When you heat a tiny droplet of liquid tin with a laser, plasma forms on…
Month: October 2013
New kind of microscope uses neutrons
Researchers have developed a new concept for a microscope that would use neutrons — subatomic…
‘Self-medication’: Why doctors abuse prescription drugs
Doctors who abuse prescription drugs often do so for “self-medication” — whether for physical or…
Metabolic enzymes discovered with ‘widespread roles’ in opium poppy
Scientists have discovered metabolic enzymes in the opium poppy that play “widespread roles” in enabling…
Research reveals the mechanism of the sodium-potassium pump
Researchers have established the structure of a crucial enzyme — the so-called sodium-potassium pump —…
Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots
Researchers find that small cubes with no exterior moving parts can propel themselves forward, jump…
New role for the benefits of oxygen
During a heart attack when the flow of oxygen-rich blood to a section of the…
Stem cells engineered to become targeted drug factories
A group researchers have found a way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles….
Fecal transplant pill knocks out recurrent C. diff infection
Swallowing pills containing a concentrate of fecal bacteria successfully stops recurrent bouts of debilitating Clostridium…
Antibiotics drastically overprescribed for sore throats, bronchitis
A vast majority of people who see their doctors for sore throats or acute bronchitis…