ALMA finds compelling evidence for pair of infant planets around young star
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); A. Isella; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF) Astronomers now know that our galaxy is teeming with planets, from rocky worlds roughly the size of...
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Rings around young star suggest planet formation in progress
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 12, 2016) - Rice University astronomers and their colleagues have for the first time mapped gases in three...
Researchers’ discovery of new verbal working memory architecture has implications for AI
The neural structure we use to store and process information in verbal working memory is more complex than previously understood, finds a new study by...
‘Rewired’ cells show promise for targeted cancer therapy
Credit: Northwestern University A major challenge in truly targeted cancer therapy is cancer's suppression of the immune system. Northwestern University synthetic biologists now have developed..
Loss of ARID1A protein drives onset and progress of colon cancer
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. - December 12, 2016) A team of scientists has developed a model system in mice that allows them to look closely at how...
Pitt engineers receive $500,000 award from NASA to advance additive manufacturing
Credit: Albert To/Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (December 12, 2016) ... Additive manufacturing (AM) researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and...
New heart imaging test identifies improved outcomes in patients with amyloidosis
(Boston) -- Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have reported that a new heart imaging test can determine whether cardiac amyloidosis patients are expected to...
A $5 fix for a nasty parasite
Credit: Ryan Hulvat The life of a watershed is complex. The watershed is the area of land separating the smaller water flows that feed into...
Mountain glaciers are showing some of the strongest responses to climate change
Credit: A. Lambrecht/World Glacier Monitoring Service Mountain glaciers have long been a favorite poster child of climate change. The near-global retreat of glaciers of the...
Spinning black hole swallowing star explains superluminous event
Credit: ESO, ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser In 2015, the All Sky Automated Survey for SuperNovae (ASAS-SN) detected an event, named ASASSN-15lh, that was recorded as the...
Leibniz Prize awarded to RNA researcher Jörg Vogel
(University of Würzburg) It is considered the German equivalent of the Nobel Prize: the Leibniz Prize awarded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft comes with a €2.5...
How hearing loss can change the way nerve cells are wired
Credit: Credit: Hua Yang BUFFALO, N.Y. -- It's winter, and your head is stuffed up from the cold or flu. Everything sounds muffled. If this...
Anti-tumor synergy
Biocompatible nanocapsules, loaded with an amino acid and equipped with an enzyme now combine two anti-tumor strategies into a synergistic treatment concept. Researchers hope this...
Exploring advancements in viral immunotherapies and vaccines in the melanoma field
Credit: Future Science Group The Future Science Group (FSG) published journal, Melanoma Management, has released a special issue highlighting the advancements made in viral immunotherapies...
Blood pressure medication paves the way for approaches to managing Barrett’s syndrome
Credit: Svein Olav Bratlie/University of Gothenburg New ways of using mechanisms behind certain blood pressure medications may in the future spare some patient groups both...
