Time-lapse shows how anticancer and antiviral drugs get into cells
Credit: Marscha Hirschi, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Some of the most effective treatments against viral infections and cancer belong to a class of drugs...
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Tweaking a molecule’s structure can send it down a different path to crystallization
Credit: Jim De Yoreo/PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. -- Silky chocolate, a better medical drug, or solar panels all require the same thing: just the right crystals...
Scientists work to strengthen the synergy of chemotherapy and immunotherapy against cancer
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 17, 2017) - In the war on cancer, powerful chemotherapy agents are increasingly packaged with immunotherapy that primes a...
Columbia engineers invent method to control light propagation in waveguides
Credit: Nanfang Yu/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--April 17, 2017--A team of Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Applied Physics Assistant Professor Nanfang Yu, has invented a...
Nano-SPEARs gently measure electrical signals in small animals
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 17, 2017) - Microscopic probes developed at Rice University have simplified the process of measuring electrical activity in...
Electroacupuncture may improve regulation of blood sugar in overweight and obese women
For women who are overweight or obese and are unable to exercise, new research appearing online in The FASEB Journal suggests combining acupuncture with an...
Pancreatic cancer project scores in research ‘lightning round’
Credit: Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON -- Scientists get funded for their ideas through a marathon grant-writing process, scores of collaborators, weeks of information gathering...
Penn researchers provide new insight into dark matter halos
Research from the University of Pennsylvania could shed light on the distribution of one of the most mysterious substances in the universe. In the 1970s,...
FCC grants NYU WIRELESS first program experimental license
BROOKLYN, New York - This year many mobile carriers are launching early services for 5G -- the next generation of wireless that promises speeds 10...
Medical groups unite in support of science
(WASHINGTON, April 17, 2017) -- As the world's leading organizations representing clinicians, laboratory researchers, and physician-scientists committed to improving patient care, we support the ..
Plant genes may lack off switch, but have volume control
Credit: Jenna Gallegos/Rose Lab/UC Davis Scientists at the University of California, Davis have discovered that DNA sequences thought to be essential for gene activity can...
Monitoring troubles of the heart
Your partner comes in and slams a door. What was that about? Something you did? What if you knew to anticipate it because you were...
Academia, industry collaborate on solutions to neural disease, injury
Neurological disorders like Parkinson's, the aftermath of stroke, limb loss and paralysis significantly diminish the length and quality of life -- affecting about one in...
‘Twist and shine’: Development of a new photoluminescent sensor material
Credit: OIST Stress sensors are important tools when it comes to evaluating the robustness of a material facing strong mechanical forces. OIST researchers have just...
Washington State University physicists create ‘negative mass’
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University physicists have created a fluid with negative mass, which is exactly what it sounds like....
