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Life & Chemistry

MicroRNA’s Role in Cancer Stem Cell Survival Revealed

Their survival might explain why tumors frequently recur or spread after treatment. Increasingly, researchers view the challenge of getting rid of these bad…

Environmental Conservation

New Study Highlights Urgent Action to Protect Coral Reefs

The journal Science has published a paper today that is the most comprehensive review to date of the effects rising ocean temperatures are having on the…

Physics & Astronomy

Reversible Data Transfers: Light to Sound Innovations Explained

Swapping data between media like this would allow information to be captured and retained for very brief intervals. Data could be stored within pockets of…

Environmental Conservation

It's official: The carbon crisis is lethal for coral reefs

THE SITUATION: The largest living structures on Earth and the millions of livelihoods which depend upon them are at risk, the most definitive review yet of the…

Earth Sciences

Clearing the Mud: New Insights in Sediment Science

This may seem a trifling matter at first, but understanding the deposition of mud could significantly impact a number of public and private endeavors, from…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular 'trip switch' shuts down inflammatory response

Without these critical molecules — known as TAM receptor tyrosine kinases — patrolling immune cells on the look-out for danger would never cease activating the…

Physics & Astronomy

Saturn's rings may be as old as solar system

New observations by NASA's Cassini spacecraft indicate the rings of Saturn, once thought to have formed during the age of the dinosaurs, instead may have been…

Materials Sciences

'Retrospective Rubber' Remembers Its Old Identities

The material, described in the journal Advanced Materials, forms a new class of shape-memory polymers, which are materials that can be stretched to a new shape…

Physics & Astronomy

New Desktop Device Creates Rare Ultracold Molecules

Scientists believe ultracold polar molecules will allow them to create exotic artificial crystals and stable quantum computers.”The neat thing about this…

Medical Engineering

Sweden’s MedTech Potential: Insights from Recent Report

Sweden has an excellent record in the medtech field: Gambro, Getinge and Elekta are prime examples of thriving companies that have been built up around Swedish…

Environmental Conservation

Sticklebacks Use Prawns to Find Ideal Habitats

Research into the behaviour patterns of sticklebacks highlights the fact they use prawns to determine the best place to be. Prawns, it seems however, don’t…

Studies and Analyses

Chairman as Coach: Elevating Board Leadership Effectiveness

Whenever things are going well for a company or public institution, it is usually the chief executive or the general manager who enjoys the limelight. However…

Environmental Conservation

China’s Cement Industry Embraces Innovative Climate Solutions

China has the biggest cement industry in the world, but most of its production is based on outdated technology, and since its plants are coal-fired, emissions…

Materials Sciences

New Inkjet Tech Enables Multi-Material Printing Breakthrough

Dr. Michiel Willemse is leading the team developing the inkjet printing machine at TNO. He says, “The process is unique in its capability to print highly…

Physics & Astronomy

RAS 'dismay' at deep cuts to astronomy funding

The RAS does however welcome the announcement by the Secretary of State at the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham, that he is…

Physics & Astronomy

Upcoming Large Hadron Collider Experiments at CERN

The research activities of the CIEMAT are intimately related to the experimental program at the CERN (The European laboratory for Nuclear Research at Geneva in…

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