Bloggers
A Fake Diamond in the Sky
Your pockmarked face conceals a hidden truth, Guarding your age like some resentful crone And leading us astray with dreams of youth.
Jan 19, 2017
Bloggers
Tool to map gene’s ‘social network’ sheds light on function, interactions and drug efficacy
Although the human genome has been mapped, many questions remain about how genes are regulated, how they interact with one another, and what function some genes serve.
Jan 19, 2017
Physics
Improved measurements of antiproton's magnetic moment deepen mystery of baryonic asymmetry
One of the deepest mysteries of physics today is why we seem to live in a world composed only of matter, while the Big Bang should have created equal amounts of matter and antimatter.
Jan 18, 2017
Health
Smartphone microscope offers cost-effective DNA sequencing and genetic mutation analysis
Just like an alphabet is made up of individual letters, DNA is composed of chemical bases.
Jan 18, 2017
Bloggers
Though an intensifying global bad-air problem, not all doom and gloom, World Bank report shows
The World Bank with assistance from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, Seattle, last year, released its The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the Economic Case for Action study.
Jan 15, 2017
Earth & Environment
Changing atmospheric conditions may contribute to stronger ocean wave activity on the Antarctic Peninsula
Over the past few years, a large fracture has grown across a large floating ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Jan 13, 2017
Bloggers
Self-Medicated Memories
You sit there, gently trembling in your cage – The tones ring out; the floor begins to hum.
Jan 13, 2017
Bloggers
Illinois team advances GaN-on-Silicon technology toward scalable high electron mobility transistors
A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has advanced gallium nitride (GaN)-on-silicon transistor technology by optimizing the composition of the semiconductor layers that make up the device.
Jan 9, 2017
Health
Natural tooth repair method, using Alzheimer's drug, could revolutionize dental treatments
A new method of stimulating the renewal of living stem cells in tooth pulp using an Alzheimer's drug has been discovered by a team of researchers at King's College London.
Jan 9, 2017
Bloggers
A Synthetic Thread
The gossamer of human life Sways gently in a passing breeze. A whisper on a callous knife – The gossamer of human life.
Jan 6, 2017
Brain & Behavior
Females seeking a sex partner can tell whether males experienced stress during adolescence
Sexual preference is influenced by males' adolescent social stress history and social status, according to a research team including Nicole Cameron, assistant professor of psychology at Binghamton University, State University of New York.
Jan 5, 2017
Health
Enzyme Could Protect Against Type of Colorectal Cancer By Suppressing Tumors, Study Finds Enzyme Could Protect Against Type of Colorectal…
An enzyme that plays an active role in inflammation could be a natural way to suppress tumors and ulcers in the colon that are found in colitis associated…
Jan 3, 2017
Health
Managing Medical Device Cybersecurity in the Postmarket: At the Crossroads of Cyber-safety and Advancing Technology
By: Suzanne B. Schwartz, M.D., M.B.A. Protecting medical devices from ever-shifting cybersecurity threats requires an all-out, lifecycle approach that begins with early product development and extends throughout the product’s lifespan.
Jan 2, 2017
Technology
In Stanford study, worms dine on nanoparticles to help test biological force sensor technology
Millimeter-long worms digesting a nanoparticle-laced meal of their favorite bacteria could eventually lead to a new way to see cellular forces at play within our own bodies, including processes like wound healing and cancer growth.
Jan 1, 2017