Better treatment for kidney cancer thanks to new mouse model
Credit: University of Zurich Roughly 2-3 percent of all people suffering from cancer have kidney cancer. The most common form of this disease is called...
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Largest grant ever obtained by IST Austria goes to the ISTplus postdoc program
Following a competitive, EU-wide application process, the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) has succeeded in obtaining funds for an interdisciplinary, international, and...
Fruity with a note of fungus: How fungal infections change the aroma of wine
In a research article recently published in Frontiers in Chemistry, a team of researchers investigated the effects of fungal infection on wine produced from the...
Hunting can help European ecosystems
Credit: Christian Gortázar Schmidt Hunting as an outdoor activity is underrated in how it helps nature and society to regulate problem animal overpopulations. Such is...
Cigarette damage to unborn children revealed in stem cell study
Chemicals found in cigarette smoke have been shown to damage foetal liver cells. Scientists say the potent cocktail of chemicals in cigarettes is particularly harmful...
How circadian clocks communicate with each other
Credit: Photo: AG Wegener Whether fly, mouse or human, circadian clocks are the central mechanisms that drive circadian rhythms in all animals. However, the notion...
Subduing the rebellion: Unmasking rogue cells in the immune system
Credit: OIST The immune system is a formidable defense against microbial intruders, identifying and eliminating the threats through an extremely intricate and adaptable network of...
Mobile technology and child and adolescent development
A new special section of Child Development shows how particularly diverse the use of mobile technology is among children and adolescents, and points to great...
AHCA could jeopardize health coverage for young adults, study suggests
As the U.S. Senate takes up the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA), a large study provides evidence that eliminating the individual mandate could jeopardize...
Lawn mower injuries send 13 children to the emergency department every day
On average every day in the United States, 13 children receive emergency treatment for a lawn mower-related injury. That adds up to almost 4800 children...
New antibiotic packs a punch against bacterial resistance
LA JOLLA, CA - May 29, 2017 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have given new superpowers to a lifesaving antibiotic called vancomycin,...
Hotspots show that vegetation alters climate by up to 30 percent
Credit: Xi Yang/University of Virginia New York, NY -- May 29, 2017 -- A new Columbia Engineering study, led by Pierre Gentine, associate professor of...
Toward an HIV cure: Pitt team develops test to detect hidden virus
PITTSBURGH, May 29, 2017 - The quest to develop a cure for HIV has long been plagued by a seemingly simple question: How do doctors...
Graphene and quantum dots put in motion a CMOS-integrated camera that can see the invisible
Credit: ICFO/ D. Bartolome Over the past 40 years, microelectronics have advanced by leaps and bounds thanks to silicon and CMOS (Complementary metal-oxide semiconductors) technology,...
Squeezing every drop of fresh water from waste brine
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Engineers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new way to recover almost 100 percent of the...