A new class of materials which are suitable agents for oil displacing in enhanced oil…
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Titanium dioxide nanoparticles can exacerbate colitis
Titanium dioxide, one of the most-produced nanoparticles worldwide, is being used increasingly in foodstuffs. When…
Are sugary drink interventions changing people’s behavior?
An evaluation of efforts designed to reduce how many sugary drinks we consume shows some…
Manipulating electron spins without loss of information
Physicists have developed a new technique that uses electrical voltages to control the electron spin…
Making chicken feathers
Does each cell in the embryo have a genetically predetermined fate, or are cell interactions…
The asymmetric synthesis of halogenated compounds from carboxylic acids is world first
Researchers have developed a new reaction to produce chlorinated compounds with high isomeric purity. Such…
Parasitic worms may lead to agricultural stem cell breakthrough
A plant parasitic nematode is a pest that parasitizes the roots of agricultural crops and…
To swallow food, some sharks shrug their shoulders
Sophisticated X-ray imaging technology has allowed scientists to see that to keep food moving down…
How CD44s gives brain cancer a survival advantage
In the case of glioblastoma multiforme, the deadliest type of brain cancer, researchers have discovered…
Why do BRCA1 mutations cause predominantly breast and ovarian cancer?
Researchers report a new, previously unrecognized function of the BRCA1 gene that explains why BRCA1…