A small group of immune-regulating molecules, when overproduced even moderately, can trigger the blood cancers…
Month: August 2013
High lifetime costs for type 2 diabetes
A person with type 2 diabetes spends on average more than $85,000 treating the disease…
Atomic clock can simulate quantum magnetism
Researchers have for the first time used an atomic clock as a quantum simulator, mimicking…
Muscle health depends on sugar superstructure
Scientists have pinpointed not just one, but three proteins that are required for constructing a…
Views you can use? How online ratings affect your judgment
Positive comments create an illusory snowball effect, while negative responses get cancelled out.
Robot treats brain clots with steerable needles
Surgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect…
Pass the salt: Common condiment could enable new high-tech industry — silicon nanostructures
Chemists have identified a compound that could significantly reduce the cost and potentially enable the…
Investigational malaria vaccine found safe and protective
An investigational malaria vaccine has been found to be safe, to generate an immune system…
Human activity muddies causes of Texas floods
Periodic flooding in Texas —- one the most flood-prone states in the U.S. —- cannot…
Gene regulator is key to healthy retinal development and good vision in adulthood
Scientists are developing a clearer picture of how visual systems develop in mammals. The findings…