Malaria-carrying mosquitoes appear to be manipulated by the parasites they carry, but this manipulation may…
Month: May 2013
Overcoming resistance to anti-cancer drugs by targeting cell ‘powerhouses’
Re-routing anti-cancer drugs to the “power plants” that make energy to keep cells alive is…
Children of married parents less likely to be obese
Children living in households where the parents are married are less likely to be obese,…
Small, speedy plant-eater extends knowledge of dinosaur ecosystems
Dinosaurs are often thought of as large, fierce animals, but new research highlights a previously…
Innovation could bring flexible solar cells, transistors, displays
Researchers have created a new type of transparent electrode that might find uses in solar…
Enzyme-activating antibodies revealed as marker for most severe form of rheumatoid arthritis
In a series of lab experiments designed to unravel the workings of a key enzyme…
Hospitals profit when patients develop bloodstream infections
Researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are…
Forecast for Saturn’s moon Titan: Wild weather could be ahead
Saturn’s moon Titan might be in for some wild weather as it heads into its…
Making chaos visible: As chaos celebrates its 50th birthday, biophysicist Christian Herbst develops a new method to visualize it
Exactly 50 years after the US-American meteorologist Edward Lorenz discovered chaos (remember the “butterfly effect?”)…
Detecting mirror molecules: New technique reliably tells left-handed from right-handed variant of a compound
Physicists have developed a novel technique that can detect molecular variants in chemical mixtures —…