For the first time, researchers have linked a new protein with malignant melanomas. The protein…
Month: April 2015
New blood test can predict future breast cancer
By analyzing a simple blood sample, scientists have succeeded in predicting if a woman will…
Shape-shifting molecule tricks viruses into mutating themselves to death
A newly developed spectroscopy method is helping to clarify the poorly understood molecular process by…
A beggars banquet: Carrion crow chicks sit back while cuckoo chick does all the begging
It’s not all bad for crow chicks who have to share their nest with an…
How limiting CEO pay can be more effective, less costly
A new article offers insights into the political economy of executive-compensation reform. The analysis also…
A video camera that powers itself
Scientists have invented a prototype video camera that is the first to be fully self-powered…
Restoring cellular energy signals may treat mitochondrial diseases in humans
Mitochondrial disorders, rooted in malfunctions within tiny cellular power plants, are notorious complex, with few…
Ovarian cancer: Genetic testing should be accessible to all women with the disease
Recent media attention has focused on American actress Angelina Jolie’s decision to have her ovaries…
Quantum cryptography at the speed of light: Researchers design first all-photonic repeaters
Engineers bring perfectly secure information exchanges one step to reality. They have now designed the…
Millions of liters of juice from one grapefruit
A new method allows production of expensive grapefruit aroma Nootkatone biotechnologically from cheap sugar using…