Nanotechnology shows potential for the delivery of chemotherapeutic agents in a way that attacks cancer…
Month: December 2012
Prioritizing rather than canvassing entire plant genome may lead to improved crops
A genetics study shows promise in feeding the world in spite of heat and drought.
The radical restructuring of brain networks in comatose patients
Researchers have analyzed data from 17 comatose patients using functional MRI data. Their research reveals…
Bridge to the quantum world: Dirac electrons found in unique material
In a discovery that helps clear a new path toward quantum computers, University of Michigan…
Research shows immune system response is detrimental to novel brain cancer therapy
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that the response of natural killer (NK) cells…
Drug shows promise in prostate cancer spread to bone: Tumors were reduced on bone scans, bone pain decreased after patients received cabozantinib
A new drug demonstrated dramatic and rapid effects on prostate cancer that had spread to…
Boosting heat transfer with nanoglue: New method for significantly increasing heat transfer rate across two different materials
Scientists have developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two…
Could high insulin make you fat? Mouse study says yes
When we eat too much, obesity may develop as a result of chronically high insulin…
Parents key to preventing alcohol, marijuana use by kids
New research finds that parental involvement is more important than the school environment when it…
African savannah — and its lions — declining at alarming rates
About 75 percent of Africa’s savannahs and more than two-thirds of the lion population once…