University of Central Florida chemists, led by Professor Kevin Belfield, used near infrared light and fluorescent dye to take pictures of cells and tumors deep…
Development of a High Power Ultrasound system for low-cost, effective and top-quality drying of fruits and vegetablesDried foods are popular, healthy, and…
There is currently no good way to identify counterfeit drugs. However, researchers from Lund and the UK have now developed a technique that could resolve the…
Global degradation of ecosystems is widely believed to threaten human welfare, yet accepted measures of well-being show that it is on average improving…
A spoonful of sugar, a pinch of salt, and a splash of alcohol – those are the ingredients used by scientists to generate a new class of robust nanoporous…
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis found that starvation allows the need for nourishment to push aside the need for sleep. Like humans and rats,…
The first study of Ewing's sarcoma that screened hundreds of genes based on how they affect cell growth has identified two potential anti-cancer drug targets,…
Changes in the body’s pigment-producing cells, where melanoma – the most dangerous form of skin cancer – takes hold are only part of the story, according to a…
Reporting in the Journal of the American Chemical Society today (online), IU Bloomington chemist Amar Flood and Ph.D. student Yuran Hua explain how they…
MiniPromoters are small segments of human DNA with the ability to turn genes on and off at specific times and locations. They're important tools used by…
A team of researchers at the University of Georgia and Glasgow University has now shown, for the first time, just how one species of these parasites evades the…
Bing Yang, assistant professor of genetics, development and cell biology, and his colleagues developed the hybrid protein by joining parts of two different…
The structure is a highly organized network of grooves in heart muscle membrane called T-tubules. This network is essential for transmitting electrical signals…
Colon sloughs liningThe intestines have to work properly if we are to benefit from the food we eat. Digestive juices must be secreted, the food broken down…
For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have identified and isolated adult mammary stem cells in mice. Long-term implications…
The species was discovered in a small rainforest fragment very close to the village formerly known as Tarzanville. “Therefore, we dedicated the new species to…
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