Research into the effects of dust mite and cockroach allergens has found that different types…
Month: November 2015
New class of materials for organic electronics
Polymeric carbon nitride is an organic material with interesting optoelectronic properties. As an inexpensive photocatalyst,…
Timing is everything for renewable energy use
As the world prepares for the UN climate talks in Paris later this month, researchers…
Genetics: ‘Origins code’ for DNA
The source of any life involves the duplication (or replication) of DNA, a mechanism that…
Urban gardens and human health
Researchers assess the human health risk of exposure to metals in urban gardens by assessing…
Psychiatric assessments for predicting violence are ineffective
Standard approaches for investigating risk of violence in psychiatric patients and prisoners are inaccurate and…
Study offers new recommendations for TB vaccine testing in humans
A study provides new clues to what went wrong with a landmark TB vaccine trial…
New risk tools spot patients at high risk of diabetes complications
People with diabetes who are at high risk of blindness and amputation because of their…
Receptors on bone cells connected to inflammatory bone loss, bone formation
Receptors on bone cells activate bone loss in contact with bacteria that cause inflammation in…
Quantum dots made from fool’s gold boost battery performance
Vanderbilt engineers have discovered that adding quantum dots made from fool’s gold to the electrodes…