Los Alamos research on cancer’s origins key part of huge grant
Credit: Cancer Research UK LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 9, 2017 -- Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher Ludmil Alexandrov has been announced as a member of...
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Brazilian peppertree packs power to knock out antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Credit: Emory University The red berries of the Brazilian peppertree -- a weedy, invasive species common in Florida -- contain an extract with the power...
Falsifying Galileo satellite signals will become more difficult
Credit: European Union The European Union activated its Galileo satellite navigation system in December 2016. The EU is dedicated to setting this system apart from...
One step closer to personalized antibiotic treatment
Taking antibiotics to fight an infection won't necessarily solve your problems. Often, natural occurring bacteria in the gut harbor several resistance genes. This means that...
Cancer research UK announces grand challenge teams to answer biggest questions in cancer
Credit: Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK today (Friday) announces that four international teams are the first recipients of its global £100m Grand Challenge competition,...
Gas hydrate breakdown unlikely to cause massive greenhouse gas release
Credit: Photograph was taken by the Deep Discoverer remotely operated vehicle in April 2014 and is courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Ocean...
RIT researcher gets NIST award to develop security measures for deeply-embedded systems
Mehran Mozaffari Kermani, a faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, recently received a grant to design security measures for computing systems that will protect...
New method of genetic engineering indispensable tool in biotechnological applications
Credit: Behnam Enghiad and Huimin Zhao, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign Research by Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Huimin Zhao and graduate student Behnam...
New, long-lasting flow battery could run for more than a decade with minimum upkeep
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new flow battery that stores energy in organic...
Matters of the heart: YorkU researchers create 3-D beating heart
Loading video... Credit: York University TORONTO, February 9, 2017 - Matters of the heart can be complicated, but York University scientists have found a way...
How best to treat infections and tumors: Containment versus aggressive treatment
Credit: NIAID (MRSA), Dr. Cecil Fox (Photographer), via Wikimedia Commons (cancer cells). In cases where drug resistance can lead to treatment failure, new research shows...
How best to treat infections and tumors
Credit: NIAID (MRSA), Dr. Cecil Fox (Photographer), via Wikimedia Commons (cancer cells). In cases where drug resistance can lead to treatment failure, new research shows...
Dual-function nanorod LEDs could make multifunctional displays
Credit: Image courtesy of Moonsub Shim, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Cellphones and other devices could soon be controlled with touchless gestures and charge...
Neural network learns to select potential anticancer drugs
Credit: MIPT Press Office Scientists from Mail.Ru Group, Insilico Medicine and MIPT have for the first time applied a generative neural network to create new...
Scientists estimate solar nebula’s lifetime
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- About 4.6 billion years ago, an enormous cloud of hydrogen gas and dust collapsed under its own weight, eventually flattening into a...
