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Gene editing technique helps find cancer's weak spots

The technique, published March 20 in Nature Methods, uncovered 120 new opportunities for cancer drug development.

Materials Sciences

Fullerite: The Harder-Than-Diamond Molecular Crystal Explained

Fullerite generally is a molecular crystal with fullerene molecules at its lattice nodes. Fullerenes are a form of molecular carbon where carbon atoms form a…

Health & Medicine

New Method Reveals Cholesterol Distribution in Cells

Researchers from UCLA and the University of Western Australia have developed a new way of visualizing the distribution of cholesterol in cells and tissues….

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Swift mission maps a star's 'death spiral' into a black hole

“We discovered brightness changes in X-rays that occurred about a month after similar changes were observed in visible and UV light,” said Dheeraj Pasham, an…

Earth Sciences

Inner Van Allen Belt Has Less Radiation Than Expected

The inner Van Allen belt has less radiation than previously believed, according to a recent study in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Observations from…

Earth Sciences

Mars volcano, Earth's dinosaurs went extinct about the same time

Located just south of Mars' equator, Arsia Mons is the southernmost member of a trio of broad, gently sloping shield volcanoes collectively known as Tharsis…

Health & Medicine

Plants Inspire Human Stem Cell Scaffold Innovation

Taking that lesson to heart, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are using the decellularized husks of plants such as parsley, vanilla and…

Earth Sciences

»SolACES« – Farewell after nine years on the ISS

The SolACES solar spectrometer flew to the International Space Station in February 2008 as part of the SOLAR research mission. Its planned lifetime was one and…

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High-Resolution Laser Structuring for Organic Electronics

The requirements for competitive process engineering for producing organic electronics are high: structure sizes below 10 µm, high speeds with ablation rates…

Physics & Astronomy

Could Mars Have Rings? Purdue University Explores Possibilities

That's the theory put forth by Purdue University scientists, whose findings were published in the journal Nature Geoscience. David Minton, assistant professor…

Life & Chemistry

Quantum Dots Illuminate Cellular Transport Mechanisms

The quantum dots used by the researchers are particles of semi-conducting material just a few nanometres wide, and are the subject of great interest because of…

Life & Chemistry

New Protist Parasites Found Supporting Rainforest Stability

Insects and other arthropods such as spiders represent the largest and most diverse group of organisms in tropical rainforests. “However, the results of our…

Information Technology

DFKI and NICT Expand IoT and AI Research Collaboration

The focus of the future joint collaboration involves advanced and expanded development of the technologies of the “Internet of Things” and Artificial…

Life & Chemistry

For This New Zealand Parrot, “Laughter” Is Contagious

“We were able to use a playback of these calls to show that it animates kea that were not playing to do so,” says Raoul Schwing of the Messerli Research…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Enzyme Function Reduces Battery Ageing, TU Graz Researchers Find

It has been known in biology for a long time that the excited oxygen molecule singlet oxygen is the main cause of ageing in cells. To counter this, nature uses…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Linear Ubiquitination: Key to Protein Function Control

Ubiquitin is a small protein that can be linked to other cellular proteins, thereby controlling and modulating their functions. The attachment occurs in many…

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