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NIH Tools Enhance Cancer Drug Matching with Gene Targets

The newly updated software, called CellMiner, was built for use with the NCI-60, one of the most widely utilized collections of cancer cell samples employed in…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Lausward Power Plant Sets Three World Records in Efficiency

That's a new world record for a single combined cycle block. The net energy conversion efficiency will add up to more than 61 percent. That's also a world…

Health & Medicine

Nanomagnets Enhance Blood Tumor Cell Analysis for Diagnostics

They have developed a prototype for the magnetic flow cytometry of blood. Blood is the most important source of diagnostic information for doctors tracking the…

Materials Sciences

Plasmonic Chains Mimic Polymers for Future Computer Chips

New research at Rice University that seeks to establish points of reference between plasmonic particles and polymers might lead to smaller computer chips,…

Physics & Astronomy

To Extinguish a Hot Flame, DARPA Studied Cold Plasma

Fire in enclosed military environments such as ship holds, aircraft cockpits and ground vehicles is a major cause of material destruction and jeopardizes the…

Earth Sciences

Antarctica faces major threats in the 21st century, says Texas A&M researcher

Mahlon “Chuck” Kennicutt II, professor of oceanography who has conducted research in the area for more than 25 years, says Antarctica faces growing threats…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Global Alliance Boosts Solar Energy Research Collaboration

Three leading solar research institutes: the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, NREL (USA), Fraunhofer Institute for Solar…

Environmental Conservation

First Video of Snow Leopard Mother and Cubs in Mongolia

For the first time, the den sites of two female snow leopards and their cubs have been located in Mongolia's Tost Mountains, with the first known videos taken…

Studies and Analyses

Tannins in Sorghum: Health Benefits and Research Insights

They might be called a blessing or a curse — tannins, which are present in certain sorghums, contain health-promoting antioxidant properties, but also provide…

Life & Chemistry

Cells Uncover Mechanism to Degrade Damaged Membrane Proteins

Researchers from Heidelberg University’s Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) have achieved unexpected insights into the process of how damaged proteins are…

Studies and Analyses

Caterpillar Gets More From Its Food When Predator Is on the Prowl

But that's not so for the crop pest hornworm caterpillar, a study shows.While other animals increase metabolism and stop growing or developing during a…

Earth Sciences

Professors Chart Tropical Cyclones’ Role in Ending Drought in the Southeast

But they also can have a silver lining, particularly when they are “drought busters,” as was the case for Tropical Storm Debby, which dropped more than 20…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Down on the Cacao Farm: Sloths Thrive at Chocolate's Source

As forests in South and Central America are cleared for agriculture and other human uses, populations of these arboreal leaf eaters, which depend on large…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Making "Renewable" Viable: Drexel Engineers Develop New Technology for Grid-Level Electrical Energy Storage

One of the foremost challenges for sustainability is efficient use of renewable energy resources, a goal that hinges on the ability to store this energy when…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Agricultural Land Use in Eastern Europe: Impacts of Socialist Legacies

The project analyses the effects of the change of institutions that should regulate agricultural land use after the collapse of socialism on agricultural land…

Medical Engineering

Noninvasive Imaging Technique Benefits Kids With Heart Transplants

The new method is described online in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.The invasive imaging test, a coronary angiogram, involves inserting a…

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