Which self-help websites actually improve health? New research yields a list
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. - From depression to weight loss, insomnia to cutting back on alcohol or cigarettes, the Internet teems with...
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Gold standards for nanoparticles
Credit: Reproduced with permission from ref 1. © 2017 Nature Publishing Group Expanding the potential of gold nanoparticles for a range of uses requires methods...
Tiny sensor lays groundwork for precision X-rays detection via endoscopy
Credit: Miguel Angel Suarez, FEMTO-ST Institute WASHINGTON -- Using a tiny device known as an optical antenna, researchers have created an X-ray sensor that is...
Scientist pioneers technology new to MSU, maps giant virus
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - In a laboratory at Michigan State University, scientists took a DIY approach to build a retrofitted cryo-electron...
How do we measure temperature? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 28, 2017 -- We have a lot of confidence that we measure temperature accurately. But how do thermometers...
Evolving ‘lovesick’ organisms found survival in sex
Being 'lovesick' takes on a whole new meaning in a new theory which answers the unsolved fundamental question: why do we have sex? University of...
Mustard seeds without mustard flavor: New robust oilseed crop can resist global warming
BREAKTHROUGH University of Copenhagen and the global player Bayer CropScience have successfully developed a new oilseed crop that is much more resistant to heat, drought...
Information storage with a nanoscale twist
Credit: Reproduced with permission of 2016 American Physical Society Swirling objects known as magnetic vortices and skyrmions can be miniaturized without sacrificing mobility, a KAUST-led...
Sharing expert experimental knowledge to expedite design
Credit: © 2017 KAUST A reference tool specific to metabolic engineering that optimizes processes to make cells produce useful substances gives researchers a common language...
Clarifying how lithium ions ferry around in rechargeable batteries
Credit: IBS Although most of our electronic devices, like mobile phones, laptops and electric vehicles use lithium rechargeable batteries, what is going on inside them...
Rogue breast tumor proteins point to potential drug therapies
For patients with difficult-to-treat cancers, doctors increasingly rely on genomic testing of tumors to identify errors in the DNA that indicate a tumor can be...
Interferon-beta producing stem cell-derived immune cell therapy on liver cancer
(Kumamoto University) Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived myeloid cells (iPS-ML) that produce the anti-tumor protein interferon-beta (IFN-beta) have been produced and analyzed by researchers f..
Announcing the inaugural online immuno-oncology symposium
Oncology Central is delighted to be hosting, "Practical clinical aspects of immuno-oncology" a 2-day online symposium exploring the latest developments in cancer immunotherapy, chaired by...
Biologists find ‘skin-and-bones’ mechanism underlying zebrafish fin regeneration
Credit: (Courtesy of Kryn Stankunas) EUGENE, Ore. -- March 28, 2017 -- University of Oregon biologists have figured out how zebrafish perfectly regenerate amputated fins...
How does oxygen get into a fuel cell?
Credit: TU Wien Fuel cells use a simple chemical reaction, such as the combination of oxygen and hydrogen to form water, to generate electricity. The...
