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Scientists identify marker for myeloid-derived suppressor cells
LOX-1+ PMN-MDSC in tumor tissues. Typical staining of tumor tissues. Scale bars, 100 μm. Credit: Condamine et al., Sci. Immunol. 1, aaf8943 (2016)
Myeloid-derived suppressor...
Researchers Find Most Volcanic Activity on Mercury Stopped About 3.5 Billion Years Ago
Enhanced color image of Mercury. The bright, circular deposit in the upper center of the image is an enormous effusive volcanic deposit, situated within...
Do black holes have a back door?
An artist's drawing a black hole named Cygnus X-1. It formed when a large star caved in. This black hole pulls matter from blue...
Scientists discover light could exist in a previously unknown form
Artistic image of light trapped on the surface of a nanoparticle topological insulator.Credit: Vincenzo Giannini
New research suggests that it is possible to create a...
Veins on Mars were formed by evaporating ancient lakes
Drill hole into the John Klein target within Sheepbed Member of Yellowknife Bay, with a light-toned sulfate veinlet visible on the back wall. The...
Combination therapy for type 1 diabetes improves blood glucose control
A combination of three medications--dapagliflozin, liraglutide and insulin--helped people with Type 1 diabetes improve blood sugar control and lose weight, according to a new...
Multitasking proteins: Unexpected properties of galectin-3
A new study, published in Biochemistry this week, examines the biomechanics of sugar-seeking proteins. Specifically, it delves into galectin-3's interaction with glycosaminoglycans (GAG) and...
Smiling baby monkeys and the roots of laughter
When human and chimpanzee infants are dozing, they sometimes show facial movements that resemble smiles. These facial expressions -- called spontaneous smiles -- are...
Scientists convert carbon dioxide, create electricity
This graphic explains novel method for capturing the greenhouse gas and converting it to a useful product -- while producing electrical energy.Credit: Cornell University
While...
First evidence of legendary China flood may rewrite history
Fourteen skeletons of victims killed by earthquake in Cave dwelling F4 at Lajia site excavated in 2000. Credit: Cai Linhai
Geologists have found the first...
Fresh look at burials, mass graves, tells a new story of Cahokia
New studies offer insight into the people who lived, died and were buried in mass graves in the pre-Columbian city of Cahokia, near present-day...
