All News

Physics & Astronomy

Galactic Super-Volcano in Action

Astronomers studying this black hole and its effects have been struck by the remarkable similarities between it and a volcano in Iceland that made headlines…

Health & Medicine

Something Is in the Air. Ozone Can Lead to More Allergens in Grass Pollen

The project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF shows that elevated ozone levels during maturation increase the protein and allergen contents of rye…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Unlock Secrets of DNA-Repairing Helicase Enzymes

Helicase enzymes are best known for “unzipping” DNA for replication, but have many other functions for DNA repair and maintenance. The Illinois team focused on…

Process Engineering

Lasers in a flash

Ultrafast time-resolved laser spectroscopy is a technique that uses the interaction of light with matter to study the properties of physical systems….

Life & Chemistry

Intercepted messages reveal cells' inner workings

A cell’s RNA content provides a complete snapshot of its gene expression activity so can yield a bonanza of information not only about how that cell functions,…

Life & Chemistry

Advancements in Synthetic Biology: Harnessing Data for Innovation

Tetsuro ToyodaDirectorRIKEN Bioinformatics And Systems Engineering Division (BASE)Databases are becoming increasingly important in the life sciences as a key…

Life & Chemistry

Low Bone Mineral Density Found in Youth With IBD

Low bone mineral density, or BMD, was evident in around half of the 144 participants with inflammatory bowel disease aged between six and 19 in a major study…

Life & Chemistry

HIV Hiding in the Brain: New Drugs Offer Hope Against AIDS

We now have effective anti-HIV drugs that can stop the immune system from being compromised and prevent AIDS. Although these drugs effectively prevent the…

Life & Chemistry

Shallow Water Habitats Boost Young Salmon and Trout Survival

Using field studies in watercourses north of Gothenburg and laboratory experiments in Denmark and Scotland, scientist Rasmus Kaspersson at the Department of…

Communications Media

Swedish Universities: Navigating Intellectual Property Challenges

Swedish universities are in the middle of a transformation process where science is privatised and subject to a commercial logic. Hence, a need arises to…

Technology Offerings

dyn-fl-OX-Controller – Optimized LC/ICP-MS coupling

The invention provides a time-dynamic flow of oxygen for feeding into 3ICP-MS systems. In coupled LC/ICP-MS sys-tems this allows a solvent gradient to be…

Technology Offerings

Two-Colour Fluorescence Marker Boosts Neurodegenerative Research

Worldwide it is estimated that there are 29 million cases of Alzheimer Disease (AD) and about 4 million of Parkinson's Disease (PD). The world market for AD…

Technology Offerings

Predicting Iron Clogging in Water Systems: New Technology Insights

The accumulation of bulky aggregates of iron precipitates in water is a common and natural occurring problem, particularly in hydraulic systems and wells,…

Life & Chemistry

Human Neural Stem Cells Restore Mobility in Spinal Cord Injury

A UC Irvine study is the first to demonstrate that human neural stem cells can restore mobility in cases of chronic spinal cord injury, suggesting the prospect…

Earth Sciences

NASA's Aqua Satellite sees TD5's remnants stretched out in US south

NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard the Aqua satellite captured an infrared image of TD5's remnants on August 18 at 19:23…

Health & Medicine

Long-Term Effects of Radiopharmaceuticals on Thyroid Health

Are there cancer cells in the thyroid? Have metastases detached themselves from a tumor and moved elsewhere in the body? Diagnostic questions such as these can…

Feedback