New technique uses immune cells to deliver anti-cancer drugs
Credit: Jian Yang, Yixue Su, Penn State Some researchers are working to discover new, safer ways to deliver cancer-fighting drugs to tumors without damaging healthy...
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First snapshot of Inuit gut microbiome shows similarities to Western microbiome
Washington, DC - January 4, 2017 - Researchers at the University of Montreal, in Canada, have characterized the gut microbiome of the Canadian Arctic Inuit...
Potential biofuel crops in Hawaii may successfully sequester carbon in soil
Credit: Theo Crazzolara, Flickr Two potential biofuel crops in Hawaii--sugarcane and napiergrass--may sequester more carbon in soil than is lost to the atmosphere, according to...
Evolving deep brain stimulation patterns
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University biomedical engineers have used computers to "evolve" more effective patterns of electric shocks delivered deep within the...
Manufacturing platform makes intricate biocompatible micromachines
Loading video... Credit: SauYin Chin/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--January 4, 2017--A team of researchers led by Biomedical Engineering Professor Sam Sia has developed a way...
Routes of migratory birds follow today’s peaks in resources
Loading video... Credit: Science Advances Movement of migratory birds is closely linked to seasonal availability of resources. The birds locate the areas with the most...
Research reinforces role of supernovae in clocking the universe
Credit: Courtesy of NASA How much light does a supernova shed on the history of universe? New research by cosmologists at the University of Chicago...
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers use light to launch drugs from red blood cells
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a breakthrough technique that uses light to activate a drug stored in circulating...
Nano-chimneys can cool circuits
Credit: Alex Kutana/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan. 4, 2017) - A few nanoscale adjustments may be all that is required to make graphene-nanotube junctions excel...
SwRI to lead NASA’s Lucy mission to Jupiter’s Trojans
Credit: SwRI Boulder, Colo. -- January 4, 2017 -- NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to lead Lucy, a landmark Discovery mission to perform...
Specific Technologies announces new results and a major new NIAID grant award
January 4, 2016 - MOUNTAIN VIEW, California Specific Technologies, which has developed a new diagnostic paradigm combining detection with ID of microorganisms growing in culture,...
‘Complementary’ feeding for infants — ESPGHAN position paper offers guidance
January 4, 2017 - Updated evidence-based recommendations on introducing complementary foods to infants' diet--solids and liquids other than breast milk--appear in a position paper of...
Scripps Florida scientists expand toolbox to study cellular function
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - January 4, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed...
Murky Amazon waters cloud fish vision
Credit: Daniel Escobar-Camacho Cichlids are a remarkably diverse family of fish, with many African freshwater species known for their incredible visual system. These cichlids' complex...
Study sheds light on esophageal cancer, offers insight into increasingly common disease
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (January 4, 2017) -- A comprehensive analysis of 559 esophageal and gastric cancer samples, collected from patients around the world, suggests the...
