The treatment of hepatitis C has been based on specific effective antiviral medications for a number of years. Since future development of resistance cannot be…
Superbugs, also known as Gram-negative bacteria, are causing a global health crisis. Each year in the United States, at least two million people contract an…
If an antibiotic doesn't kill all the bacteria that infects a patient, the surviving bugs may be particularly adept at timing their resurgence.
The study, from the University of Washington and Oregon State University, was recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
A new study by UAlberta biologists shows the first evidence of apoptosis, or programmed cell death in algae. The outcomes have broad-reaching implications,…
The Italian Crested Newt – ‘Triturus carnifex’ – eats anything and everything it can overpower. Earthworms, mosquito larvae and water fleas are on its menu,…
Constituting over 78 % of the air we breathe, nitrogen is the element found the most often in its pure form on earth. The reason for the abundance of elemental…
Members of the research team will be at Hannover Messe from the 1st to the 5th of April (Hall 2, Stand B46) where they will be explaining their open source…
The nonlinear process of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in gases is one of the cornerstones of attosecond science (an attosecond is a billionth of a…
The brains of different mammals vary significantly in size. During human evolution, the size of the brain and the number of neurons therein increased…
The magnetic properties of a material control how this material responds to the presence of a magnetic field. Iron oxide is the main component of rust but also…
As the researchers can shape the films to fit into almost any casing, the films can be used in a broad range of practical applications.
Microorganisms are well known to grow at the expense of almost any chemical reaction if it can deliver a small fraction of the cell internal “energy currency…
Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard of the abbreviation BRCA1 – this is a protein that protects the cells…
In order for the heart to work properly, it must exert muscular force. This involves the coordinated contraction of numerous sarcomeres, the smallest…
Scientists in collaboration with Borneo‘s forestry authorities want to turn palm oil plantations into rainforests. Lessons learned from this project can then…
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