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Life & Chemistry

New Antibody Target Improves B-Cell Lymphoma Treatments

Patients suffering from B-cell lymphomas can be treated with antibodies directed against the B-lymphocyte antigen CD20. This therapy is not a cure, however,…

Trade Fair News

Siemens Showcases Innovations for Sustainable Urban Living

Creative ideas, easily financed technical solutions and practical examples of sustainable urban development – these are just some of the surprises that Siemens…

Information Technology

Cloud computing: gaps in the “cloud” – Massive security flaws at Amazon Web Services discovered

Researchers from Ruhr-University Bochum have found a massive security gap at Amazon Cloud Services. Using different methods of attack (signature wrapping and…

Life & Chemistry

Discovery of Key Proton Channel Gene in Dinoflagellates

A 40-year search for a gene that causes some one-celled sea creatures to flash at night and is also found in others that produce deadly red tides, has been…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Present New Approach to Accessing Biorelevant Structures by “Remodelling” Natural Products

The field of diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) has been very fruitful in providing access to numerous new molecules with diverse shapes and chemical…

Life & Chemistry

New Discovery Illuminates Proton Channel Gene in Dinoflagellates

A 40-year search for a gene that causes some one-celled sea creatures to flash at night and is also found in others that produce deadly red tides, has been…

Life & Chemistry

How Unlocking the Genetic Secret of Insects Could Improve Human Health, Welfare

It’s an odd, somewhat startling combination to new visitors. But to Kanost, paperwork and bugs go together like peanut butter and jelly.”I’ve always liked…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Hormones and Brain Chemistry Unveiled

Scientists reveal the structure of a brain area where hormones that regulate vital body processes pass into the bloodMuch of the body’s chemistry is controlled…

Science Education

First Graduates of Rothschild-Weizmann Science Teaching Program

Twenty-six science teachers have completed advanced studies in the Rothschild-Weizmann Program for Excellence in Science Teaching and will be awarded M.Sc….

Life & Chemistry

Unraveling Batten Disease: Insights from Yeast Gene Experiments

Experiments with a yeast gene reveal what goes wrong in a degenerative childhood diseaseWaste management is a big issue anywhere, but at the cellular level it…

Awards Funding

Antje Boetius Wins Prestigious Award for Deep-Sea Research

Prof. Antje Boetius, head of the deep-sea research group at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association and…

Information Technology

Breakthrough Boosts Software Reliability and Security

Anyone who uses multithreaded computer programs — and that’s all of us, as these are the programs that power nearly all software applications including…

Physics & Astronomy

Youngest Millisecond Pulsar J1823-3021A: Key Discoveries

Moreover, its high luminosity indicates that J1823-3021A is the youngest millisecond pulsar found to date, and that its magnetic field is much stronger than…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: A Bright Future for Displays

The search for innovative, cost-effective and energy-efficient solutions for display and lighting applications are the focus of ongoing intense worldwide…

Physics & Astronomy

Asteroid Near Miss: Close Encounter on November 8

When an asteroid the size of a city block zips past the Earth about 29,000 miles per hour on Nov. 8, it will seem like an encounter with an old acquaintance to…

Environmental Conservation

'Fishy lawnmowers' help save Pacific corals

Coral reefs worldwide are increasingly disturbed by environmental events that are causing their decline, yet some coral reefs recover. UCSB researchers have…

Life & Chemistry

Bacterial genes tell the tale of an outbreak's evolution

A significant achievement in genetic pathology, the work also suggests a new way to recognize adaptive mutations—to see evolution as it happens—and sheds new…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Barcodes Identify 16 New Caenorhabditis Species

These tiny worms have been at the forefront of three Nobel prizes and have even been sent into space! However all other known Caenorhabditis species are as…

Physics & Astronomy

From Turbine Erosion to Supernovae: Cavitation Bubbles’ Violent Collapse Gives Insight into a Wide Range of Fluid Phenomena

An electrical spark in a drop of water creates a bubble of hot vapor. As the bubble rapidly expands and cools, pressure from the surrounding liquid pushes…

Interdisciplinary Research

Robojelly Gets an Upgrade: Underwater Robot Learns to Swim More Like the Real Thing

Developed for the Office of Naval Research in 2009, this vehicle was designed to conduct ocean underwater surveillance, enabling it potentially to detect…

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