Promotional bank committed to securitisations “Made in Germany”At its semi-annual Capital Markets Press Briefing in London, KfW today confirmed its anticipated…
Far-field optical nanoscopy methods, especially STED (stimulated emission depletion), pose very strict and, at times, contradictory requirements on the…
Star Trek fans will remember “tractor beams,” lasers that allowed the Starship Enterprise to trap and move objects. Tel Aviv University is now turning this…
An article to be featured on the cover of the July 15 issue of Analytical Chemistry describes how multicolor quantum dots linked to antibodies can distinguish…
Clusters of heated, magnetic nanoparticles targeted to cell membranes can remotely control ion channels, neurons and even animal behavior, according to a paper…
The new adhesive can be produced from a range of vegetable oils, and may find applications for duct tape, packaging tape, stick-on notes, labels, even postage…
Animal scientist Joan Burke at the ARS Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center in Booneville, Ark., and colleagues made this finding as part of a continuing…
Chances are you didn't say water. But that's the right answer. Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have shown that ordinary water – without any…
In women, patients age 75 or older, and patients strictly confined to 24-hour bed rest, a month of extended treatment with a blood thinner significantly…
Rutgers researchers have discovered the basis for what makes corn kernels hard, a quality that allows corn to be easily harvested, stored and transported. The…
Few medical investigations have had the impact of the Framingham Heart Study. This study, started in 1948, was designed as a cohort, observational study of…
The research, which included both elementary school-age and college-age participants, found that children who exceeded the two hours per day of screen time…
In lab experiments, the researchers have found that this device, a vector, is able to deliver DNA deeply enough into a cell to allow genetic material to be…
A new study finds that depressed patients show more symptom improvement when their therapists more competently follow the guidelines for delivering cognitive…
Contrary to what many believe, however, race isn't the only driving reason that many white, middle-class people feel threatened by immigrants, according to a…
However, advanced prostate cancers are often androgen-independent, meaning that androgen-blocking therapies are ineffective.Scientists aren't sure how this…