Selection process completed: 400 young scientists to participate in Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting
400 young scientists from 76 countries have been selected to participate in the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. From 25 - 30 June 2017 they...
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UKCRIC to deliver world-leading research on cities and infrastructure
New state-of-the-art new facilities to upgrade the nation's infrastructure will be created at 11 universities as part of the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure...
New optical nanosensor improves brain mapping accuracy, opens way for more applications
Credit: The authors BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK -- A new optical nanosensor enabling more accurate measurement and spatiotemporal mapping of the brain also...
Supramolecular protein fishing with molecular baits
Credit: IBS Scientists from the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC) successfully isolated a cancer-prone protein by fishing out the proteins using 'molecular bait'. Cancer,...
Catalysis, the solution for climate change?
Credit: World Scientific Catalysis will play a major role in tackling the grand challenges of the 21st Century, such as climate change, growing demands and...
European Geosciences Union meeting: Program online, press conferences
The programme for the 2017 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) is now online. The meeting, which this year is anticipated to attract...
A new way of assessing winter driving conditions and associated risks
A new study, published today in the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, presents a risk-based approach for classifying the road surface conditions of a highway...
Scientists wage fight against aging bone marrow stem cell niche
Credit: University of Ulm CINCINNATI - As people get older so do the hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that form their blood, creating an increased risk...
Hydraulic forces help to fill the heart
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have contributed to a recent discovery that the heart is filled with the...
New research could trigger revolution in computer electronics manufacturing
A pioneering new technique to produce cutting-edge, versatile microchips could revolutionize the speed, efficiency and capability of the next generation of computers. Researchers from the...
Newly discovered vulnerability in an aggressive breast cancer provides therapeutic target
Triple-negative breast cancer quickly becomes resistant to current therapies, leaving patients no therapeutic options. BIDMC researchers discovered that TNBC cells increase production of pyrimidine nu..
While most melanoma survivors limit sun exposure, some report getting suntans and sunburns
Bottom Line: Survivors of melanoma were more likely to limit exposure to the sun than people who had never had the disease, but some still...
Scientists discover metabolic pathway that drives tumor growth in aggressive cancers
(New York, NY - March 2, 2017) --Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that a rheumatoid arthritis drug can block a metabolic pathway that occurs in...
Scientists reveal core genes involved in immunity of honey bees
Credit: Fabio Del Piccolo, Università degli Studi di Udine A core set of genes involved in the responses of honey bees to multiple diseases caused...
Monoclonal antibody drug superior to chemotherapy for advanced acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- A Phase III clinical trial involving 101 centers in 21 countries revealed the monoclonal antibody blinatumomab to be...
