Breaking the backbone
Polymerization by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a simple method for modifying surfaces by which topologically challenging substrates can be evenly coated with polymers. In...
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The latest advances in the study of blood diseases presented at annual meeting of ASH
Tuesday (Dec.6), Charles Mullighan, MD, MBBS, of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, will be awarded the 2016 William Dameshek Prize. The award recognizes Mullighan's internationally...
FSU professor designs new material to better store hydrogen fuel
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida State University researcher has designed new materials that could be used to store hydrogen fuel more efficiently in vehicles or...
Researcher receives $2.78 million to explore and exploit bacterial immune systems
Researchers at the University of Georgia have received a $2.78 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study CRISPR-Cas, a powerful gene editing...
Scripps Florida scientists identify novel compound to alleviate pain and itch
Credit: James McEntee JUPITER, FL- December 1, 2016 - In a new study, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have...
Multi-institutional collaboration uncovers how molecular machines assemble
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 1, 2016) Ribosomes--macromolecular machines consisting of RNA and proteins that twist, fold and turn--are responsible for making all of the...
Study shows many lakes getting murkier, but gives hope for improvement
Credit: Adam Hinterthuer, UW-Madison Center for Limnology MADISON, Wis. -- A study of more than 5,000 Wisconsin lakes shows that nearly a quarter of them...
Natural alternatives to protect plants inspired by pharmaceutical research
Credit: Rey and Dumas/Trends in Plant Science 2016 The bacteria Streptomyces--which is commonly used in human antibiotics and found in the natural environments of wild...
Study: Restaurants not good at explaining risks of undercooked meat to customers
Front-line staff, such as servers in restaurants, are often trusted with providing customers with food safety information regarding their meals. A challenge to the food-service...
Proposed biosimilar drug shows potential as breast cancer treatment
Among women with metastatic breast cancer, treatment with a drug that is biosimilar to the breast cancer drug trastuzumab resulted in an equivalent overall response...
Findings show significant progress against HIV epidemic in Africa; 90-90-90 goals in reach
December 1, 2016 -- NEW YORK -- National surveys in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia reveal exceptional progress against HIV, with decreasing rates of new infection,...
Test for early diagnosis of life-threatening preemie disease advances
New Orleans, LA - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has chosen an LSU Health New Orleans team that developed a test for the early detection...
A&A special issue: GREGOR first results
Credit: Figure from Joshi et al. (2016, A&A, 596, A8) This special issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics contains a series of scientific articles, which are...
Use your words: Written prisoner interactions predict whether they’ll clean up their acts
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The evolution of how prisoners in substance-abuse programs communicate is a good indicator of whether they'll return to crime, new research has...
Can DXA be used to predict fracture risk in people with diabetes?
Credit: © International Osteoporosis Foundation Increased risk of fracture has been shown to be one of the complications arising from longstanding diabetes. With the worldwide...
