Engineers have offered new insight into how cancer cells move based on their ability to…
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New diode features optically controlled capacitance
Researchers have developed a capacitor with a metal-insulator-semiconductor diode structure that is tunable by illumination….
Similar lipids cluster in soybean cell membrane model
Researchers have developed a detailed computational model of the soybean plasma membrane that provides new…
Open-source approach provides faster, better solubility predictions
Despite the importance of predicting solubility, it is not an easy matter. One approach, using…
El Niño and global warming combine to cause record-breaking heat in Southeast Asia
A devastating combination of global warming and El Niño is responsible for causing extreme temperatures…
Flu shot less effective for obese adults
Although influenza vaccines are currently the best forms of protection to safeguard people against the…
Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
New research reveals that a species of giant elephant that lived 1.5 million to 100,000…
New sound diffuser is ten times thinner than existing designs
The new, ‘ultra-thin’ sound diffuser is 10 times thinner than the widely used diffusers found…
How killer cells take out tumors
The use of immunotherapy to treat cancer is celebrating its first successes — but there…
Newly discovered disease mechanism for type 2 diabetes
A newly discovered mechanism behind reduced insulin production in type 2 diabetes has been identified…