Borrowing insights from techniques used to image cancer, scientists have devised a new method for…
Month: December 2015
Watching the ribosome at work
A new statistical method could help to clarify the function of unknown genes. A research…
Operation Black Atlas, Part 2: Tools and Malware Used and How to Detect Them
This is the second part of our two-part blog series on Operation Black Atlas. The…
Operation Black Atlas, Part 2: Tools and Malware Used and How to Detect Them
This is the second part of our two-part blog series on Operation Black Atlas. The…
3D ‘nanobridges’ formed using electron beam writing with tiny jets of liquid precursor
Researchers have demonstrated a new process for rapidly fabricating complex three-dimensional nanostructures from a variety…
Dietary cocoa flavanols improve blood vessel function in patients with kidney dysfunction
Individuals with failing kidneys are at increased risk of developing heart problems, and they’re more…
Nutritional vitamin D supplements do not help treat anemia in dialysis patients
Vitamin D2 supplements taken for 6 months did not reduce dialysis patients’ need for anemia…
Surfing DNA: Enzyme catches a ride to fight infection
An enzyme crucial to keeping our immune system healthy “surfs” along the strands of DNA…
‘Virtual fossil’ reveals last common ancestor of humans and Neanderthals
New digital techniques have allowed researchers to predict structural evolution of the skull in the…
Darwin’s finches may face extinction
Mathematical simulations show parasitic flies may spell extinction for Darwin’s finches in the Galapagos Islands,…