The ongoing dance between a virus and its host distinctly shapes how the virus evolves. While human adenoviruses typically cause mild infections, recent…
But the specific delivery of siRNAs to target cells to exert their effects remains a significant challenge. A novel nanoparticle-based approach that enables…
It may seem counter-intuitive to take health advice from a marketing professor, but when it comes to analyzing consumer data and its relationship to managing…
Topological insulators (TIs) are an exciting new type of material that on their surface carry electric current, but within their bulk, act as insulators. Since…
Many factors — including climate change, overfishing or loss of food supply — can push a wild animal population to the brink of collapse. Ecologists have long…
An artificial neural connection that bridges the lost pathway and connects brain to spinal circuits has potential to ameliorate the functional loss. Yukio…
Endometriosis is a common, and often painful, gynecological disease where tissue normally found inside the uterus, grows elsewhere in the body. According to…
A comprehensive marine biodiversity observation network could be established with modest funding within 5 years, according to an expert assessment published in…
Humans depend on the ocean for food, medicine, transportation and recreation, yet little is known about how these vast ecosystems spanning 70 percent of the…
This property could be used to protect against infections in patients undergoing bone marrow transplants, while their immune system reconstitutes itself…
The fossils discovered four years ago in Malapa near Johannesburg show a mixture of primitive features of australopiths and advanced features of later human…
The results may help to explain why certain medications have strong side effects on sperm and eggs, and why certain organisms remain unaffected by…
Geckos are known for their sticky adhesive toes that allow them to stick to, climb on, and run along surfaces in any orientation–even upside down! But until…
The results of their study — the first to examine air pollution from traffic and a number of rarer childhood cancers — were presented on April 9 in an abstract…
Peptidases are essential for many biological processes and are therefore intensively studied within the research community. Scientists at the University of…
The LICE-ERASER kills the head-lice and their nits reliably and without any side effects. For the use, the LICE-ERASER has to be moved through the hair like a…