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What motivates Londoners to familiarise themselves with science from Dresden? A fascinating, mesmerising exhibition of scientific projects that aims at tackling today's most pressing problems...

DNA over-replication is a phenomenon that can have devastating consequences for proliferating cells. When parts of the genome are duplicated more than once, cells suffer...

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 2, 2017 -- Two studies by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the University of North Carolina Lineberger...

Credit: Gonzalo Rodrigo Computer scientist Gonzalo Rodrigo at Umeå University in Sweden has developed new techniques and tools to manage high performance computing systems more...

Identification and functional validation of proteins involved in tumorigenesis are essential steps toward advancing cancer precision medicine. In The Journal of Clinical Investigation researchers from..

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed an environmentally sound and economical method for producing furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from plant sugars for the...

Credit: ©Science China Press Nowadays lithium ion batteries play a dominant role in the rechargeable battery market. Sodium ion batteries have recently attracted increasing interest...

Credit: Fritz Wobig China has invested more resources than any other country in reversing deforestation and planting trees. However, given the large scale of these...

A new survey reveals that 58 percent of American teens report taking significant breaks from social media, and that many of these breaks are voluntary....

As the weather warms, so does the use of air conditioners. But running these devices requires power plants to ratchet up electricity production, causing air...

Credit: American Chemical Society Think of life as a house: if DNA molecules are blueprints, then messenger RNAs (mRNAs) are orders, describing the required parts...

Credit: ESO/VISTA VMC The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf galaxy, the more petite twin of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). They are two...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - New research further illuminates the surprising relationship between blood sugar and brain tumors and could begin to shed light on how certain...

Better known as an anesthetic or as an illicit hallucinogenic drug, ketamine has also long been noted for alleviating depression. But ketamine has not been...

Credit: Photo by Kazuyasu Sakaguchi A new method combining tumor suppressor protein p53 and biomineralization peptide BMPep successfully created hexagonal silver nanoplates, suggesting an efficient..