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Life & Chemistry

U of M Identifies Retrovirus-Resistant Cell Line for Drug Development

This discovery gives drug developers a target to discover new types of drugs to stop the virus from spreading. The research, led by Nikunj Somia, Ph.D.,…

Life & Chemistry

MIT's anti-microbial 'grammar' may mean new medicines

In most languages, sentences only make sense if the words are placed in the right order. Now, MIT researchers and an IBM colleague have used grammatical…

Information Technology

Meet George: The AI Chatbot Redefining Virtual Interaction

Powered by award-winning artificial intelligence (AI) that was developed by British programmer Rollo Carpenter, ‘George’ the avatar has a 3D appearance, a…

Physics & Astronomy

New Brown Dwarf Discovered Near Star HD 3651 with Planet

Astronomers have detected a new faint companion to the star HD 3651, already known to host a planet. This companion, a brown dwarf, is the faintest known…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists identify switch for brain's natural anti-oxidant defense

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have found how the brain turns on a system designed to protect its nerve cells from toxic “free…

Life & Chemistry

New Gene Linked to Brittle Bone Disease Uncovered

Victims may experience just a few fractures in a lifetime or several hundred beginning before birth. The number of Americans affected is unknown, but estimates…

Information Technology

W3C Launches First GRDDL Specification for Semantic Web Integration

Today, the World Wide Web Consortium forged an important link between Semantic Web and microformats communities. With “Gleaning Resource Descriptions from…

Earth Sciences

Geologists Improve Rock Age Estimates to Study Climate Change

The finding means that scientists will have to re-examine studies of sedimentary rock deposited across North America during the Silurian period, from 416 to…

Life & Chemistry

'Fruit fly dating game' provides clues to our reproductive prowess

Queen’s University researchers have discovered that seeking out the most attractive mate may be unhealthy for any offspring. Using a “virtual fruit fly dating…

Life & Chemistry

Honey Bee Genome Reveals Insights Into Social Behavior

“The honey bee (Apis millifera) has been called a model system for social behavior,” said Saurabh (pronounced SAW-rub) Sinha, a professor of computer science…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists’ cell discovery unearths evolutionary clues

Researchers, headed by biochemist Professor Pauline Schaap, of the University of Dundee, and evolutionary biologist Professor Sandie Baldauf, of the University…

Medical Engineering

First 3 Tesla MRI Innovates Research Imaging Techniques

The 3 Teslas is the magnetic resonance imaging unit with the highest strength currently permitted by international medical bodies for the morphological study…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists' cell discovery unearths evolutionary clues

Researchers, headed by evolutionary biologist Professor Sandie Baldauf, of the University of York, and biochemist Professor Pauline Schaap, of the University…

Health & Medicine

Mechanical 'artificial hearts' can remove need for heart transplant by returning heart to normal

The mechanical devices, known as Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), are currently used in patients with very severe heart failure whilst they await…

Health & Medicine

Mechanical 'artificial hearts' can remove need for heart transplant by returning heart to normal

The mechanical devices, known as Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADs), are currently used in patients with very severe heart failure whilst they await…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Natural HIV Resistance: A Study’s Promise

For years researchers have been trying to understand how a few HIV-infected patients naturally defeat a virus that otherwise overwhelms the immune system. Last…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

NASA snow data helps maintain nation's largest, oldest bison herd

Now, NASA satellite data and computer modeling and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) information are helping track the remnants of this once mighty herd in…

Life & Chemistry

Nature's nanomachines harnessed to make drugs

Researchers at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in Norwich have used state-of-the-art technology to study a nanomachine in soil bacteria called the Tat system,…

Life & Chemistry

Sports cheats beware – new test detects previously undetectable drug

Injecting performance enhancing corticosteroid hormones for other than medical treatment is banned, and tests exist that can detect injected hormones….

Earth Sciences

New Method Uncovers Key to Origins of Life Research

But which of the countless possible combinations of biomolecules and mineral surfaces were key to this evolution? This vexing question has stumped scientists…

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