Spinning black hole swallowing star explains superluminous event
Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser In 2015, the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) detected an event, named ASASSN-15lh, that was recorded as the...
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Leibniz Prize awarded to RNA researcher Jörg Vogel
(University of Würzburg) It is considered the German equivalent of the Nobel Prize: the Leibniz Prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft comes with a €2.5...
How hearing loss can change the way nerve cells are wired
Credit: Credit: Hua Yang BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It's winter, and your head is stuffed up from the cold or flu. Everything sounds muffled. If this...
Anti-tumor synergy
Biocompatible nanocapsules, loaded with an amino acid and equipped with an enzyme now combine two anti-tumor strategies into a synergistic treatment concept. Researchers hope this...
Exploring advancements in viral immunotherapies and vaccines in the melanoma field
Credit: Future Science Group The Future Science Group (FSG) published journal, Melanoma Management, has released a special issue highlighting the advancements made in viral immunotherapies...
Blood pressure medication paves the way for approaches to managing Barrett’s syndrome
Credit: Svein Olav Bratlie/University of Gothenburg New ways of using mechanisms behind certain blood pressure medications may in the future spare some patient groups both...
Versatile optical laser will enable innovative experiments at atomic-scale measurements
WASHINGTON -- The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) facility, near Hamburg, Germany, was built with one objective -- to provide pulses of light short enough,...
Antipsychotic drug use increases risk of mortality among persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Antipsychotic drug use is associated with a 60 percent increased risk of mortality among persons with Alzheimer's disease, shows a recent study from the University...
New laser scanning test to assess fire-damaged concrete
Engineering research at The University of Nottingham, UK and Ningbo, China (UNNC) has found laser scanning is a new and viable structural safety technique to...
New mutations in gene PKD1L1 are associated with disarrangement of human internal organs
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Scientists have linked a gene called PKD1L1 with disarrangement of human internal organs, known as laterality defects, and complex congenital...
Gene identified that drives deadly brain cancer
Credit: Amit Gujar and Albert H. Kim Scientists have identified a gene that is overactive in a deadly form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma,...
Kaiser Permanente study shows women with more social connections have higher breast cancer survival
In a large Kaiser Permanente study of women with invasive breast cancer, socially integrated women -- those with the most social ties, such as spouses,...
ASM to launch mSphereDirect, a new, innovative science publishing pathway
Washington, DC - Dec. 12, 2016 - After much discussion of the new opportunities in publishing, ASM is proud to announce a new pathway of...
Integrated approach vital for fisheries management
Evolutionary and ecological factors interact to influence the growth and size of fish, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the...
Bioanalysis publishes special issue on methods and techniques for metabolic phenotyping
Credit: Future Science Group Bioanalysis, a leading MEDLINE indexed journal for bioanalysts, has published a Special Focus Issue on Methods & Techniques for Metabolic Phenotyping....
