A strong electric field applied to a section of the Keystone pipeline can smooth oil…
Month: February 2015
Hiv controls its activity independent of host cells
A major hurdle to curing people of HIV infection is the way the virus hides…
High stress for new mothers increases secondhand smoke risk for infants
Mothers with a high level of prenatal social stressors — including possibly less control over…
Sun has more impact on the climate in cool periods
The activity of the Sun is an important factor in the complex interaction that controls…
Modern logging techniques benefit rainforest wildlife
The value of a modern logging technique has been revealed for maintaining biodiversity in tropical…
Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize
A protein commonly found in human cells could be an important switch that activates cancer…
New tool provides maps of protein interactions for 2,800 diseases
A new tool allows researchers to explore how alterations in more than 2,000 proteins affect…
Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer
Researchers have long sought an efficient way to untangle DNA to study its structure —…
New breast cancer test links immune ‘hotspots’ to better survival
Scientists have developed a new test that can predict the survival chances of women with…
New filter could advance terahertz data transmission
For wireless communication in the long-sought terahertz range, engineers have devised a frequency filter that…