Rotting away: Getting at the evolutionary roots of wood decay
Credit: Professor Laszlo Nagy, Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Institute of Biochemistry, BRC-HAS, Szeged 6726, Hungary Decay is a complex process in which organisms use...
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World-leading HPC centers partner to form accelerated computing institute
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 10, 2016--Leaders in hybrid accelerated high-performance computing (HPC) in the United States (U.S.), Japan, and Switzerland have signed a...
A study warns of Spanish children’s overexposure to ‘junk food’ ads on TV
Credit: UGRdivulga Spanish children are overexposed to TV ads of unhealthy food (burgers, pizzas, soft drinks, chocolate, bakery, etc.) both in generalist and children-oriented channels,...
Noninvasive imaging technique protects healthy tissues during freezing of cancer lesions
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK -- A solution to a major challenge in using minimally invasive cryotherapy to target and kill cancer cells with...
Stable quantum bits can be made from complex molecules
Credit: Design by Dr. Christopher Muryn Quantum computing is about to get more complex. Researchers have evidence that large molecules made of nickel and chromium...
Evaluating safety, effects of vaginal testosterone cream, estradiol vaginal ring
While aromatase inhibitors (AIs) are a preferred therapy for postmenopausal women who have hormone receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer, the vaginal dryness and decreased sex drive...
Is vitamin D level in blood at breast cancer diagnosis associated with survival?
A new report published online by JAMA Oncology examined whether levels of a blood biomarker of Vitamin D - 25-hydroxyvitamin D (250HD) - at the...
Researchers at CHLA receive grant to study new way of battling resistant
Yong-Mi Kim, MD, PhD, of The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, has been awarded a 3 year translational research program (TRP) grant...
Self-healing materials for semi-dry conditions
Loading video... Credit: Courtesy of the Akira Harada Lab Before we have self-healing cars or buildings, we need strong materials that can fully self-repair in...
Catching a tumor in a spider’s web
Credit: VIB-Ine Dehandschutter After a decade of research, the Belgian Switch Laboratory (VIB/KU Leuven) has revealed a new designer molecule that inhibits a well-validated cancer...
Study demonstrates potential support for ban on microbeads in cosmetics
Credit: Imogen Napper/Plymouth University Public awareness regarding the presence of microbeads within personal care products is lacking in some areas but there are strong indications...
With a little help from my friend
Credit: Roman Wittig, Taï Chimpanzee Project In humans and other social animals stress is associated with poor health and high mortality. These negative effects can...
World’s smallest magnifying glass makes it possible to see chemical bonds between atoms
Credit: credit: NanoPhotonics Cambridge/Bart deNijs For centuries, scientists believed that light, like all waves, couldn't be focused down smaller than its wavelength, just under a...
Preservation of monuments: Pinpointed repair reduces costs
Credit: Photo: IONYS/KIT The Waldbahn railway line near Welzheim is one of the most beautiful railway lines in South Germany and listed as a monument....
First random laser made of paper-based ceramics
Credit: Photo: Institute for Complex Systems /Rome Working with physicists from the University of Rome, a team led by Professor Cordt Zollfrank from the Technical...
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