About half of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy are, unlike our Sun, part of a binary system in which two stars orbit each other. Most likely, the stars in…
The results of this research may help in the better understanding of alterations where the CB1 receptor participates, such as in chronic pain, Parkinson's…
This project is based on a research on the adsortion and desorption of bioactive molecules on clay mineral surface. The goal is to design and develop new…
Its DEMAT project, which reduces the energy consumption of machine tools by 30%, has been selected as one of the best projects of the year in the field of…
Titanium dioxide, or titania, is an inorganic material commonly used as a whitening agent in food and toothpaste. It is also used as one of the main active…
Chikungunya fever is a viral disease that has re-emerged to cause epidemics in the Pacific region within the last decade. It is caused by the Chikungunya virus…
Hydrogen gas (H2) is an ideal energy carrier for fuel cells, but finding sustainable ways to produce large quantities of hydrogen continues to be a…
Increasing the areal density at which electronic components can be integrated onto a computer chip has always been key to the revolution of technological…
“We observe in our data clear signs of a new particle, at the level of 5 sigma, in the mass region around 126 GeV. The outstanding performance of the LHC and…
In secrecy, the “apps” forward private data to a third party. Computer scientists from Saarbrücken have developed a new approach to prevent this data abuse….
The risk of suffering a hip fracture increases continuously from the age of 65 because our bones become weaker and more fragile the older we get. A study…
Called an “oncometabolite” for its role in cancer metabolism, the metabolite2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) is a by-product of a gene mutation of an enzyme known as…
The findings from the new approach, to be published July 4 in Nature, are related to research that was reported a month ago from the University of Washington….
One of cancer's most frightening characteristics is its ability to return after treatment. In the case of many forms of cancer, including the skin cancer known…
Using a unique animal model of CF, a team of scientists from the University of Iowa has discovered a surprising difference between healthy airways and airways…
The study—a collaboration between scientists at the University of Georgia; the University of California, San Diego; the University of California, Los Angeles;…