Researchers have uncovered the exact mechanism that causes new solar cells to break down in…
Month: May 2017
Electrostatic design of materials: A fundamentally new approach
Researchers have mapped out a radically new approach for designing optical and electronic properties of…
What goes down, must come up: Stirring things up in the Earth’s mantle
New insights into the convection patterns of the Earth’s mantle and its chemical makeup have…
Immune cells rely on receptor to signal counterattack on parasitic worm
Immune cells, called macrophages, may rely on a compound to signal an attack to beat…
X-rays from copper source set new gold standard for measuring industrial materials
With this new, unique X-ray machine, NIST can make some of the world’s most accurate…
The continuum of HIV care: What does it mean and how is Europe doing?
From diagnosis of HIV to successful viral suppression: this new ECDC report summarizes key findings…
Invasive lung cancer cells display symbiosis: Key to metastasis
Lung cancer cells making up an invasive pack have specialized roles as leaders and followers,…
For anorexia nervosa, researchers implicate genetic locus on chromosome 12
A landmark study has identified the first genetic locus for anorexia nervosa and has revealed…
Anticancer nanomaterials created by simulating underwater volcanic conditions
Researchers have developed anticancer nanomaterials by simulating the volcano-induced dynamic chemistry of the deep ocean….
Jurassic drop in ocean oxygen lasted a million years
Dramatic drops in oceanic oxygen, which cause mass extinctions of sea life, come to a…