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Embryonic stem cells reveal oncogene's secret growth formula

In research published in the April 30th edition of Cell, a team of Whitehead Institute researchers describes a pausing step in the transcription process that…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Discovery Sheds Light on Mirror Movements

Researchers have identified the genetic cause of mirror movements, where affected people are unable to move one side of the body without moving the other. For…

Health & Medicine

Obesity Linked to Higher Fibromyalgia Risk, Study Finds

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found an association between the level of leisure time physical exercise and a future…

Life & Chemistry

Single Protein Regulates Dual Immune Pathways in Research

Much scientific attention is directed at understanding how this innate immune system is turned on, but little to how it is cooled down or regulated. That is…

Life & Chemistry

First Genome Sequence of Frog Unveiled by Scientists

A team of scientists led by the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute (JGI) and the University of California, Berkeley, is publishing this week the…

Life & Chemistry

Animals Create Carotene: A Breakthrough Discovery Explained

No other animals are known to make the potent antioxidants. Until now scientists thought the only way animals could obtain the orangey-red compounds was from…

Health & Medicine

Vaccines Shield African Children with Sickle Cell from Pneumonia

A new study released this week in The Lancet Infectious Diseases finds that African children who contract pneumococcus – a bacterial infection that causes…

Physics & Astronomy

The quantum ohm comes from PTB

For a long time, the electrical units are feeling at home in the quantum world. In the endeavour to trace the entire International System of Units (SI) back to…

Physics & Astronomy

NIST develops 'dimmer switch' for superconducting quantum computing

The NIST switch is a new type of control device that can “tune” interactions between these components and potentially could speed up the development of a…

Physics & Astronomy

Molecular Rulers Enhance Calibration of Tailor-Made Nanopores

The “molecular rulers” they describe in a recent paper* could serve as a way to calibrate tailor-made nanopores—whose diameters on average are nearly 10,000…

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Innovative Anisotropic Structuring for Microelectronics

The patented invention describes a process for anisotropic

structuring of materials in micro- and optoelectronics and
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Triebkopf Wagen: Innovative Schienenfahrzeug-Technologie Explained

Die Erfindung betrifft ein Schienenfahrzeug mit wenigstens einem, nur Betriebsmittel, wie Maschinen, Steuerungseinrichtungen und Führerstand aufnehmenden…

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Innovative Drive Unit Design for Rail Vehicles Unveiled

Die Erfindung betrifft eine Antriebseinheit zu einem

Schienenfahrzeug, mit einem Fahrwerk, das rahmenlos einen
…

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Exploring the Transversal Flux Machine: A New Electrical Innovation

The transversal flux machine is a special electrical machine, in which the magnetic flux runs transversely, i.e. perpendicular, to the plane of rotation. It…

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New Tumor Detection Method Enhances Cancer Diagnostics

At Saarland University a special features of tumour cells were identified that could constitute a basis for an improved special diagnostic investigation….

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Tumour Antigens: New Insights for Diagnosis and Therapy

Patterns of glioma antigens have been identified, which trigger a B-cell-mediated immune response, especially in patients affected by the tumour.

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