Measurement of heart rate variability (HRV) is a useful method when assessing the role of…
Month: November 2013
New immunotherapy for malignant brain tumors
Glioblastoma is one of the most ominous brain tumors. Despite aggressive surgery, radiation and chemotherapy…
Computer models predict how patients respond to HIV drug therapy without HIV genotype
New computer models predict how patients whose HIV therapy is failing will respond to any…
Viruses are as simple as they are ‘smart’
Viruses are as simple as they are “smart”: too elementary to be able to reproduce…
Hooking phishers of men and women
Phishing is a fraudulent attempt seeking to acquire money, confidential information or other gain such…
Topological insulators: Breaking symmetry for faster computers
A new compound shows highly unusual conducting properties that could be used in future electronic…
Gene-silencing study finds new targets for Parkinson’s disease
Scientists have used RNA interference technology to reveal dozens of genes that may represent new…
Diamond ‘flaws’ pave way for nanoscale MRI
Breakthrough offers high-sensitivity nanoscale sensors, and could lead to magnetic imaging of neuron activity and…
How losing information can benefit quantum computing
Suggesting that quantum computers might benefit from losing some data, physicists have now entangled —…
X-ray laser can solve protein structures from scratch
A study shows for the first time that X-ray lasers can be used to generate…