Ferroelectric materials, which switch their polarization with the application of an electric field, have long been used in devices such as ultrasound machines…
Honing chemotherapy delivery to cancer cells is a challenge for many researchers. Getting the cancer cells to take the chemotherapy “bait” is a greater…
During the study at Queen’s University, the researchers changed the vowel sounds that the participants heard over headphones as they talked. They found that…
A report on the value of the Internet search tool for emergency departments, studied by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine over a 21-month period,…
Arun Bhunia, a professor of food science; Mary Anne Amalaradjou, a Purdue postdoctoral researcher; and Ok Kyung Koo, a former Purdue doctoral student, found…
Every year, Americans drink 13.8 billion gallons of soda, fruit punch, sweet tea, sports drinks, and other sweetened beverages—a mass consumption of sugar that…
“Normal sperm cells contain an arc-like structure called the acrosome that is critical in fertilization because it houses, organizes, and concentrates a…
Going out to eat has become a major part of our culture. Frequently eating out and consuming high-calorie foods in large portions at restaurants can contribute…
When scientist David Valentine and colleagues published results of a study in early 2011 reporting that bacterial blooms had consumed almost all the deepwater…
These days, we hear a lot about the disorder of autism, but researchers at the University of Utah have created a program that helps kids with autism focus on…
This is the result of a clinical study recently reported by a group of scientists from the University Duisburg-Essen (UDE) in Circulation Research, the…
The annual users' meeting of the Hamburg Synchrotron Laboratory (HASYLAB) at DESY is coming up. Approximately 60 companies will showcase their products…
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is the main neurodegenerative disease worldwide. It places a large social and financial burden on society due to the need of life-long…
Led by researchers from the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the University of Vienna, biologists from 13 different countries in Europe analysed 867 vegetation…
But, in a new study published today in the journal Nature Medicine, scientists discovered what they believe is one of the first drugs to combat heat stroke….
The findings will be published online January 8 in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. MPS is caused by the absence or malfunctioning of a lysosomal enzyme…