When engineers set out to grow nanowires of a compound semiconductor on top of a…
Month: April 2013
Virus kills melanoma in animal model, spares normal cells
Researchers have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing…
New pathway, enhancing tamoxifen to tame aggressive breast cancer identified
Tamoxifen is a time-honored breast cancer drug used to treat millions of women with early-stage…
Infants’ sweat response predicts aggressive behavior as toddlers
Infants who sweat less in response to scary situations at age 1 show more physical…
Doctors-in-training spend very little time at patient bedside, study finds
Medical interns spend just 12 percent of their time examining and talking with patients, and…
Wildfires can burn hot without ruining soil
When scientists torched an entire 22-acre watershed in Portugal in a recent experiment, their research…
The crystal’s corners: New nanowire structure has potential to increase semiconductor applications
New research describes the discovery of a new structure that is a fundamental game changer…
What drives activity on Pinterest?
Researchers have released a new study that uses statistical data to help understand the motivations…
Troubling patterns of teacher assignments within schools
Even within the same school, lower-achieving students often are taught by less-experienced teachers, as well…
Flexible partnership allows lichens to occur in different habitats
A group of researchers has discovered the survival secrets of a lichen that occurs in…