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Leukemia cell movement gives clues to tackling treatment-resistant disease
High-resolution render of unique environments in the bone marrow (blue, purple and green) as they are invaded and populated by leukaemia cells (yellow).Credit: Edwin...
World first porous acupuncture needles enhance therapeutic properties
Surface images of: (a) Conventional acupuncture needles, (b) DGIST Porous anodized needles.Porous acupuncture needles were developed by Professor Su-Il In's research team. Credit: DGIST
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Physicists develop world’s first artificial cell-like spheres from natural proteins
Hydrophobins are a family of naturally occurring proteins with a hydrophilic part (blue) and a hydrophobic part (red). Like lipids, they form molecular bilayers...
Bad relationships increase risk of infection in both mother and child
Pregnant women dissatisfied in their relationship have an increased risk of infectious diseases. This also affects their children.
This is the conclusion in Roger Ekeberg...
Why American infant mortality rates are so high
It has been widely reported that the United States has a relatively high infant mortality rate compared with other developed countries: More than 23,000...
Ready for Mars: ExoMars has just a single chance to get captured by Mars’...
ExoMars at the Red Planet.Credit: ESA
Next week, ESA's ExoMars has just a single chance to get captured by Mars' gravity. The spacecraft and the...
Quantum computers: 10-fold boost in stability achieved
Scanning electron microscope image of a device, similar to the one used. Highlighted are the positions of the tuning gates (red), the microwave antenna...
America ranks in top 10 in empathy
MSU's William Chopik led a study examining empathy by country. Countries in dark red have high empathy, while countries in light pink are low...
Worked to death? Study says lack of control over high-stress jobs can lead to...
Image Credit: Flickr/Chris Isherwood
Previous academic research has found that having greater control over your job can help you manage work-related stress. But it's never...
Indigenous group add to evidence tying cesarean birth to obesity
A Purdue University study of an indigenous group of Maya people reinforces the link between Cesarean births and obesity.
Amanda Veile, an assistant professor of...
Biodiversity loss in forests will be pricey
Image Source: Flickr/sergesegal
A new global assessment of forests -- perhaps the largest terrestrial repositories of biodiversity -- suggests that, on average, a 10% loss...
