ESMO Summit Africa 2017 starts tomorrow
Lugano, Cape Town, Feb. 9, 2017 - ESMO, the leading European professional organisation for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the ESMO Summit Africa 2017,...
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The firefly among fish
Credit: RUB, Marquard The researchers thus identified the purposes of bioluminescence in this fish species. The same question still remains open for many other glowing...
ANU scientists make new high-tech liquid materials
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have controlled wave-generated currents to make previously unimaginable liquid materials for new technological innovat..
SPbPU — first university to introduce computational computer code for Airbus
Credit: Photo provided by Airbus Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) and Airbus collaborate on development and deployment of ASRP (Assembly Simulation of Riveting...
Most stretchable elastomer for 3-D printing
Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh K. Patel Due to its excellent material properties of elasticity, resilience, and electrical and thermal insulation, elastomers have been used in...
Genetic profiling can guide stem cell transplantation for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A single blood test and basic information about a patient's medical status can indicate which patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) are...
New study identifies organic matter composition as a critical factor controlling mercury methylation
The biological formation of neurotoxic methyl mercury is an enigmatic process underpinning mercury-related health and environmental hazards. Nevertheless, the exact mechanisms and the factors controll..
Research reveals novel quantum state in strange insulating materials
Credit: Mitrovi? lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, RI (Brown University) -- Researchers from Brown University have shown experimentally how a unique form of magnetism arises...
In-cell molecular sieve from protein crystal
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology In nature, proteins are assembled into sophisticated and highly ordered structures, which enable them to execute numerous functions supporting different...
Women who have a false positive screening mammogram more likely to delay next screen
(American Association for Cancer Research) Women who had a false positive result from a screening mammogram were more likely to delay or forgo their subsequent...
Big data for the universe
Credit: Ivan Zolotukhin Astronomers at Lomonosov Moscow State University in cooperation with their French colleagues and with the help of citizen scientists have released «The...
UMass Amherst research may lead to non-surgical cataract treatment
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts Amherst recently licensed a new technology to Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. that holds promise of revolutionizing...
Researchers optimize the assembly of micro-/meso-/macroporous carbon for Li-S batteries
Li-S batteries are considered as promising alternatives for Li-ion batteries in the new generation of energy storages, due to high specific capacity (1675 mAh/g) and...
Wave of the future: Terahertz chips a new way of seeing through matter
Credit: (Photos by Frank Wojciechowski for the Office of Engineering Communications) Electromagnetic pulses lasting one millionth of a millionth of a second may hold the...
Silver ion-coated medical devices could fight MRSA while creating new bone
Credit: MU News Bureau Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are caused by a type of staph bacteria that has become resistant to the antibiotics used...
