Cancer cells have something that every prisoner longs for -— a master key that allows…
Month: January 2014
Science
Continue Reading
Deciphering plants’ electrical signals to devise new environmental biosensors
Science is becoming closer emulating the fiction of a popular Avatar movie, by deciphering plants’…
Science
Continue Reading
Artificial cell membranes marketed that can speed up drug discovery
Scientists in Singapore will market novel plastic cell membranes to be used as low-cost, easily…
Science
Continue Reading
First infrared satellite monitoring of peak pollution episodes in China
Plumes of several anthropogenic pollutants (especially particulate matter and carbon monoxide) located near ground level…
Science
Continue Reading
Restrictive concealed weapons laws can lead to an increase in gun-related murders
It may make sense to assume that states in which there are tight laws on…
Science
Continue Reading
Smoking late in pregnancy reduces baby’s birth weight
A doctoral dissertation finds that every cigarette a mother smokes a day during the third…
Science
Continue Reading
Novel nanotherapy breakthrough may help reduce recurrent heart attacks, stroke
A new report shows that new statin nanotherapy can target high-risk inflammation inside heart arteries…
Science
Continue Reading
Milky Way may have formed ‘inside-out:’ Gaia provides new insight into galactic evolution
Research on first data release from Gaia-ESO project suggests the Milky Way formed by expanding…
Science
Continue Reading
Ingredients in chocolate, tea, berries could guard against diabetes
Eating high levels of flavonoids including anthocyanins and other compounds (found in berries, tea, and…
Science
Continue Reading
Island channel could power about half of Scotland, studies show
Renewable tidal energy sufficient to power about half of Scotland could be harnessed from a…