Materials that emit rainbows
Credit: Youhei Takeda Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in their environment, like pressure and temperature. To date, most...
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Pregnancy-specific β1-glycoproteins
Development of new strategies and novel drug design to treat trophoblastic diseases and to provide pregnancy success are of crucial importance in maintenance the female...
A sustained and controllable insulin release system
Credit: Dr. Hidetoshi Arima The prevalence of diabetes has grown around the world over the past three decades. In 2016, the World Health Organization estimated...
Getting rid of the last bits of sulfur in fuel
Credit: Polina Nesterova Scientists led by a team at Caltech have developed a new method for potentially removing nearly all sulfur compounds from gas and...
Sound-shaping super-material invented
Credit: Interact Lab, University of Sussex, copyright © 2017 A super-material that bends, shapes and focuses sound waves that pass through it has been invented...
Brain imaging headband measures how our minds align when we communicate
Credit: Drexel University Great ideas so often get lost in translation -- from the math teacher who can't get through to his students, to a...
Publicly funding essential medicines for all Canadians could save over $4 billion a year
Universal public coverage of 117 essential medicines could address the needs of most Canadians for pharmaceutical drugs, and possibly save more than $4 billion a...
Universal public coverage of essential medicines would improve access, save billions
Publicly funding essential medicines could cover the cost of nearly half of all prescriptions in Canada, removing financial barriers for Canadians while saving $3 billion...
Planned protection area would help basking sharks
A proposed Marine Protected Area (MPA) off Scotland's west coast would help basking sharks, researchers say. Scientists from the University of Exeter and Scottish Natural...
Public may be more accepting of advocacy by climate scientists than previously thought
Research published today in Environmental Communication suggests that scientists may have more freedom than previously thought to engage in certain forms of climate change advocacy...
Antibiotics used to treat cystic fibrosis increases risk of permanent hearing loss
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff A powerful class of antibiotics provides life-saving relief for people with cystic fibrosis; however, a new study for the first time reveals...
Molecular ‘on switch’ could point to treatments for pediatric brain tumor
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have identified a mechanism that controls the expression of genes regulating the growth of the most aggressive form of medulloblastoma,...
Decoding the genome’s cryptic language
Credit: Victor O. Leshyk Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new tool to identify interactions between RNA and DNA molecules....
New pop-up strategy inspired by cuts, not folds
Credit: (Image courtesy of Ahmad Rafsanjani/Harvard SEAS) Origami-inspired materials use folds in materials to embed powerful functionality. However, all that folding can be pretty labor...
Sandia use confined nanoparticles to improve hydrogen storage materials performance
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Sometimes, you have to go small to win big. That is the approach a multilab, interdisciplinary team took...
