A new signaling system has been discovered that epithelial cells use to coordinate their individual…
Chemists color world of 3-D crystals with advances in self-assembly
A team of chemists has created self-assembled, three-dimensional DNA crystals that can bind a separate,…
‘Good’ bacteria is potential solution to unchecked inflammation seen in bowel diseases
In a new report, researchers describe how inflammation can go unchecked in the absence of…
Light scattering spectroscopy helps doctors identify early pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers, largely because physicians lack…
Ultrashort light pulses for fast ‘lightwave’ computers
Extremely short, configurable ‘femtosecond’ pulses of light demonstrated by an international team could lead to…
Enzyme-free Krebs cycle may have been key step in origin of life on Earth
A set of biochemical processes crucial to cellular life on Earth could have originated in…
Radiation from nearby galaxies helped fuel first monster black holes
Researchers have shown how supermassive black holes may have formed in the early universe. They…
Mechanism triggering spread of prostate cancer to bones found
A researcher has found a way that prostate cancer cells hijack the body’s bone maintenance,…
Early intervention with new treatment enables durable control of HIV-like virus in monkeys
One of the many challenges with existing HIV therapies is that a dormant version of…
Spin-resolved oscilloscope for charge and spin signals
Researchers have developed a ‘spin-resolved oscilloscope.’