ANU demonstrates ‘ghost imaging’ with atoms
Credit: ANU A team of physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have used a technique known as 'ghost imaging' to create an image of...
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Improving the mechanical properties of polymer gels through molecular design
Credit: Yukikazu Takeoka Nagoya, Japan - A polymer gel consists of a three-dimensional cross-linked polymer network swollen with liquid molecules. However, most conventional polymer gels...
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An interdisciplinary study released this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America combines social and physical...
Can creativity beat death? New study suggests creatives worry less about dying
Creative achievement can provide a buffer against being anxious about death, research from psychologists at the University of Kent shows. Creative people, such as newly-announced...
Correlates of overweight and obesity among adolescents with bipolar disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey — Adolescent Supplement
Washington, DC, December 1, 2016 - Bipolar disorder is one of the most disabling medical conditions among adolescents worldwide. Similarly, being overweight or obese is...
CRISPR editing in pancreatic cells reduced cell death and increased insulin secretion
With the help of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene scissors, researchers at Lund University Diabetes Centre in Sweden have managed to "turn off" an enzyme that proved...
UA receives $1.5 million to study cancer in firefighters
Credit: Tucson Fire Department TUCSON, Ariz. - Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will lead a collaborative...
Efficient catalysts key to turning water into fuel
While it is already scientifically possible to split water in this way, highly efficient catalysts like this are the key to moving the system to...
Perovskite solar cells hit new world efficiency record
Credit: Rob Largent/UNSW They're flexible, cheap to produce and simple to make - which is why perovskites are the hottest new material in solar cell...
Researchers take first look into the ‘eye’ of Majoranas
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Physics Majorana fermions are particles that could potentially be used as information units for a quantum computer. An experiment...
PharmaMar presents positive results with ADC MI130110 in CD13-expressing tumor cells
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM), a world leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of new antitumor compounds of a marine origin, has announced that its antibody-drug conjugate...
Metabolite that promotes cancer cell transformation and colorectal cancer spread identified
Credit: Osaka University A metabolite is found to make the colorectal cancer cells more invasive and increase likelihood of more tumors spreading to distant organs;...
New computational model provides a tool for improving the production of valuable drugs
Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) produce more than half of the top selling therapeutic proteins on the market today. These include cancer drugs, blood proteins,...
Protective barrier inside chromosomes helps to keep cells healthy
Fresh insights into the structures that contain our genetic material could explain how the body's cells stay healthy. A protective barrier formed inside each of...
Multiple sclerosis: Newly discovered signal mechanism causes T cells to turn pathogenic
Credit: Thomas Korn / TUM Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the patient's own cells. In this case,...
