Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes, says study
Credit: Columbia University The appearance of supermassive black holes at the dawn of the universe has puzzled astronomers since their discovery more than a decade...
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Creation of highly magnetic material could improve computer technologies
Credit: Manners Group, University of Bristol Scientists, led by Professor Ian Manners from the University of Bristol's School of Chemistry, have developed a facile route...
Atomic map of malaria drug gives it new life
Credit: Wong et al., 2017 Researchers have mapped how the malaria drug mefloquine works, providing a route to make effective alternatives and combat rising drug...
Diving with the sharks
Credit: Darcy Bradley Swimming with metaphorical sharks is one thing, but actually getting into the water with the razor-toothed ocean predators? Crazy, right? Not according...
WSU researcher finds mechanism triggering spread of prostate cancer to bones
SPOKANE, Wash.--A Washington State University researcher has found a way that prostate cancer cells hijack the body's bone maintenance, facilitating the spread of bone cancers...
1 in 5 breast cancer patients could benefit from existing treatment, genetic study reveals
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have discovered that a greater number of breast cancers are genetically similar to rarer cases...
A multidrug efflux pump in motion
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have mapped the conformational changes that occur in a protein "notorious" for pumping chemotherapeutic drugs out of cancer cells...
The looming threat of Asian tobacco companies to global health
There are already one billion tobacco smokers worldwide, and this number is likely to rise further with Asian tobacco companies poised to enter the global...
Light scattering spectroscopy helps doctors identify early pancreatic cancer
New light-scattering tool offers minimally-invasive, highly accurate means of identifying pre-cancerous and cancerous pancreatic lesions. Currently, no diagnostic technique exists to reliably distingu..
NYU chemists color world of 3-D crystals with advances in self-assembly
A team of New York University chemists has created self-assembled, three-dimensional DNA crystals that can bind a separate, dye-bearing strand--a breakthrough that enhances the functionality...
Ultrashort light pulses for fast ‘lightwave’ computers
ANN ARBOR--Extremely short, configurable "femtosecond" pulses of light demonstrated by an international team could lead to future computers that run up to 100,000 times faster...
Atomic map gives malaria drug new lease on life
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Researchers have for the first time mapped how one of the longest-serving malaria drugs works, opening...
Underwater vehicle design inspired by schools of fish
Credit: Christa Neu, Lehigh University Communications + Public Affairs It is easy to speculate why fish might swim in schools -- better protection from predators,...
A kiss of death to drug the ‘undruggable’
Credit: Xavier Lucas, Alessio Ciulli, University of Dundee Scientists at the University of Dundee have reported a major breakthrough in targeting the causes of many...
Pre-existing immunity to dengue virus shapes Zika-specific T cell response
Credit: Courtesy of La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA -- Although Zika and dengue are considered different virus "species," they are...
