A major breakthrough in understanding the molecular basis of fibroadenoma, one of the most common…
Month: July 2014
A noble gas cage: New material traps gases from nuclear fuel better and uses less energy than currently available options
A new material called CC3 effectively traps xenon, krypton, and radon. These gases are used…
Marmoset sequence sheds new light on primate biology and evolution
Scientists have completed the genome sequence of the common marmoset — the first sequence of…
Metabolic enzyme stops progression of most common type of kidney cancer
An enzyme called FBP1 — essential for regulating metabolism — binds to a transcription factor…
Scientists map one of most important proteins in life — and cancer
Scientists reveal the structure of one of the most important and complicated proteins in cell…
Mixing it up: Study provides new insight into Southern Ocean behavior
Turbulent mixing in the deep waters of the Southern Ocean, which has a profound effect…
Oceans vital for possibility for alien life
Researchers have made an important step in the race to discover whether other planets could…
Speedy computation enables scientists to reconstruct an animal’s development cell by cell
Researchers have developed a new computational method that can rapidly track the three-dimensional movements of…
Astronauts to test free-flying ‘housekeeper’ robots
Inspired by science fiction, three bowling ball-size free-flying Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites…
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2: Data to lead scientists forward into the past
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, which launched on July 2, will soon be providing about 100,000…