Mountains aren't the first thing that hit you when you look at images of Jupiter's innermost moon, Io. But once you absorb the fact that the moon is slathered…
DNA-based straight and branched polymers or nanomaterials that can be created and dissolved using biocompatible methods are now possible thanks to the work of…
LHA 120-N55, or N55 as it is usually known, is a glowing gas cloud in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located about 163…
Researchers led by Carnegie Mellon University Professor of Biological Sciences Chien Ho have developed a new method for preparing mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)…
How do we improve on current innovation management and entrepreneurship teaching and training to enable value creation from good ideas?
Mitochondria are the power stations of human cells. They provide the energy needed for the cellular metabolism. But how did these power stations evolve, and…
Precise, selective devarnishing of layers from a substrate plays an important role in numerous industrial production processes. The manufacture of precision…
The new method creates truly random numbers with less computational effort than other methods, which could facilitate significantly higher levels of security…
The intestines’ primary role is digestion but they must also achieve high performance around the clock defending against pathogens and environmental…
From 20 to 24 June 2016, scientists will discuss the changing permafrost regions
Earth scientists from Rice University, Yale University and the University of Tokyo are offering a new answer to the long-standing question of how our planet…
Fish provide protein to billions of people and are an especially critical food source in the developing world. Today marine biologists confirmed a key factor…
“There are alternative paths a tumor may take without the MDSCs, but those cancer cells that take the mTOR path of activity tend to have more MDSCs through the…
MinXSS will operate for up to 12 months. The CubeSat observes soft X-rays from the sun, which can disrupt Earth's upper atmosphere and hamper radio and GPS…
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that is frequently found on the human skin and in the nose where it usually behaves inconspicuously. However, once inside…
Light can conduct the play of atoms and molecules in the microcosm. Humans manage to interfere with this play. Researchers from the Laboratory of Attosecond…
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