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Life & Chemistry

Nanocubes Twist Into Yarn-Like Strands: A New Innovation

Nanocubes are anything but child’s play. Weizmann Institute scientists have used them to create surprisingly yarn-like strands: They showed that given the…

Life & Chemistry

Quantum Dots Enhance Color on Screens at ACS 248th Meeting

His talk will be one of nearly 12,000 presentations at the 248th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest…

Health & Medicine

New Dystrophin Protein Discovery May Offer DMD Therapy Hope

Studies of the new protein isoform, published online Aug. 10 in Nature Medicine and led by a team in The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital,…

Earth Sciences

Megascale Icebergs Found Grounded Between Greenland and Spitsbergen

Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) have found between Greenland and Spitsbergen the scours left…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Unlock Key to Blood Vessel Formation Breakthrough

The discovery could also lead to greater understanding of how to treat cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights on Black Holes at the Universe’s Birth

Three Perimeter Institute researchers have a new idea about what might have come before the big bang. It’s a bit perplexing, but it is grounded in sound…

Materials Sciences

How Origami Inspires New Material Design Innovations

A challenge increasingly important to physicists and materials scientists in recent years has been how to design controllable new materials that exhibit…

Information Technology

Hyve-3D: Transforming Collaborative 3D Sketching Design

Collaborative three-dimensional sketching is now possible thanks to a system known as Hyve-3D that University of Montreal researchers are presenting today at…

Environmental Conservation

Wildlife Corridors: Unintended Boost for Invasive Species

In a classic example of the law of unintended consequences, new University of Florida research suggests that wildlife corridors – strips of natural land…

Life & Chemistry

Single Molecule’s Dual Role in Brain Connection Growth

The findings, published online today in Neuron, stem from the 3D structure of Netrin-1 bound to one of the sensor molecules – receptors – the cell uses to…

Health & Medicine

New Heart Molecule Offers Hope for Heart Failure Treatment

The newly discovered molecule provides the heart with a tool to block a protein that orchestrates genetic disruptions when the heart is subjected to stress,…

Life & Chemistry

Matrix Stiffness: Key to Stem Cell Differentiation Insights

Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have proven that when it comes to guiding stem cells into a specific cell type, the stiffness of the…

Physics & Astronomy

Physicists Develop Innovative Water Tractor Beam Technology

Physicists at The Australian National University (ANU) have created a tractor beam on water, providing a radical new technique that could confine oil spills,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Combining Old Tech and New Innovations for Smart Devices

One promising approach to developing new technologies is to exploit the electron's tiny magnetic moment, or 'spin'. Electrons have two properties – charge and…

Life & Chemistry

The Interior of a Cell from a Moving Protein’s Point of View

Numerous obstacles posed by cellular structures hinder protein movements within the cell. Researchers from Heidelberg University and the German Cancer Research…

Life & Chemistry

mTOR Signaling Disruption: Impact on Metabolic Health

Deregulation of mTOR signaling increases the risk of developing metabolic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cancer. In the current issue of the journal…

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