Researchers led by Dr. Knut Woltjen report a new gene editing method that can modify a single DNA base in the human genome with absolute precision.
Publishing in a journal like Science Advances usually heralds a particularly exciting innovation. Now, physicists from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität…
A prospective new method of treating patients with multiple sclerosis has been proposed by researchers of the Mainz University Medical Center working in…
A carpet of blue-green algae can literally ‘cloud’ the summer’s swimming pleasure at the lake. This is caused by a few strains of photosynthetically active…
Albumin is a protein that is found in large quantities in the blood of all mammals. Human blood contains up to 60 grams per litre. “Albumin is responsible for…
New research published in Nature Methods will dramatically improve how scientists “see inside” molecular structures in solution, allowing for much more precise…
This is the first time for the realization of the Toffoli gate in the semiconductor quantum dot system, which motivates further research on larger scale…
In a new study, researchers used 3D printing and low-cost parts to create an inexpensive hyperspectral imager that is light enough to use onboard drones. They…
NOAA's National Weather Service has issued flood advisories and flood warnings for large areas of Arkansas and Tennessee on March 1. Large parts of the Ohio…
Our ability to change the content of genes at will—whether to reverse genetic diseases or improve food and energy crops—is undergoing a revolution. This…
The Volkswagen Foundation (VolkswagenStiftung) has selected the interdisciplinary project “NanoProtect” of Dr. Frederik Wurm, head of the Functional Polymers…
Goethe University Frankfurt can boast another EU-funded research project: With the appointment of Yee Lee Shing as Chair of Developmental Psychology her…
When you are sick and go to the doctor, it is often not obvious what exactly is wrong — what is causing fever, nausea, shortness of breath or other symptoms….
For additional information on this breakthrough, NSF has produced the video “The birth of the first stars.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU6KXoO0NEE&feature=
When protons accelerated to the greatest energy collide with each other in the LHC, their component particles – quarks and gluons – create a puzzling…
The floor underfoot feels unsteady; it’s as if everything is spinning – dizziness is second only to pain on the list of complaints that drive patients into…