Neural circuits underlying fly larval locomotion
In recent decades, larval fruit flies have generally been considered as a promising model to examine neural locomotor circuits. Drosophila larval locomotion offers a valuable...
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Leibniz Prize for Britta Nestler
(Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ) Professor Britta Nestler of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is granted the 2017 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize by the German...
Tumor gene test results can differ in same patients
Credit: Clare McLean A preliminary study comparing two commercially available, next-generation genetic sequencing tests in the same cancer patients shows results can differ widely. The...
Mind-controlled toys: The next generation of Christmas presents?
Credit: University of Warwick Toys controlled with the power of thoughts could become must-have gifts Warwick research connects human mind with electronic devices Sensors in...
Fast track control accelerates switching of quantum bits
Credit: Image courtesy Peter Allen. From laptops to cellphones, today's technology advances through the ever-increasing speed at which electric charges are directed through circuits. Similarly..
Technique shrinks data sets for easier analysis
One way to handle big data is to shrink it. If you can identify a small subset of your data set that preserves its salient...
WPI researchers build liquid biopsy chip that detects metastatic cancer cells in blood
Loading video... Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - A chip developed by mechanical engineers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) can trap and identify...
Mystery of super flash solved
Credit: Chandra/Harvard When astronomers and astrophysicists observe flashes of light in the dark sky, they assume they have seen a supernova. Possibly a star has...
A good nose in service of science: When fish smells ‘fishy’
A researcher in Germany is studying why fish sometimes smells 'fishy' and why customers often smell other aromas when they buy fish. Mohamed Mahmoud, doctoral...
How to ‘sharpen’ an ultrasound scalpel
Researchers from the Laboratory for Industrial and Medical Ultrasound of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, in cooperation with colleagues from the University of Washington, have...
Cooking with cast iron: Fact versus fiction (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 15, 2016 -- Cooks around the world prize their cast-iron cookware, which has many advantages over its aluminum...
No more burning batteries? Stanford scientists turn to AI to create safer lithium-ion batteries
Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service Scientists have spent decades searching for a safe alternative to the flammable liquid electrolytes used in lithium-ion batteries. Now Stanford...
Herpes virus linked to most common type of childhood cancer
Newborns with congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) -- a common virus in the herpes family -- may have an increased risk of developing acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL),...
Breast cancer study predicts better response to chemotherapy
It is known from previous research that the ER-beta estrogen receptor often has a protective effect. A new study from Lund University in Sweden has...
Immunotherapy for cancer: New method identifies target antigens by mass spectrometry
New cancer therapies harness the immune system to fight tumors. One of the main principles behind these therapies is to find out precisely which molecules...
