When a bearing inside a wind turbine is subject to a load, its thickness is…
Month: August 2015
New research helps explain why a deadly blood cancer often affects children with malaria
Children in equatorial Africa who suffer from malaria are at high risk of developing Burkitt’s…
Better way to engineer therapeutic proteins into antibodies
Some proteins exist so fleetingly in the bloodstream they can’t be given effectively as therapies….
How beneficial bacteria protect intestinal cells
A helpful subset of the intestinal microbiome, lactobacilli, stimulates the cytoprotective Nrf2 pathway in both…
Researchers track neural circuits driving a fly’s choice of a mate
A new study explains how taste and smell signals travel from a male fruit fly’s…
Epstein-Barr virus vaccine elicits potent neutralizing antibodies in animals
Researchers have developed an experimental, nanoparticle-based vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) that can induce potent…
Corrected protein structure reveals drug targets for cancer, neurodegenerative diseases
Protein Kinase C is a family of enzymes that controls the activity of other proteins…
Newly discovered cells regenerate liver tissue without forming tumors
The mechanisms that allow the liver to repair and regenerate itself have long been a…
Exercise-induced hormone irisin is not a ‘myth’
Irisin, a hormone linked to the positive benefits of exercise, was recently questioned to exist…
When a ‘UFO’ flies by, does it bother bears?
If an unidentified flying object suddenly appeared in the sky, it’s likely your heart would…