Heater-cooler devices blamed for global Mycobacterium chimaera outbreak
NEW YORK (November 14, 2016) - A global outbreak of Mycobacterium chimaera, an invasive, slow-growing bacterium, is linked to heater-cooler devices (HCD) used in cardiac...
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Cellular ‘cannibalism’ may be fundamental to development across evolution
In living beings, from roundworms to humans, some cells may ball up unwanted contents on their surfaces for other cells to "eat." This is the...
Researchers have a better way to predict flight delays
Credit: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - The most dreaded announcement for any airline passenger trying to get home for the holidays has to be...
Battery cars a better choice for reducing emissions than fuel cells, Stanford study finds
Credit: Mark Shwartz/Stanford University Many communities would be better off investing in electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells, in part...
Graphene plasmons reach the infrared
Credit: Xiaolong Zhu from DTU Nanotech WASHINGTON - Graphene's unique properties can be both a blessing and a curse to researchers, especially to those at...
The German Research Foundation funds 3 graduate schools at TU Dresden
The German Research Foundation has announced the funding of three Graduate Schools at TU Dresden. On Nov. 11 it has approved the applications from the...
Risk-taking behaviors tied to racial disparities in HIV in gay communities
On the surface, data indicate that gay black men are 4.5 times as likely to have HIV, while white gay men are 16 times as...
Researchers find a better way to save eyesight in third-world countries
Credit: LA BioMed LOS ANGELES - Bacterial keratitis, an infection of the cornea often caused by contact lenses, malnutrition, or an injury, can lead to...
Researchers propose noninvasive method to detect bone marrow cancer
(Boston)--For the first time, researchers have shown that using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can effectively identify bone marrow cancer (myelofibrosis) in an experimental model. The...
Research shows nerve growth protein controls blood sugar
Research led by a Johns Hopkins University biologist demonstrates the workings of a biochemical pathway that helps control glucose in the bloodstream, a development that...
Novel reaction microscope scheme targets biologically relevant molecules
Researchers in Germany and the US have upgraded the performance of a reaction microscope so that the technique -- known as Cold Target Recoil Ion...
Virginia Tech, CytImmune Sciences create therapy that curbs toxic chemotherapy effects
Credit: Steven Mackay/Virginia Tech Virginia Tech scientists have developed a new cancer drug that uses gold nanoparticles created by the biotech firm CytImmune Sciences to...
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...
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.,...
