Theory lends transparency to how glass breaks
Credit: Apiwat Wisitsorasak/ King Mongkut University of Technology HOUSTON - (Jan. 17, 2017) - Over time, when a metallic glass is put under stress, its...
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A natural compound can block the formation of toxins associated with Parkinson’s disease
A naturally-occurring compound has been found to block a molecular process thought to underlie Parkinson's Disease, and to suppress its toxic products, scientists have reported....
Potentially reversible changes in gene control ‘prime’ pancreatic cancer cells to spread
A multicenter team of researchers reports that a full genomic analysis of tumor samples from a small number of people who died of pancreatic cancer...
Best treatment option written in cancer’s genetic script
An international collaboration led by clinical researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute has shown proof-of-concept that truly personalised therapy will be possible in the...
The lasting effects of ministrokes may contribute to dementia
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Evidence overwhelmingly supports a link between cognitive decline and cerebrovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, arteriolosclerosis, and cerebral ..
Study tracks ‘memory’ of soil moisture
The top 2 inches of topsoil on all of Earth's landmasses contains an infinitesimal fraction of the planet's water -- less than one-thousandth of a...
Tracking Antarctic adaptations in diatoms
Diatoms are a common type of photosynthetic microorganism, found in many environments from marine to soil; in the oceans, they are responsible for more than...
SMiLE-seq: A new technique speeds up genetics
Credit: Alina Isakova/EPFL Scientists at EPFL have developed a technique that can be a game-changer for genetics by making the characterization of DNA-binding proteins much...
Metastatic pancreatic cancer ‘reprogrammed’ for malignancy
Metastatic pancreatic cancer -- cancer that has spread from the pancreas to other tissues and is responsible for most patient deaths -- changes its metabolism...
Self-assembling particles brighten future of LED lighting
Credit: Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy Just when lighting aficionados were in a dark place, LEDs came to the rescue. Over the past decade, LED technologies --...
Common crop chemical leaves bees susceptible to deadly viruses
Credit: Julia Fine, Penn State A chemical that is thought to be safe and is, therefore, widely used on crops -- such as almonds, wine...
Nanoscale view of energy storage
Credit: L.A. Cicero In a lab 18 feet below the Engineering Quad of Stanford University, researchers in the Dionne lab camped out with one of the...
Intensive animal production may boost flu pandemic threat
Credit: Steve Hinchliffe Mass livestock production is driving molecular changes in diseases that could lead to human pandemics, according to an expert from the University...
China develops world’s brightest VUV free electron laser research facility
A team of Chinese scientists announced on Jan. 15 that they have developed a new bright VUV FEL light source, the Dalian Coherent Light Source...
E-waste in East and Southeast Asia jumps 63 percent in 5 years
Credit: United Nations University The volume of discarded electronics in East and Southeast Asia jumped almost two-thirds between 2010 and 2015, and e-waste generation is...
