Like a line of falling dominos, a cascade of molecular events in the bone marrow…
Month: July 2014
Compounded outcomes associated with comorbid Alzheimer’s disease, cerebrovascular disease
Anecdotal information on patients with both Alzheimer’s disease and cerebrovascular disease have been confirmed by…
How knots can swap positions on a DNA strand
Physicists have been able with the aid of computer simulations to confirm and explain a…
From pencil marks to quantum computers
One of the hottest materials in condensed matter research today is graphene. Graphene had an…
New discovery in living cell signaling
A breakthrough discovery into how living cells process and respond to chemical information could help…
Sweet genes: New way found by which metabolism is linked to the regulation of DNA
Scientists have discovered a new way by which metabolism is linked to the regulation of…
With ‘ribbons’ of graphene, width matters: A narrow enough ribbon will transform a high-performance conductor into a semiconductor
Using graphene ribbons of unimaginably small widths — just several atoms across — a group…
Ultrasound for astronomers? A young star’s age can be gleamed from nothing but sound waves
Determining the age of stars has long been a challenge for astronomers. Astronomers now show…
Rethinking the coral reef: How algal and coral cover affect the microscopic life that call the reef home
Biologists have shown that inhabited coral islands that engage in commercial fishing dramatically alter their…
Safer, cheaper building blocks for future anti-HIV and cancer drugs
Researchers have developed an economical, reliable and heavy metal-free chemical reaction that yields fully functional…