UCF research finds google glass technology may slow down response time
Credit: UCF Heads-up display technology -- think Google Glass -- offers lots of information to users in seconds, literally in front of their eyes. Access...
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Shaking things up with more control
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 22, 2016 -- This month, Samsung recalled 2.8 million top-loading washing machines due to excessive vibrations that could cause the top to...
Micro-bubbles make big impact
WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 22, 2016 -- The quest to develop a wireless micro-robot for biomedical applications requires a small-scale "motor" that can be wirelessly powered...
Innovative technique to curtail illegal copying of digital media
Credit: Yishi Shi, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences WASHINGTON -- In today's digital world it can be challenging to prevent photos, videos and books...
Towards a better understanding of the puzzling ‘droplets’ in the cell cytoplasm
Credit: (Jordina Guillén-Boixet, IRB Barcelona) Liquid-like droplets are highly dynamic cytoplasmic aggregates of proteins with no apparent structure. Over the last two years they have...
Hypertension and prehypertension underdiagnosed and undertreated in US children
Hypertension and prehypertension in children often go undiagnosed, according to a new study published today in Pediatrics. The study focused on children with abnormal blood...
ASGCT announces plan to educate the public on gene editing
MILWAUKEE, WI --- On Nov. 21, 2016, the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) released Therapeutic Gene Editing: an ASGCT White Paper, intended...
Trifluridine/tipiracil in colorectal cancer: Added benefit only for some patients
The fixed combination of trifluridine/tipiracil (trade name: Lonsurf) has been approved since April 2016 for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. The drugs are an...
Pembrolizumab in lung cancer: Indication of considerable added benefit
Pembrolizumab (trade name: Keytruda) was initially introduced for the treatment of melanoma. Since July 2016, the monoclonal antibody has also been available for the treatment...
Cancer cells ‘talk’ to their environment, and it talks back
Credit: Matthew Hall/Provided Interactions between an animal cell and its environment, a fibrous network called the extracellular matrix, play a critical role in cell function,...
Butterfly mother’s food choice for offspring changes with experience
Credit: Thomas Marler Plants communicate with animals using a blend of signals that influence animal behavior. The balance of plant attractants and deterrents partly determine...
Turning back the aging clock
Researchers from Caltech and UCLA have developed a new approach to removing cellular damage that accumulates with age. The technique can potentially help slow or...
Deep sea coral in North Atlantic faces threat from climate change
Credit: UK Ocean Acidification programme North Atlantic coral populations - key to supporting a variety of sea life - are under threat from climate change,...
New ‘electron gun’ could help enable X-ray movies
Ultrashort bursts of electrons have several important applications in scientific imaging, but producing them has typically required a costly, power-hungry apparatus about the size of...
New open access journal Rethinking Ecology publishes novel ideas under Pensoft’s imprint
Credit: Rethinking Ecology and Pensoft Needless to say, it is through sharing new ideas and hypotheses that critical issues such as climate change and biodiversity...
