Like a petulant adolescent, Saturn is sending out mixed signals. Recent data from NASA’s Cassini…
Month: March 2011
NASA’s Juno spacecraft completes thermal vacuum chamber testing
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed its thermal vacuum chamber testing. The two-week-long test, which concluded…
Arthritis drug could help beat melanoma skin cancer, study finds
A breakthrough discovery promises an effective new treatment for one of the deadliest forms of…
Two new targets for melanoma therapies
Zebrafish don’t get sunburns, but they can get skin cancer — at least those fish…
First look at the full multiple myeloma genome reveals new insights, discoveries
Scientists have unveiled the most comprehensive picture to date of the full genetic blueprint of…
How lung cancers evolve in response to targeted treatment
A detailed analysis of lung tumors that became resistant to targeted therapy drugs has revealed…
New method for preparation of high-energy carbon-carbon double bonds
Researchers report they’ve developed a new catalytic chemical method for the synthesis of a large…
Epigenomic findings illuminate veiled variants: Study assigns meaning to regions beyond genes with implications for studies of common diseases
Using a new mapping strategy, scientists have begun to assign meaning to the regions beyond…
Zebrafish model of human melanoma reveals new cancer gene
Looking at the dark stripes on the tiny zebrafish you might not expect that they…
Self-strengthening nanocomposite created
Researchers have created a synthetic material that gets stronger from repeated stress much like the…