All News

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Variants Raise Risk for Common Gynecological Disease

Details of the research, carried out at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of…

Life & Chemistry

Stem Cells Create Complex Intestinal Tissue in Lab Study

In a study posted online Dec. 12 by Nature, scientists from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center say their findings will open the door to…

Life & Chemistry

Faster Method for Engineering Zinc-Finger Nucleases Unveiled

A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed a faster way to engineer synthetic enzymes that target specific DNA sequences for…

Health & Medicine

New Protein Insights Enhance Kidney Disease Treatment Options

The research was published online Dec. 12 in Nature Medicine.”This is a major breakthrough in understanding the development and treatment of kidney disease…

Life & Chemistry

Humans Aid Vultures’ Colonization of the Canary Islands

Rosa Agudo worked with a team of researchers from the Doñana Biological Station, Seville, Spain, to investigate genetic and morphological changes between 143…

Health & Medicine

Pomegranate Juice Components That Inhibit Cancer Cell Movement

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified components in pomegranate juice that both inhibit the movement of cancer cells and…

Health & Medicine

Ovarian Cancer Diversity Challenges Screening Effectiveness

It is a relatively rare disease that often progresses with few symptoms until it is too late for potentially curative treatments, and elevated values of the…

Life & Chemistry

Supercomputing Research Opens Doors for Drug Discovery

A team led by Jerome Baudry of the University of Tennessee-ORNL Center for Molecular Biophysics adapted a widely used existing software to allow supercomputers…

Studies and Analyses

When Their Tools Get Dull, Leaf-Cutters Switch Jobs

Their study — appearing online ahead of regular publication in the journal Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology — provides a glimpse of nature's way of…

Earth Sciences

Assessing the Seismic Hazard of the Central-Eastern United States

Russell A. Green, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, spent five years as an earthquake engineer for the U.S. Defense…

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Protozoa May Hold Key to World Water Safety

Not only is he working on streamlining the boxy-looking contraption—eventually even evolving it into a computer chip—but he sees it as a tool to potentially…

Life & Chemistry

Wired up and ready to glow

Thirty years ago, no one believed that elements other than carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen could form double bonds at room temperature. But the discovery of…

Life & Chemistry

Light games with DNA

The diagnosis of hereditary diseases and the identification of genetic fingerprints hinge on high-sensitivity DNA imaging biotechnologies. These imaging tools…

Life & Chemistry

Discover Honey’s Rich History and Wonders Through Two Books

“Honey is fascinating; everything about it – its chemistry, its history, its unbelievable activity. It’s just an amazing substance,” said University of…

Environmental Conservation

CCS Technology: Key to Reducing Finnish Greenhouse Gas Emissions

CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) technology is an efficient method for reducing carbon dioxide emissions in the future. In CCS, carbon dioxide is captured at a…

Machine Engineering

High-Speed Manufacturing for Medical Implants Breakthrough

The challenge with artificial knee, shoulder, or hip joints lies in the fact that the materials, such as titanium or chromium cobalt, are very difficult to…

Feedback