Protein disrupts infectious biofilms
Credit: Kyle Costa/Caltech Many infectious pathogens are difficult to treat because they develop into biofilms, layers of metabolically active but slowly growing bacteria embedded in...
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Immune system’s ‘workaround’ may explain heart disease in psoriasis patients
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Psoriasis is well-known for causing too many skin cells on elbows, knees, and across the body, but...
Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’ exposure to air pollution
Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an approach used to study air...
A nano-roundabout for light
Credit: TU Wien Just like in normal road traffic, crossings are indispensable in optical signal processing. In order to avoid collisions, a clear traffic rule...
Electron highway inside crystal
Credit: Video: Thomas Bathon/Paolo Sessi/Matthias Bode Physicists of the University of Würzburg have made an astonishing discovery in a specific type of topological insulators. The...
Further improvement of qubit lifetime for quantum computers
Credit: Philip Krantz, Krantz NanoArt Jülich, 8 December 2016. An international team of scientists has succeeded in making further improvements to the lifetime of superconducting...
Researchers identify biomarkers of response to treatment in invasive breast cancer
CHAPEL HILL - Why do some breast cancers respond to treatment while others resist it? A study led by researchers at the University of North...
An anti-CRISPR for gene editing
Credit: Pawluk et al./Cell 2016 Researchers have discovered a way to program cells to inhibit CRISPR-Cas9 activity. "Anti-CRISPR" proteins had previously been isolated from viruses...
Valuable Caribbean spiny lobsters get their food from an unexpected source
Credit: William Pinder In the typical food web that most of us learned in school, the sun is the ultimate source of energy. Plants use...
Soil pHertility
For some time now, scientists have known that climate influences soil chemistry -- and, in particular, soil pH, a measure of acidity or alkalinity. In...
How miniature predators get their favorite soil bacteria
Credit: iTZiT Visual Techonology/NIOO-KNAW Tiny predators in the soil can literally sniff out their prey: soil bacteria, which communicate with each other using scent. A...
Chemical trickery corrals ‘hyperactive’ metal-oxide cluster
CORVALLIS, Ore. - After decades of eluding researchers because of chemical instability, key metal-oxide clusters have been isolated in water, a significant advance for growing...
Researchers peer into atom-sized tunnels in hunt for better battery
Credit: Reza Shahbazian-Yassar/UIC Battery researchers seeking improved electrode materials have focused on "tunneled" structures that make it easier for charge-carrying ions to move in and...
Blood-borne HPV antibodies indicate head, neck cancer prognosis
Credit: National Cancer Institute PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- People with head and neck cancers with evidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection generally have a better prognosis...
Study shows new treatment strategy in head & neck cancer not better than current standard
(TORONTO, Canada - Dec. 8, 2016) - Results of the largest Canadian clinical trial to date comparing standard treatment for locally advanced squamous cell head...
