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Life & Chemistry

Researchers uncover protein-based “cancer signature”

Proteins are the building blocks of life. They are produced by molecular machines, called ribosomes. A human ribosome contains some eighty ribosomal proteins….

Life & Chemistry

Nagoya Protocol’s Impact on Microbiology Research Explained

The restrictive implementation of the Nagoya Protocol threatens to hinder basic microbiological research and is likely to achieve the exact opposite of the…

Life & Chemistry

Collaboration Reveals Secrets of Ribosome Assembly Techniques

Ribosomes–macromolecular machines consisting of RNA and proteins that twist, fold and turn–are responsible for making all of the protein within a cell and…

Physics & Astronomy

Climate cycles may explain how running water carved Mars' surface features

Scientists have long debated how deep canyons and extensive valley networks — like the kinds carved by running water over millions of years on Earth — could…

Physics & Astronomy

Netflix, Google, and Planetary Systems: The Power of AI

Machine learning is a powerful tool used for a variety of tasks in modern life, from fraud detection and sorting spam in Google, to making movie…

Health & Medicine

Study suggests possible new target for treating and preventing Alzheimer's

A new scientific discovery may provide a future avenue for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease.

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Plasma Process Creates Trans Fat-Free Soybean Oil

Hydrogenation is a chemical process that transforms liquid vegetable oil to a solid or semisolid state – useful for creating food products like vegetable…

Medical Engineering

UTSA Research Unveils New Minimally Invasive Cancer Device

A new study by Lyle Hood, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), describes a new device that could…

Life & Chemistry

Fertilized egg cells trigger and monitor loss of sperm’s epigenetic memory

The events triggered when sperm meets an egg are not only life changing for the parents but deeply fascinating from a scientific point of view, too.

Studies and Analyses

Smart Data Transformation: Harness Insights for Growth

In the digital age, business organizations can benefit from exploiting internal as well as external data. Smart utilization of insights from analyzing and…

Materials Sciences

Unlocking Solar Power: Physics Meets Photosynthesis

A University of California, Riverside assistant professor has combined photosynthesis and physics to make a key discovery that could help make solar cells more…

Social Sciences

New Insights into U.S. Commuter Megaregions Uncovered

Geographers from Dartmouth College and the University of Sheffield provide new insight into the economic geography of commuter megaregions in the U.S., by…

Earth Sciences

Tornadic Storms Sweep US Southeast, Leaving Fatalities Behind

Tornadoes caused the deaths of at least five people in northern Alabama. Storms also took the lives of two people in Tennessee.

Life & Chemistry

XROMM Enhances 3D X-Ray Tech for Advanced Biomechanics

With two recent papers describing powerful new software and a way to track muscle contractions, XROMM can do even more than before. And as a result, so can the…

Health & Medicine

The first analysis of Ewing's sarcoma methyloma opens doors to new treatments

Researchers of the Sarcoma research group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Òscar Martínez-Tirado, have first described the…

Materials Sciences

New Low-Temperature Process for Efficient Hydrogen Production

Waseda University researchers have developed a new method for producing hydrogen, which is fast, irreversible, and takes place at much lower temperature using…

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