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Life & Chemistry

'Y' a protein unicorn might matter in glaucoma

It was a Y-shape. That made it an extreme oddity significant to science, and possibly someday to medicine, too, particularly in the treatment of certain types…

Health & Medicine

New Vaccine Brings Hope in Fight Against Pneumonia

In 2004, pneumonia killed more than 2 million children worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. By 2015, the number was less than 1 million.

Physics & Astronomy

Gamma Rays: Unlocking New Depths in Atomic Exploration

“When we exceed the limit of what is currently possible, we can see deeper into the basic elements of nature. We can dive into the deepest part of the atomic…

Life & Chemistry

Microfluidics probe 'cholesterol' of the oil industry

It sounds cliché, but things do get worse before they get better when oil and gas lines are being cleared of contaminants, according to Rice University…

Life & Chemistry

Salmonella: An Innovative Approach to Tumor Treatment

Salmonellae are dangerous pathogens that enter the body via contaminated food and can cause severe infections. But these bacteria are also known to target…

Materials Sciences

Lightweight Air Nozzles Enhance Efficiency in Flight

Active flow control has nothing to do with flowing rivers and the dead wake is actually air, and not really dead at all. Basically speaking: “We investigate…

Physics & Astronomy

Coherent States in Molecules Created by Incoherent Electrons

Their latest results published in the Journal, Nature Physics (DOI: 10.1038/nphys4289), show that the coherence induced by the capture of single electron by…

Life & Chemistry

Herpes Simplex Virus: Family Transmission and Its Changes

“Millions of people worldwide have herpes simplex virus,” said Moriah Szpara, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State and an…

Earth Sciences

Mountain Glaciers Shrink: New Insights from UW Research

We now have a third, much more powerful tool. While he was a doctoral student in University of Washington's Department of Earth and Space Sciences, David Shean…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Reversing Antibiotic Resistance

In the first paper, University of Bristol researchers defined the relative importance of two mechanisms associated with β-lactam antibiotic resistance. In one,…

Physics & Astronomy

Taming 'wild' electrons in graphene

Graphene – a one-atom-thick layer of the stuff in pencils – is a better conductor than copper and is very promising for electronic devices, but with one catch:…

Health & Medicine

Tracking Ovarian Cancer: Origins Found in Fallopian Tubes

Some scientists have suspected that the most common form of ovarian cancer may originate in the fallopian tubes, the thin fibrous tunnels that connect the…

Life & Chemistry

Innovative In Vitro System Analyzes Zebrafish Oligodendrocytes

Dr. Michell M. Reimer, group leader at the Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Cluster of Excellence at the TU Dresden, and his team introduce a…

Event News

Driving Simulation Symposium: Addressing Automotive Challenges

Increasing demands and growing cost pressure in the automotive industry make it increasingly necessary to transfer test scenarios with multiple variants to a…

Automotive Engineering

How Infrared Heat Powers Key Car Features for Drivers

Drivers need a quiet cabin, a well-functioning heater for the winter or air-conditioning during the hot summer months, and – in case of an emergency – the…

Materials Sciences

Turning Materials Upside Down: A New Softening Process

PhD student Kumara Cordero-Edwards is the lead author of this work, carried out in collaboration with researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona…

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