A drug that inhibits the Notch signalling process is active in a range of advanced cancers
Munich, Germany: A new anti-cancer drug that inhibits a key cell signalling process involved in many different cancers has shown that it is capable of...
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More than 100,000 people challenge Einstein in a unique worldwide quantum physics experiment
Credit: ICFO/D. Bartolome On November 30th, for the first time, the world had the opportunity to participate in and contribute to this unique worldwide experiment,...
Where giant galaxies are born
Credit: ESO/ M. Kornmesser. An international team of scientists, with IAC participation, has discovered that the biggest galaxies in the universe develop in cosmic clouds...
Student’s award-winning graphene battery could slash electric-car charging times
Credit: Josh de Wit A student engineer from the University of Sussex has won a national car industry award for designing a new battery that...
Adrenaline rush: Delaying epinephrine shots after cardiac arrest cuts survival rates
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 1, 2016 -Hospitals in which the administration of epinephrine to patients whose hearts have stopped is delayed...
Psychological well-being and physical activity in older adults
In a paper just published by researchers at Chapman University, findings showed associations between psychological well-being and physical activity in adults ages 50 and older....
New gene therapy for pseudarthrosis trialed at Kazan University
A team headed by Professor Albert Rizvanov, director of the Gene and Cell Technologies Open Lab, created a gene therapy drug that encodes growth factors...
Johns Hopkins researchers uncover more genetic links to brain cancer cell growth
Credit: Chris Heaphy Two recently discovered genetic differences between brain cancer cells and normal tissue cells -- an altered gene and a snippet of noncoding...
Construction of practical quantum computers radically simplified
Credit: University of Sussex Scientists at the University of Sussex have invented a ground-breaking new method that puts the construction of large-scale quantum computers within...
Shape matters when light meets atom
Credit: Timothy Yeo / Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore Have you ever wondered how you see the world? Vision is about photons...
Superconductivity of pure Bismuth crystal at 0.00053 K
The properties of the 83rd element of the periodic table, namely, Bismuth (Bi) have been studied for more than a century and still continues to...
An open harbor for research data
Credit: (Photo: KIT/SCC) Large-scale experiments and simulations in science supply an increasing amount of data. The way from data and information to findings and knowledge,...
Environmental scientist’s early warning indicators win the prize
Credit: Markus Marcetic, Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse/Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien Promising environmental researcher David Seekell has been awarded a prestigious prize: the Science and SciLif..
‘Chariot’ on course to deliver healthier homes and lower energy bills
Successful trials of Chariot, a unique new system that simultaneously records temperature, humidity and energy use in the home, have opened the way for low-income...
New test identifies high-risk liver patients
Newcastle scientists and medics have developed a promising new test to identify patients with a rare liver disease who will not respond to standard treatment,...