Distracted? Slowing down, not a safe option
Drivers who slow down while using mobile phones have the potential to increase on-road conflicts, a new QUT study warns. Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, from QUT's Centre...
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Recent advances and new insights into quantum image processing
Young researcher in Changchun University of Science and Technology, Dr. Fei Yan, has published the comprehensive review on quantum image processing in World-Scientific-International Journal of...
Exacerbating the replication crisis in science: Replication studies are often unwelcome
Researchers in London have investigated 1151 psychology journals and found that just 3% state that they welcome scientists to submit replication studies for publication. In...
CRISPR mines bacterial genome for hidden pharmaceutical treasure
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In the fight against disease, many weapons in the medicinal arsenal have been plundered from bacteria...
USC Viterbi researchers develop new class of optoelectronic materials
Semiconductors are used for myriad optoelectronic devices. However, as devices get smaller and smaller and more demanding, new materials are needed to ensure that devices...
New method could deliver DNA-based vaccines in pill form
A microscopic corn-and-shrimp cocktail could eventually make DNA-based vaccinations and cancer-treating gene therapies an easier pill to swallow, according to new research from the University...
New study offers hope for more effective treatment of leukemia
Credit: (Photo: Sally McCay) The discovery of a protein signature that is highly predictive of leukemia could lead to novel treatments of the leading childhood...
New MIT study will explore future of transportation
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Energy demand for transportation--which today accounts for approximately one-fifth of the world's energy consumption--is expected to rise substantially as a growing middle...
Stress flips cocaine relapse to ‘on’; research switches it back to ‘off’
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A heartbreaking phenomenon of addiction is that just a brief stressful episode can trigger relapse. In a detailed new cocaine addiction study...
Higher tobacco taxes needed to reduce smoking rates in South Asia, new analysis says
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO and NEW DELHI, April 11, 2017--Higher taxes on tobacco could reduce consumption in South Asia by at least...
PID1 gene enhances effectiveness of chemotherapy on brain cancer cells
Investigators at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have found that the gene PID1 enhances killing of medulloblastoma and glioblastoma cells. Medulloblastoma...
Biochemical Society honors outstanding international bioscientists
Eleven eminent scientists and exceptional early career researchers have been honoured in the annual Biochemical Society Awards. The Awards recognise excellence and achievement in both...
An innovative model for the study of vision
New approaches to the study of vision both from the neurobiological perspective and with a view to the technological development of artificial vision systems: that...
Some strategies to limit sugary drinks may backfire
In response to policy efforts aimed at limiting individuals' intake of sugary drinks, businesses could enact various strategies that would allow them to comply with...
Legionella bacteria’s escape route revealed
The precise mechanism used by Legionella bacteria to escape the body's defences has been unpicked in intricate detail and is described for the first time...
