Measuring entropy
Chemical reactions, especially in biological systems, oftentimes involve macromolecules changing their shape - their "configuration" - for instance, by rotation or translational movements. To study...
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Scripps Florida scientists take aim at obesity-linked protein
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - February 15, 2017 - Scientists are working to understand the mechanisms that make weight loss so complicated....
Engineers shrink microscope to dime-sized device
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have created an atomic force microscope on a chip, dramatically shrinking...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Dineo at Mozambique coast
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Dineo in the Mozambique Channel on Feb. 15, the storm was centered...
Bioinvasion on the rise
"It had remained unclear whether or not the accumulation of alien species has already reached a point of slow-down", says Dr Hanno Seebens from the...
Laissez-faire is not good enough for reforestation
Credit: ETH Zurich / Sascha Ismail In order to restore tropical rainforests, it is not enough to simply set up protected areas and leave them...
Regional chemotherapy technique for extremity sarcoma salvages limbs from amputation
CHICAGO (February 15, 2017): Patients with a type of advanced malignant cancer of the arms or legs have typically faced amputation of the afflicted limb...
Society may not be meeting patients’ drug needs for rare diseases
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A new analysis by health policy researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who studied the effectiveness of the...
An impact on implants
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH, PA (February 15, 2017) ... The National Institutes of Health have awarded Bryan Brown, assistant professor of bioengineering in...
New report examines role of engineering technology, calls for increased awareness
WASHINGTON - While workers in the engineering technology (ET) field play an important role in supporting U.S. technical infrastructure and the country's capacity for innovation,...
New synchrotron powder diffraction facility for long running experiments
Credit: Claire A. Murray et al Synchrotron beamlines and their instruments are built to harness the photon beam power of synchrotron radiation (SR), which has...
Springer Healthcare launches Medicine Matters, a new medical education website
Credit: Medicine Matters Heidelberg | London, 15 February 2017 Springer Healthcare launches Medicine Matters, a new medical education website. The content-rich portal will provide physicians...
Scalp cooling can help some breast cancer patients retain hair
Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss - one of the most devastating hallmarks of cancer - in certain breast cancer patients, according to...
Intergalactic unions more devastating than we thought
Credit: Image courtesy of NASA/CXC/U. Michigan/J. Miller et al.; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M. Weiss Scientists from MIPT, the University of Oxford, and the Lebedev Physical Institute of...
Bursting pods
Plants are capable of producing powerful movement that is initiated at the molecular level. This fast motion is often supported by helix-based architectures, for example...
