Breath test could help detect stomach and esophageal cancers
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A test that measures the levels of five chemicals in the breath has shown promising results for the detection of cancers of...
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Deciphering the emergence of neuronal diversity
Credit: © Dayerlab UNIGE. The development of cerebral cortex plays a major role in the evolution of species and in particular for mankind. This is...
How to to bring lithium-air batteries closer to practice
Credit: Daniil Itkis Scientists from the Faculties of Materials Science and Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, are working on improvement of lithium-air batteries, which can...
Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe
Credit: Paul McFadden A UK, Canadian and Italian study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a...
Nature-based sunscreens
The ideal sunscreen should block UVB and UVA radiation while being safe and stable. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, Spanish scientists have introduced a new...
Study reveals evidence that the universe is a hologram
The first observational evidence that the universe could be a hologram has been published in the journal Physical Review Letters. The international study may lead...
Where are the tools for scientific writing?
Writing a scientific research paper is tough at the best of times regardless of funding conditions and political intervention. As such, a scientist will turn...
Fluorescence dyes from the pressure cooker
Credit: TU Wien Rethinking a complex chemical synthesis The laboratory of Dr. Miriam M. Unterlass at the Institute of Materials Chemistry at TU Wien has...
Keeping antennas at peak performance
Advanced statistical techniques developed by KAUST researchers have enabled an efficient method for detecting the partial antenna failures that can inconspicuously degrade mobile communications1. Mo..
Researchers develop wearable, low-cost sensor to measure skin hydration
Credit: Shanshan Yao Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a wearable, wireless sensor that can monitor a person's skin hydration for use in...
Small but mighty: Fruit fly muscles
Credit: Caltech Fruit flies are capable of impressive aerial maneuvers, as is grudgingly acknowledged by anyone who has unsuccessfully tried to swat away one of...
Old enzyme, new role
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has discovered a new function for an enzyme that has long...
Micro-bubbles and frequency combs
Credit: OIST's Light Matter Interactions Unit When measuring the duration of high-speed physical phenomena, a good stopwatch can only get you so far, and while...
Anticancer properties of mono/di-halogenated coumarins
Credit: Dr. Kabange Kasumbwe et al., Bentham Science Publishers Throughout the world, many medicinal compounds are being discovered. Scientists have learnt to modify the chemical...
Deciphering the emergence of neuronal diversity
Credit: © Dayerlab UNIGE. The development of cerebral cortex plays a major role in the evolution of species and in particular for mankind. This is...
