Many of the studied metabolites are biomarkers for cardiovascular disease or related disorders, thus the loci uncovered may provide valuable insight into the…
Researchers studying a rare, lethal childhood tumor of the brainstem discovered that nearly 80 percent of the tumors have mutations in genes not previously…
New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology used commercially available therapeutic ultrasound…
The increase in hunting territories available to killer whales in the Arctic due to climate change and melting sea ice could seriously affect the marine…
Water (H2O) has a simple composition, but its dizzyingly interconnected hydrogen-bonded networks make structural characterizations challenging. In particular,…
Chemical reactions within the cell produce intermediate and end products in the form of small molecules called metabolites. Using an approach called…
This cutting-edge research has combined the effort of three research teams including one led by Dr Tao Ye (—tŸ·), Associate Professor of PolyUfs Department of…
Manindu Weerasinghe, a Kansas State University doctoral candidate in chemistry, Sri Lanka, is studying materials that use light or darkness to purify air…
The findings should help scientists to more accurately assess personal diabetes risk and could lead to the development of personalised treatments.Previous…
These treatments often fail, resulting in tumor metastasis and recurrence. Therefore, there is a critical need for novel cancer therapies. In recent years, an…
Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have demonstrated how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous…
Butterfly wings, rose petals and many other natural surfaces repell water strongly; they are superhydrophobic.Such surfaces have a hierarchical structure on…
A cell that breaks away from the primary tumor and finds itself in the alien environment of the bloodstream or a new organ, normally is destroyed by a process…
But Navrotsky and others have since discovered a new way in which seawater can corrode nuclear fuel, forming uranium compounds that could potentially travel…
Dr. François Robert, molecular biology researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team confirmed that the phosphorylation…
Delicate and translucent as a puff of air, yet mechanically stable, flexible, and possessing amazing heat-insulation properties—these are the properties of a…