Chemical trickery corrals ‘hyperactive’ metal-oxide cluster
CORVALLIS, Ore. - After decades of eluding researchers because of chemical instability, key metal-oxide clusters have been isolated in water, a significant advance for growing...
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Researchers peer into atom-sized tunnels in hunt for better battery
Credit: Reza Shahbazian-Yassar/UIC Battery researchers seeking improved electrode materials have focused on "tunneled" structures that make it easier for charge-carrying ions to move in and...
Blood-borne HPV antibodies indicate head, neck cancer prognosis
Credit: National Cancer Institute PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- People with head and neck cancers with evidence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection generally have a better prognosis...
Study shows new treatment strategy in head & neck cancer not better than current standard
(TORONTO, Canada - Dec. 8, 2016) - Results of the largest Canadian clinical trial to date comparing standard treatment for locally advanced squamous cell head...
Scientists reveal ‘safety catch’ within all dividing cells
Researchers have made a major discovery about how cells control when to divide - representing a step forward in scientists' understanding of one of the...
Prostate cancer patients more likely to die of other diseases, say 15-year PLCO results
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Starting in 1993 and ending in 2001, ten academic medical centers in the United States screened 76,685 men and...
Unraveling the secrets of cluster crystallization
Credit: ICIQ A team of researchers at ICIQ in Tarragona (Spain) and Oregon State University (US) combine experimental and computational strategies to understand the secrets...
Why cryptophyte algae are really good at harvesting light
Credit: Desmond Toa In an algae-eat-algae world, it's the single-celled photosynthetic organisms at the top (layer of the ocean) that absorb the most sunlight. Underneath,...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Vardah spinning near Andaman Islands
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team As NASA's Aqua satellite passed over the Bay of Bengal, Tropical Cyclone 05B was renamed Vardah and...
What to do with the data?
Credit: Illustration by Sandbox Studio, Chicago with Corinne Mucha Rapid advances in computing constantly translate into new technologies in our everyday lives. The same is...
Who needs a body? Not these larvae, which are basically swimming heads
Credit: Image credit: Paul Gonzalez, Hopkins Marine Station Graduate student Paul Gonzalez at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station recently became a hunter, breeder and farmer...
High altitudes hamper hummingbirds’ ability to manoeuvre: UBC research
Credit: Paolo Segre, University of British Columbia/ Stanford University. Hummingbirds' ability to accelerate and turn diminishes at high altitudes, but it isn't a lack of...
ABIVAX reports on ABX464 as HIV functional cure and treatment for inflammatory diseases
ABX464 Upregulates IL-22 and miR-124 Suggesting Strong Anti-Inflammatory Effect, Broadening Therapeutic Potential Announcing Proof-of-Concept Clinical Trial of ABX464 to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Dise..
DFG announces winners in second round of international research marketing competition
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) today announced the winners of the second round of an ideas competition in international research marketing. Awards will...
Queen’s researchers receive funding to track impact of climate change on polar bears
KINGSTON - Queen's University researchers Stephen C. Lougheed, Peter Van Coeverden de Groot and Graham Whitelaw have been awarded $9.5 million in total partner cash...
