New brain mapping tool produces higher resolution data during brain surgery
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Researchers have developed a new device to map the brain during surgery and distinguish between healthy...
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A CLOUD of possibilities: Finding new therapies by combining drugs
Credit: © Nature Chemical Biology / Stefan Kubicek (Vienna, May 22, 2017) Two drugs taken together can sometimes lead to outcomes that largely deviate from...
Tracking cancer’s signaling pathways
Malignant melanoma is one of the most common and dangerous types of cancer. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) investigated how and why brown pigmented...
Study offers guidance for targeting residual ovarian tumors
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most women diagnosed with ovarian cancer undergo surgery to remove as many of the tumors as possible. However, it is usually impossible...
BU researcher receives entrepreneur award from the American Thoracic Society
(Boston) -- Avrum Spira, MD, MSc, professor of medicine, pathology and bioinformatics at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), is the inaugural recipient of the...
Printed, flexible and rechargeable battery can power wearable sensors
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed the first printed battery that is flexible, stretchable...
Oyster farming to benefit from new genetic screening tool
Oyster farmers are set to benefit from a new genetic tool that will help to prevent disease outbreaks and improve yields. The technology will enable...
Better science faster
In 2012, scientists at UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) launched the Ocean Health Index (OHI), a scientific framework to...
Cryobank of biotechnological plant material has been opened in the Moscow State University
In the new cryodepository, first it is planned to place duplicates of the most valuable samples from the collection of the Institute of Plant Physiology...
Going with the flow: The forces that affect species’ movements in a changing climate
Credit: García Molinos et al., Scientific Reports, May 2, 2017 Ocean currents affect how climate change impacts movements of species to cooler regions. A new...
Measured for the first time: Direction of light waves changed by quantum effect
Credit: TU Wien A light wave sent through empty space always oscillates in the same direction. However, certain materials can be used to rotate the...
New Springer book: Guerilla Science by Ernesto Altshuler
Credit: Springer Like the ants he studies, author Ernesto Altshuler has thrived by flirting with chaos. With the demise of the Soviet block, Cuba's economy...
Physicists discover mechanism behind granular capillary effect
Credit: Fengxian Fan, Eric Parteli, Thorsten Pöschel Dipping a tube into a container filled with water will make the water rise in the tube. This...
Zika spread secrets tracked through new gene sequencing study
An international research collaboration studying the genetics of Zika virus in Brazil and beyond has provided a new understanding of the disease and its rapid...
Immunotherapy target suppresses pain to mask cancer
Credit: Ru-Rong Ji Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Once hailed as a breakthrough in cancer treatment, immunotherapies are now raising concerns as doctors note...
