Exotic species aren’t all bad
Credit: NIOO-KNAW When it comes to their role in aquatic ecosystems, exotic water plants are generally no different than indigenous species. In fact, they can...
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Developing adoptive T cell therapy for ovarian cancer
Credit: Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center immunotherapy researchers Drs. Kristin Anderson and Philip Greenberg and their colleagues are...
Method identifies epileptic patients who can benefit from surgery
Researchers affiliated with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, have shown that genetic information can be used to improve early prediction...
How to hack a cell
The human body is made up of trillions of cells, microscopic computers that carry out complex behaviors according to the signals they receive from each...
Gray tin exhibits novel topological electronic properties in 3-D
Credit: Physics Illinois In a surprising new discovery, alpha-tin, commonly called gray tin, exhibits a novel electronic phase when its crystal structure is strained, putting...
Study detects doubly accelerated electrons in collisions of galaxy clusters
A cosmic phenomenon on a colossal scale, resulting from the acceleration of a gas cloud by a black hole and its reacceleration by the shock...
Be more patient? Imagine that
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS--How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be...
Jumping droplets extinguish unpredictable hotspots in electronics
Credit: Illustration by Craig Fennel, eGrafx, and Chuan-Hua Chen. Duke University. WASHINGTON, D.C., April 4, 2017 -- The performance of electronic devices is constrained by...
Be more patient? Imagine that.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS--How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be...
Studying the brain’s suspension system in TBIs
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Traumatic brain injury, or TBI, can be devastating and debilitating. Despite intense interest and years of study, the exact...
Drugs widely used in cancer therapy increase toxicity of chemotherapy in mice
Credit: John Skalicky A short-term fast appears to counteract increases in blood sugar caused by common cancer drugs and protect healthy cells in mice from...
Ultrasound and microbubbles flag malignant cancer in humans, Stanford-led study finds
A team led by researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine has demonstrated a way to diagnose cancer without resorting to surgery, raising the...
To e-, or not to e-, the question for the exotic ‘Si-III’ phase of silicon
Credit: Illustration is courtesy of Tim Strobel. Washington, DC--It would be difficult to overestimate the importance of silicon when it comes to computing, solar energy,...
Breaking the protein-DNA bond
The verdict is in: too many single, flirty proteins can break up a strong relationship. A new interdisciplinary Northwestern University study reports that the important...
New drug delivery system shows promise for fighting solid tumors
PORTLAND, Ore. - A new cancer-drug delivery system shows the ability to exploit the oxygen-poor areas of solid tumors that make the growths resistant to...
