical researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM)...
Study identifies gastric cancer biomarker and possible treatment
Scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Miami, and Shantou University...
