Novel anti-PSMA imaging agent quickly identifies prostate cancer lesions
Credit: Neeta Pandit-Taskar, M.D., and Michael J. Morris, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New research demonstrates that a novel imaging agent can quickly and...
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Controlling chain conformations to enhance electronic devices
Controlling the way fluorinated polymer chains twist and turn may enable fast and flexible electrical circuits, according to collaborative research conducted at Penn State. The...
NASA’s Sun-observing IRIS mission
While it seems static from our vantage point on Earth 93 million miles away, the sun is constantly changing. Under the influence of complex magnetic...
Dabigatran superior to warfarin when anticoagulation is resumed after bleeding
Credit: Tim Betler/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2016 - In the first analysis of how to treat patients on anticoagulants who suffer a major bleeding event,...
New evidence on the formation of the solar system
Credit: Bernhard Mueller, MNRAS 453, 287-310 (2015) International research involving a Monash University scientist is using new computer models and evidence from meteorites to show...
Researchers use genes as early warning system for harmful algae blooms
Credit: Mary Lide Parker, UNC-Chapel Hill In one of the most comprehensive studies to date, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers have sequenced...
Biologists unlock 51.7-million-year-old genetic secret to landmark Darwin theory
Scientists have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the Primula flower, first noted as important by Charles Darwin more than 150...
Open-source tools accelerate plant breeding in developing countries
Credit: Image by Yoseph Beyenne ITHACA, NY--Crop breeders in developing countries can now access free tools to accelerate the breeding of improved crops varieties, thanks...
China’s pristine parks get more merit
Research, published as How Pristine Are China's Parks? in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, found that the numerous smaller parks in the arable farming landscapes...
PolyU and Huawei jointly set up the first lab in optical communication and advanced computing system in Hong Kong
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is proud to unveil the plaque today (30 November) for the "PolyU-Huawei Joint...
Dresden-based carbon concrete scientists win the Deutsche Zukunftspreis 2016
Credit: Deutscher Zukunftspreis / bildschoen TU Dresden's team of researchers was one of the three finalists, and managed to successfully prevail over their competitors. "For...
Advanced soft tissue sarcomas respond to new drug GDC-0575 combined with gemcitabine
Munich, Germany: Researchers working to find effective treatments for soft tissue sarcomas have discovered that combining a new anti-cancer drug with an existing one kills...
A drug that inhibits the Notch signalling process is active in a range of advanced cancers
Munich, Germany: A new anti-cancer drug that inhibits a key cell signalling process involved in many different cancers has shown that it is capable of...
More than 100,000 people challenge Einstein in a unique worldwide quantum physics experiment
Credit: ICFO/D. Bartolome On November 30th, for the first time, the world had the opportunity to participate in and contribute to this unique worldwide experiment,...
Where giant galaxies are born
Credit: ESO/ M. Kornmesser. An international team of scientists, with IAC participation, has discovered that the biggest galaxies in the universe develop in cosmic clouds...
