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Life & Chemistry

Greener Drug and Perfume Production with Iron-Based Process

The research takes advantage of Earth's extensive supply of iron – the fifth most abundant naturally occurring metal – substituting it in place of the rare…

Life & Chemistry

'Nanosponge vaccine' fights MRSA toxins

This “nanosponge vaccine” enabled the immune systems of mice to block the adverse effects of the alpha-haemolysin toxin from MRSA—both within the bloodstream…

Health & Medicine

Colon Cancer Research Targets Stem Cells for New Therapies

“This is the first step toward clinically applying the principles of cancer stem cell biology to control cancer growth and advance the development of durable…

Life & Chemistry

Human Stem Cells Transformed Into Functional Lung Cells

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance, reported by Columbia…

Physics & Astronomy

Neutron Stars: New Insights Challenge Long-Held Beliefs

However, research by a team of scientists led by a Michigan State University physicist has researchers rethinking that. Scientists had long thought that…

Medical Engineering

New Rehab Device Boosts Motor Skills Post-Stroke

“Each year, nearly 800,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke in the United States, and 50 percent of those have some degree of upper extremity…

Studies and Analyses

Messy Play: How It Boosts Learning in Young Children

Attention, parents: The messier your child gets while playing with food in the high chair, the more he or she is learning.Researchers at the University of Iowa…

Health & Medicine

Air Pollution and Genetics: Autism Risk Insights Uncovered

Exposure to air pollution appears to increase the risk for autism among people who carry a genetic disposition for the neurodevelopmental disorder, according…

Awards Funding

ERC Consolidator Grant for Tübingen Geoscientist

Professor Todd Ehlers of Tübingen University’s Geoscience Department will receive a European Research Council Consolidator Grant of €2m over five years for his…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring Emotions: David Sander’s Multidisciplinary Insights

David Sander is an affective science researcher whose work brings together several different disciplines all related to emotions, including the humanities,…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Antibiotic Resistance Through Quantitative Approaches

Two months ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a sobering report estimating that antibiotic-resistant bacteria last year caused more…

Life & Chemistry

Cyclin D1’s Role in MicroRNA Processing in Breast Cancer

The research suggests that a protein strongly implicated in human cancer also governs the non-protein-coding genome. The non-coding genome, previously referred…

Information Technology

Boosting Computational Efficiency with Graph Partitioning

An important method to manage complex computations on steadily growing networks is graph partitioning. The KIT computer scientists Professor Peter Sanders and…

Life & Chemistry

Mitochondria Innovate Waste Management for Cell Health

In order to protect themselves from harmful substances, cells need to keep the mitochondria – the boiler room, so to speak – shipshape. Up to now, it was…

Studies and Analyses

Methylation Signaling: Key to Angiogenesis and Cancer Growth

Angiogenesis creates new blood vessels in a process that can lead to the onset and progression of several diseases such as cancer and age-related macular…

Life & Chemistry

Creating Near-Perfect Single Crystals: A Breakthrough at Northwestern

Nature builds flawless diamonds, sapphires and other gems. Now a Northwestern University research team is the first to build near-perfect single crystals out…

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