Science fiction book campaign results in a $22,000 charitable contribution
Springer Nature and Humble Bundle have raised a charitable contribution of $22,000 through the science fiction book campaign "Science Fiction by Real Scientists." One half...
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International team decodes cellular death signals
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2016 - A multidisciplinary international team of scientists solved the mystery of a recently discovered type of controlled cell death, mapping the...
A fundamental theory of mass generation
A team of four theoretical physicists, Francesco Sannino from Cp3-Origins at the University of Southern Denmark, Alessandro Strumia from CERN theory division and Pisa Univ.,...
Researchers found mathematical structure that was thought not to exist
In the 1970s, a group of mathematicians started developing a theory according to which codes could be presented at a level one step higher than...
Tailings as raw material storage for copper and building materials
Credit: HZDR/ Sander Münster Copper and other non-ferrous metals cannot be fully broken down in mines, and residues of the valuable metals remain even after...
An innovative active platform for wireless damage monitoring of concrete structures
Credit: Dr. Costas Providakis, Bentham Science Publishers Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is playing an important role in evaluationprocess of structural integrity of concrete structures mainly...
Rolls-Royce and VTT form a strategic partnership to develop smart ships
Rolls-Royce and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd have announced a strategic partnership to design, test and validate the first generation of remote and...
2-D material a brittle surprise
Credit: Lou Group/Rice University Scientists at Rice University have discovered that an atom-thick material being eyed for flexible electronics and next-generation optical devices is more...
Heat shock regulator controlled by on/off switch and phosphorylation
Credit: Courtesy of eLife CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (November 10, 2016) - Whitehead Institute researchers have determined how the master transcriptional regulator of the heat shock response,...
How visual attention selects important information
Credit: Satoshi Shioiri Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed multiple functions of visual attention, the process of selecting important information from retinal images. Studies of...
Mild cognitive impairment patients take about 3 medications for concomittant diseases
Researchers from 20 European centres of the European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium (EADC) studied 880 Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) patients (375 males, 505 females) older than...
Tiny super magnets could be the future of drug delivery
Credit: Elsevier B.V Microscopic crystals could soon be zipping drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs. In the past, this was thought to...
Unique book on nutrigenomics explores the interplay of genes, diet and health
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Oslo have published a unique textbook on nutrigenomics, an emerging field of research investigating...
Fetal movement proved to be essential for neuron development in rats
A newborn rat's brain development stage is close to that of a human embryo in the second half of pregnancy, so this discovery allows to...
Study reveals 82 percent of the core ecological processes are now affected by climate change
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Most studies of global climate change attempt to predict what might happen to the Earth as temperatures rise in...
